SeaSonic S12III 650W for a midrange build

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So I'm building a PC for a friend with a current budget of £700 (they can stretch if needed and if it'll be worth it). They've gotten into blogging/vlogging and managed to get a pretty decent following - people and companies - and need a new pc for their photo editing and some basic video editing. I've thrown together a quick list that I'll be using as a guide throughout the upcoming deals.

One area I'm not really hot on is PSUs. I've currently thrown in a reasonably priced Seasonic S12III 650W to power a R5 3600, 16gb ram and a GTX 1050Ti. I see a lot of good things about Seasonic but I personally have had a Corsair for 8 years.

The reason I picked the Seasonic was the price - but I don't want to cheap out on the PSU if it's not worth it. I've seen good things about Seasonic but it seems a little _too_ cheap to be as reliable as people say, just looking for opinions/advisories.
 
Avoid it. It's not a very good psu and suffers from fairly high ripple on the 12v rail. It's also not made by Seasonic but is outsourced to RSY (Shenzhen Ruishengyuan Technology) and no longer uses Japanese caps like the SII did. Instead they use Teapo caps which range from low to medium quality. People see the Seasonic name and assume that it's great due to brand awareness and reputation but Seasonic has had some bad psu's in the past and this one can be added to the list. Spend a little extra for a decent quality psu such as the semi-modular Corsair TX550M which has a 7 year warranty or even the Bitfenix Formula series 650w which has a 5 year warranty and fixed cables.

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Thanks for the info, I'm glad I posted - brand awareness is exactly why I considered it as I've heard great things but never used them myself.

I've been using a Corsair TX650 for my pc for 8 years now so I may stick with what I know and grab another Corsair TX. There's also potential for having to power a 5600X or 3700/3800X depending on prices in the coming prices.

Do you think 550W would be enough for the specs? I'm looking at 650W but I imagine 550W should be enough for Ryzen & 1050Ti..?
 
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550w is more than enough for your spec. Even my pc with all it's watercooling and overclock only pulls a max of 322w when gaming. Usual gaming load is anything from 122-245w depending on the game. Anno 2070 is the one game that hammers my pc for the max power draw of 322w for some reason. If you want to allow extra headroom for future upgrades then go 650w or maybe even 750w if you think you will end up with a Nvidia 3000 series gpu or AMD Big Navi gpu along with a 3800x or higher cpu.
 
I highly doubt the pc will ever have an RTX 3000 or big Navi, they won't be gaming at all. The only reason I'm going for a 1050Ti is to get some GPU acceleration for a decent price (and to get a decent Ryzen)
 
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