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 The newbie guide to power supply units, Questions and comments are welcomed

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terence_nwb
post Jul 2 2015, 11:48 PM

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QUOTE(fishmango @ Jul 2 2015, 11:32 PM)
thks.
Antec VP alr not in production.
How abt Silverstone Strider Essential 400W ? Price slightly higher than Hexa.
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Tier 3 PSU, not the best one but still ok.
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post Jul 4 2015, 12:25 PM

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QUOTE(Kaerna @ Jul 4 2015, 12:11 PM)
Hi guys,

Recently I purchased a Asus GTX 980. however I've been running down to some game crashes especially GTA V, Witcher 3 and Wolfenstein Old Blood.

I'm currently using a Cooler Master Bronze 550W.

My rig is as follows :

Gigabyte z77x-d3h
i5 3570k
2x 4GB Kingston HyperX Fury 1600
2x SSD
2x HDD
Can you guys suggest a good PSU? I'm looking at some decent overclocking capabilities as well.
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Budget?

If around RM 3xx-ish, I will go for Seasonic S12II 620W (RM 339) or Seasonic M12II EVO 620W (RM 379) for fully modular cables.
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post Jul 4 2015, 01:08 PM

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QUOTE(Kaerna @ Jul 4 2015, 12:44 PM)
Hmm what's the best I can go around RM500?
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CM V750 - RM 499

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post Jun 17 2016, 01:08 PM

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QUOTE(dd159dd @ Jun 17 2016, 12:38 PM)
any other good psu at this price, would prefer half or full modular, can topup a bit tongue.gif
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M12II EVO 520 is fully modular FYI.
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post Jun 18 2016, 09:31 PM

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QUOTE(Decky @ Jun 18 2016, 04:01 AM)
Hi guys, question about electricity bill costs here.

Alienware just released a new SFF pc (Alpha R2) that has the GTX960 that is about RM400 more expensive (after conversion) than an equivalent SFF rig I plan to build with a Saphire R9 380 ITX compact card. The alienware is smaller and uses an external 130W PSU, whereas my build will be using a 620W PSU.

As I'm a student who will be paying my own electricity bills, how big of an impact will the Wattage difference impact the bills? On paper my SFF mini ITX build would be 5x more power hungry than the Alienware console, which sounds like the money I save on electricity might mean that the alienware is actually more worth it (everything else being equal)  Is my reasoning sound though? I've no idea how to calculate impact of PSU's on bills
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Your rig won't consistently draw 620W from the wall if the hardware don't need that amount of power, the extra watt is for extra headroom for your future upgrade, what you need to compare is the 80+ rating, but the outcome will be negligible.

QUOTE(dd159dd @ Jun 18 2016, 07:55 PM)
Last question tongue.gif Is 520 watt enough for my rig? And how about Corsair CX650M, the pricing quite good.
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Based on the parts and the spec sheets of RX 480, 520W is enough.

CX650M's internal components aren't as good as Seasonic M12II EVO series, I will still pick the Seasonic anytime if the budget is around RM 300+.
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post Aug 1 2016, 09:02 AM

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QUOTE(arachnidus @ Jul 31 2016, 11:49 PM)
hi guys.need some advice for my future build.

PROC:intel i7-6700k
MOBO:asus z170m-plus / asus z170 pro gaming
RAM:corsair vengeance ddr4 2666mhz 8GBx2
GPU:asus gtx 1080 oc strix
SSD: samsung 750 evo

is superflower leadex gold 650W good enough?or should i go for 750W?

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650W is enough unless you plan to SLI it.

 

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