£100 PSU

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Any recommendations

i'm doing a build as you go system as sods law says by the time i've saved £500 quid either the car will go wrong or i'll make a impulse purchase lol.

Requirements
Must be a black PSU
CPU-Within the next few months will either go for a X99 system or a Z97
GPU- i'm using my 550Ti until i see some new cards later this year 980 sli is looking like a possibility but i've always been a sucker for a single GPU set-up hence why wanting to wait for new cards.

Any help appreciated guys my last PSU was corsair hx750 but heard they are not brilliant any more and my current no brand 400w is smelling a bit iffy lol
Sorry forgot about PSU threads lol
 
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You need around 850W.

The EVGA G2 850 was only £104 up till when the weekly offers changed today.

Now all I can see for £100 is the B2, another Superflower made PSU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x Antec High Current Gamer M 850W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply £104.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova B2 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Hybrid Modular Power Supply (110-B2-0850-V3) £95.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £89.99
Total : £415.51 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

 
bigjimmyauk said:
bit put off both now to be honest lots of stuff on-line about the 1000w G2 being noisy (fan speed at 20%load is 1189RPM) that's ridiculous
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Thats on auto mode,these PSUs have a switch on the back auto/eco

On eco mode the fan stays off untill the psu hits a set temperature,then it kicks in.Would only ramp up when your rigs running high loads,your never gonna hear the psu fan over your gpu/cpu fans in eco mode. :)
 
MrMD said:
Thats on auto mode,these PSUs have a switch on the back auto/eco

On eco mode the fan stays off untill the psu hits a set temperature,then it kicks in.Would only ramp up when your rigs running high loads,your never gonna hear the psu fan over your gpu/cpu fans in eco mode. :)
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I don't believe the 1000W has the Eco mode
 
The Leadex 1000W has Eco mode (at least the Platinum does) :) They only have 5 years warranty compared to the 10 of the G2 and have the sort of tacky LED connectors which you may or may not like, but these are supposed to be very quiet

However, these are very much out of your price range
 
Shivy011 said:
The Leadex 1000W has Eco mode (at least the Platinum does) :) They only have 5 years warranty compared to the 10 of the G2 and have the sort of tacky LED connectors which you may or may not like, but these are supposed to be very quiet

However, these are very much out of your price range
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yeah they are to be honest and to be fair an abundance of people are running sli 980's with x99 on 850w psus

tdp of the 980 i'm sure is only about 170 watts the 5820K is 140w

170+170+140=480watts thats still headroom of 370watts

surely 1000watt psu will be overkill.
 
bigjimmyauk said:
correct spoke to evga live chat 1000w has no eco mode the 850 does have eco mode.

even the guy on live chat said the 1000w G2 is noisy and reccomended the 850G2 or the 1000P2 which has eco
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XFX do a PSU that has the eco mode.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-010-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

Top end unit, made by Seasonic.

You do need fat power with X99 trust me, Its what I use so have first hand experience with it and the power draw, I use a 1000W Antec PSU.

You dont also want to be running a PSU near max 24/7, they do have a "sweet spot" to run at for maximum efficiency.
 
bigjimmyauk said:
yeah they are to be honest and to be fair an abundance of people are running sli 980's with x99 on 850w psus

tdp of the 980 i'm sure is only about 170 watts the 5820K is 140w

170+170+140=480watts thats still headroom of 370watts

surely 1000watt psu will be overkill.
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Strictly speaking 850W would be fine yeah, there are a couple of people who use G2 850W etc for SLI 980s and 5820k, however for a few years longevity (despite 850W theoretically being fine) a 1000W would be nice

This PSU calculator is quite good and gives room for headroom also - http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp Takes into account capacitor ageing after a couple of years too if you tell it to
 
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