£100 PSU

[bigjimmyauk]

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

 

[bigjimmyauk]

I'd be going EVGA personally. 10yr warranty.

750W G2 or save the extra £34 and go for the G2 1000w

Just we have no idea about the next lot of gpu's power requirements so wondering if 750W would be sufficient

 

[bigjimmyauk]

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.

you think 850W will cover me for x99 and whatever nvidia bring to the table later this year?

 

[bigjimmyauk]

Oh no, X99 and SLI GTX980 ive always specced 1000W at least, 850 for Z97.

i don't mind waiting a week to get a 1000w what are the differences between the g1 and g2 1000w EVGA's iirc G2's are made by superflower G1's arent?

 

[bigjimmyauk]

G1 are FSP, G2 are Superflower.

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

 

[bigjimmyauk]

I don't believe the 1000W has the Eco mode

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

 

[bigjimmyauk]

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

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]

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.

whats your rig? and whats your power draw at full tilt?

 

[bigjimmyauk]

X99 SOC Champion
Gigabyte GTX980 and an ASUS Strix
SSD
2 HDDs
Water cooler

I have seen over 600watt most gaming time, more (700+) if I do some simple CPU overclocking.

is that 980 Sli?

never mind miss read that lol

 

[bigjimmyauk]

Yes its SLI, the ASUS is on loan for a possible review, the Gigabyte is my own.

For X99 and any decent 2way SLI/Crossfire setup you need 1KW, under speccing a PSU I dont think is smart or safe for 24/7 use.

In that case i'm gonna wait and get the EVGA 1000W P2 has it has the Eco mode so when i'm just surfing etc hopefully it will be fanless, i dont mind a fan spinning up when gaming as i will be wearing headphones. Yes it's £55 over budget but i'd sooner be overspecced now than having to buy another psu in 3-4 months.

Also you can but complete cable kits which will be good if i want to do a colour scheme.

strange i remember my corsair hx 750 being whisper quiet but most PSU's these days seem to have at least a couple of bad reviews about noise.

I really hate the cables and lighting on the superflower.