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Ronin_Amin
post Sep 6 2016, 08:28 AM

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Hi guys.
Planning on a upgrade in the near future and have some questions.

1. My priority right now is upgrading the psu. I've set my sights on seasonic for this.
a) For a single gpu, all air cooling setup, is there a recommended wattage? Since I am planning for the psu to last a few builds I wanted to future proof from the wattage side of things.

b) Got my eyes on the m12II and X series, does the 80 bronze and 80 gold give any difference in terms of overclocking? Or is it just purely power saving cost?

2) Second would be the gpu. Currently have a 7870. The issue is I am torn on whether to upgrade to a gpu that is capable of good 1080p gaming or should I aim to future proof it a bit by getting a 1440p gpu. Current monitor is 1080p 60hz, I'm planning on upgrading my monitor to a 1440p 144hz but not I'm not getting the monitor anytime soon.

Any thoughts?
Ronin_Amin
post Sep 6 2016, 09:33 AM

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QUOTE(terence_nwb @ Sep 6 2016, 09:25 AM)
Depends on your setup, if you have a power hungry GPU then you need to prepare more headroom for it. For the current GTX1070/1080, a decent 400 - 450W is already enough, if you are planning to stick with AMD then get a 500/550W just to be safe, their power consumption never amuse me so extra headroom is always recommended.

Difference in terms of overclocking? Do you mean CPU overclocking? If you are using Intel CPU then overclocking doesn't take a lot of power from the wall, just a small increase. The 80+ rating is mainly for efficiency, it does save you some money in your electricity bill, but that will take quite a long time before you can benefit from it (as in the money paid for a 80+ Gold PSU vs the money saved from the bills).

GPU upgrade, well it depends on your budget TBH, even if you decide to stick with 1080p in the next couple of years, you still can invest in a "1440p" card, i.e GTX1070/1080, this gives you the opportunity to run all the games at ultra settings with decent frame rate without compromise. But don't forget you have to prepare at least 3k for the monitor too, 1440p 144Hz is pricey in Malaysia, so GPU and monitor upgrade would cost you nearly 5k+.
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I was thinking of doing both cpu and gpu overclocking in the future, looks interesting.
Yeh, the monitor price is pretty crazy and I'm thinking that the whole industry hasn't "stabilised" yet. Thanks for your input. Now have to figure out if I am capable of waiting for vega or I should just go buy a 1070 tongue.gif

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