PSU - is this a good one? :)

satanicguardian · 8 Jul 2013 at 09:58

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-118-CS

Opinions from any owners? Is it reliable?

Doomedspeed · 8 Jul 2013 at 10:08

This one is well woth the extra £7..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-013-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

What rig are you building?

You'll only really need 750W if going SLI/Xfire, if youre not a 550W/600W PSU will be fine.

satanicguardian · 8 Jul 2013 at 10:11

Doomedspeed said:
This one is well woth the extra £7..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-013-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

What rig are you building?

You'll only really need 750W if going SLI/Xfire, if youre not a 550W/600W PSU will be fine.

Just a new PSU for the blue rig in sig for now, might upgrade to piledriver/haswell soon - doubt I'll be crossfiring any time soon, can't afford it!

That XFX looks pretty sexy, it's mostly tidy cables and stability I need, my sh*tty £30 one died a few weeks ago

pastymuncher · 8 Jul 2013 at 10:29

The XFX is a far superior unit to the CX series. Built by Seasonic too.

shadowscotland · 8 Jul 2013 at 10:32

you can get a platinum rated psu for that money
It's made by FSP so nearly as good as seasonic

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-191-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463

satanicguardian · 8 Jul 2013 at 10:40

What is the whole, "bronze, gold, platinum" thing? Energy efficiency?

satanicguardian · 8 Jul 2013 at 10:41

Also, I thought Corsair made very good high end PSU's? Everything else I own that's Corsair branded is absolutely fantastic! :eek:

james_2k · 8 Jul 2013 at 10:50

i would go for a 750 bronze over a 550 plat. bit more breathing room.

OLDPHART · 8 Jul 2013 at 10:52

shadowscotland said:
you can get a platinum rated psu for that money

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-191-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463

Yes it might meet the Platinum Certified Standard, but how well did it meet the rating say when compared to a Seasonic 460W Platinum £109 Certified. I bet there's difference between the 2, you only get what you pay for Antec 550w Platinum £78.

But yes its still worth reading a few reviews about it.

Krisali · 8 Jul 2013 at 10:58

I imagine OP is even more confused now!

james_2k · 8 Jul 2013 at 11:00

thats why there are sites like http://www.jonnyguru.com/

and why i never ask on forums what i should buy

Doomedspeed · 8 Jul 2013 at 11:01

james_2k said:
i would go for a 750 bronze over a 550 plat. bit more breathing room.

A single card rig, even overclocked to the nines will only pull 350W-380W MAX..

You don't need that much 'breathing room'

james_2k · 8 Jul 2013 at 11:05

really. really though,

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/evga_geforce_gtx_690_review,7.html

and the 690 is a very efficient card.

also, he will have the psu for a long time, but if he decides to sli in the future he will need a new one, why bother? just get a good 750/850w now. its not as if im advocating getting a 2KW model!!

ubersonic · 8 Jul 2013 at 11:07

pastymuncher said:
The XFX is a far superior unit to the CX series. Built by Seasonic too.

Rubbish, just because the Corsair is not built by Seasonic doesn't make the XFX far superior. Over the past couple of years the seems to have been a word of mouth ideal built up on this forum that Seasonic are untouchable and everything else is garbage, it really is not the case.

@OP Between those two I would go with the Corsair, granted its not Seasonic internals like the XFX but both are very good PSU's with good warranty (XFX does have 2 more years) but the Corsair is fully modular as opposed to the semi modular XFX and the modular cables on the Corsair are much much nicer. (Ref: I own the XFX 750w silver and a Corsair CX series)

Doomedspeed · 8 Jul 2013 at 11:08

james_2k said:
really. really though,

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/evga_geforce_gtx_690_review,7.html

and the 690 is a very efficient card.

The GTX 690 is a dual GPU card, which need SLI/Xfire compatiblility too run..

So you can't count that as a single cards.. Though in appearence it is, i certainly doesn't act like it..

james_2k · 8 Jul 2013 at 11:10

it is a single card. in so far as its a card, which is single.

regardless, a 750w psu is not an extravagant expense. its what i would consider a sweet spot to be honest.

satanicguardian · 8 Jul 2013 at 11:21

Krisali said:
I imagine OP is even more confused now!

This.

thanks for all the input though guys, I'm now even more confused though for sure.

I like both, the XFX looks pretty badass mind, but fully modular is also great!

Doomedspeed · 8 Jul 2013 at 11:24

james_2k said:
it is a single card. in so far as its a card, which is single.

regardless, a 750w psu is not an extravagant expense. its what i would consider a sweet spot to be honest.

Sorry, i should have said a single GPU setup..

That clears the problem up.

james_2k · 8 Jul 2013 at 11:26

hah!

then look at the gtx 480. in that link above, it practically uses the same juice!

Hyburnate · 8 Jul 2013 at 11:26

Go for the Antec. The XFX is overkill and ignore that noob above, just because something is on one PCB doesn't mean there's not two GPU's.