Future proof PSU

[carlazai]

Last year I bought a Sesonic gold 750w PSU. This is a great PSU but is a little short of power for multi gpu use. In theory its enough but i kept on getting crashes at moments of stress).

In my most recent builds (from 2009) I have always regretted not buying a future proof PSU.

Can someone suggest a great PSU that might be over the top now but when I look back in 4 years I wont think "i should have got an extra 100W". I have a budget of £175 for it.

All help greatly appreciated.

 

[shahpor]

Well, I just got myself a EVGA G2 1300W PSU and am quite pleased with it.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-EA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2390

1300W should handle anything you might want to throw at it for the foreseeable future.

Also, since it has a 10 year warranty, you know that you won't have to replace it due to failure for a long time.

 

[carlazai]

I was looking at that beast myself.

Do these big PSU always pull the max power rating or do they only pull what they need? Thinking of the electric bill which is slightly nerdy

 

[Midlife Crisis]

+1 for EVGA 10 year warranty

 

[pastymuncher]

They only pull what the pc needs from the wall. My psu is 750w but the most I can make it pull at the wall is 440w and even then only by loading both the cpu and gpu 100% at the same time.

 

[Orangezorki]

Please don't take this as gospel, but my philosophy has always been to have a good PSU, reviewed as providing a very clean supply with great reliability and efficiency with a minimum of 30% more wattage than I will need.

Of course a kilowatt PSU for an i3 system using integrated graphics is overkill, but as long as idle inches into the 10%+ bracket, you will be seeing decent efficiency and not stressing the one part of your computer that has the capacity to go pop and take everything down with it...

D

 

[carlazai]

Thanks for all the advice. I will be getting myself the evga beast for as an investment for my system.