Quick Question, Worth going for a 1000w PSU over a 750/850 PSU

pastymuncher said:
Corsair has been gradually redesigning and relaunching their psu line up to bring them up to a very good standard. The once awful CX series are now fairly good and worth a look for a budget build although there are cheaper alternatives. The worst of the remaining line up are the awful Corsair VS series so they are to be avoided. The new Corsair RM series are very good PSU's. It's built by CWT (one of the worlds biggest manufacturer of psu's) to Corsairs specifications. It's fully modular with quality all black cables, is gold rated for efficiency and has all of it's 750w available on a single 12v rail. You can read a review of it here.

I am known on here to be very insistant on picking a quality psu so if it wasn't any good then I wouldn't have recommended it. I will only ever recommend components that I would be 100% happy to use myself and as the psu is argueably the single most important component in a pc it has to be good for me to recommend it.

Ironically that Antec psu that blew up on you (can happen with any brand) may well have been a Seasonic built unit as Antec uses them as one of their oem's. Brand loyalty based on a single rogue psu failing is not sensible as it rules out many excellent alternatives. In fact brand loyalty, no matter what it's for makes very little sense these days.
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thanks

that site you linked to has the review of the psu i found to and gets a good review also

https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/reviews/seasonic-prime-ultra-platinum-1000w-psu,5397.html
 
That Seasonic is over 3x 2.5x more expensive than the Corsair RM 750w. That is a hell of a lot of money that would just as well be thrown down the drain. Why would you even consider anything that expensive when you can get something just as capable for massively less. It's not as if you are gaining much for the extra cost and you sure as hell will never save the difference in electricity.
 
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pastymuncher said:
Sorry, I was looking at the titanium version for some reason. It's actually 2.5x the price of the Corsair RM750 which is still a ridiculous amount to spend while gaining very little for the extra cost.

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The whole point in this post is because I found the psu a lot cheaper than your post here for the 1000w Also you can not compare 750w prices to the 1000w prices. The 1000w price is a sale price and prob a one off and not the normal price. This is the reason in the post to see if I might as well get the 1000w as there the same price as lower wattage models.
 
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Price is the decider here. I did some calculations based on what my system may be in a few years with some additions and potential additional GPU or some additional backup drives for my security integrations. This is why I went 4 figures, but a single GPU system will not need it.

As for component quality, lets be honest its the same as the automotive argument. Its 2019, you get what you pay for from any brand, but I will say the accessory pack from Seasonic is pretty good (they literally kept me in supply of little cable ties compared to my last PSU), and the standard cables tend to look better (which is based on your needs as I myself didn't even use them :D)
 
Meridiusuk said:
The whole point in this post is because I found the psu a lot cheaper than your post here for the 1000w Also you can not compare 750w prices to the 1000w prices. The 1000w price is a sale price and prob a one off and not the normal price. This is the reason in the post to see if I might as well get the 1000w as there the same price as lower wattage models.
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Of course the prices can be compared. You don't need a 1000w psu and do not need to spend silly money to get a very good psu. I should have posted the Corsair RM 850w anyway, not the 750w version. It's still only £95 though!

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If you really want a high efficiency Seasonic unit then consider the new Seasonic PX 850w at £160. Personally I see little point in spending the extra money to gain very little extra.

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No I don't because you haven't stated any prices. What am I supposed to be, a mind reader? Is the 1000w Titanium new or used. If it's used be careful. If it's new just buy the damn thing and be done with it.

***Edit*** If it's the one on Amazon it isn't even in stock so you will probably not get it at that price.
 
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Meridiusuk said:
Anyhoo, I just seen a 1000W Titanium Seasonic on sale and that is cheaper than these right now
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If you have spotted what I have just spotted, then definitely go for the 1000W Titanium at that price!! Yes it's overkill but it's going to last years and years (could still be used on your next system and even beyond), plus the price on it is super!
 
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