Hope everyone is having a great week so far. The prices on the rx 580 have made me consider upgrading the old gtx 760 and I wanted to get a new power supply at the same time. I've had the same power supply for 11 years and while it's served me well It's probably one of those things you don't want to try to keep using for more than a decade.
You'll laugh at my current power supply. It's a Thermaltake 850 modular that I had to get from Best Buy for north of $150 when one blew up during a build at a friend's house on Sunday so many years ago.
In hind sight it was a pretty amazing deal though at the time I was as salty as you could get.
I'm unable to estimate the size I need. My current specs(potentially new video card substituted): i7 4770k 2 SSD drives and 1 HDD Blu Ray drive XFX rx580 black edition 8gb 18gb system memory(stock stuff) I plug a lot of things in to the USB.
Also I'd like to hear you all weigh in on the power efficiency ratings. The gold power supplies seem to be pretty affordable but really jump up at the platinum+ level.
Requirements: fully modular warranty? long cables so I can do nice cable management and not have to stretch everything in straight lines.
Silverstone SFX 800w Titanium efficiency. Lambda A rating. ETA B rating.
Camden Barnes
You could get a seasonic prime 650W (gold). Not cheap but they are excellent and have a 12 year warranty.
Noah Morales
Pic related? $189? I'm not opposed to paying that much considering how long my current one lasted. Can you elaborate on what going from Gold to Platinum to Titanium is doing for me?
With my build listed there do you think 650w is sufficient?
Evan Myers
EVGA 650 BQ
Leo Green
650W is actually way overpowered for your PC, but they don't make a model with lower wattage. Unless you plan to use dual GPUs in the future, in which case you could go for the 750W or 850W.
Aiden Rogers
I just looked up that Silverstone and it only has a 1 year parts and labor warranty. Is that just a misprint on Newegg or am I out $189 if it kicks the bucket in 366 days?
Henry Ross
Be Quiet! brand anything. Solid German engineering. None of that Chinese rebrand crap.
Austin Green
Seasonic gold/platinum, XFX XTR series, EVGA G2 etc. You can't go wrong with any of them. Check JonnyGuru for reviews.
Bentley Mitchell
Ah good to know. Thanks man. Naw, I'm not a duel GPU kind of guy. I'll limp along with the small bit of gaming I have time to do until there is a bargain priced full replacement.
One thing I will say about the crazy expensive at the time Thermaltake is that years later I was able to buy different modular cables off their website for a new pin GPU plug I needed. 7 years later and they still had a new cable for their old modular model.
From what I can gather it seems like Seasonic and EVGA have the best reps right now on power supplies.
Any info on the difference in efficiency ratings? There are some info guides online about it but it's all half marketing spin on some of those sites. At some pricepoint am I paying just to have Japanese components and not Chinese?
