Spec me a quality 850W PSU please.

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Hi, as title says, a good quality 850W Full Modular PSU.
Its for video editing, moving to 4K soon.
I was thinking Super Flower or Seasonic. In around the £200 mark or less.

Thank you again.
 
That is probably one of the best series of psu's currently available and has a whopping 10 year warranty. I would take one over a overpriced Seasonic anyday.
 
Thank you guys, good to get an experts point of view.
Warranty: 10yr ....OMG, that's some warranty al right :)

Thanks
 
Ynot said:
Whats the difference between the one you linked and this one?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga...-platinum-modular-power-supply-ca-028-ea.html

That's the Platinum version, what's the difference?

Thanks.
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It's still a very good PSU and slightly more efficient, power-wise. Just a slightly older platform. Can't go much wrong with either but I'd get the newer G3 platform, personally. It looks like they've tweaked a couple of things from the previous version, plus the PSU size is smaller and will fit in more cases.
 
Danny75 said:
It's still a very good PSU and slightly more efficient, power-wise. Just a slightly older platform. Can't go much wrong with either but I'd get the newer G3 platform, personally. It looks like they've tweaked a couple of things from the previous version, plus the PSU size is smaller and will fit in more cases.
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Thank you Danny.
 
Danny75 said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £145.49
(includes shipping: £10.50)



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Built by SuperFlower, designed by EVGA around SuperFlower's Leadex II platform. EVGA support is top-notch. Here's a review of the 1000W unit, which rivals the more expensive Seasonic Prime units, to get an idea: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=494
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Could someone please tell me before I order this PSU.
I have 6 internal Hard Drives plus SSD system drive, BluRay and DVD writer, card reader all connected.
Is there enough connections with this PSU for all that?

Thanks again.
 
Ynot said:
Could someone please tell me before I order this PSU.
I have 6 internal Hard Drives plus SSD system drive, BluRay and DVD writer, card reader all connected.
Is there enough connections with this PSU for all that?

Thanks again.
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- SATA 9x - 6x HDD, 1x SSD, 2x Optical = 9 SATA
- FourPin Peripheral 4x - Assuming Card rearder takes 4-pin Molex or floppy connector, you're good.
- Floppy 1x
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Thanks Andy, :) Just say I need another 1 or two Sata connections, is there a way round this?

Thanks for your help.
 
Ynot said:
That's a big difference in price, is the Seasonic worth that much more?
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It depends on the system your building, but most people the extra cost of Seasonic Prime not worth it.

Personally if it was me I would settle for the the Seasonic X series as there much cheaper then prime but still very good PSU's.
 
Hmm not sold on the Seasonic Prime TBH. Jonny guru states on scoring page for the Prime PSU :-

Finally, there's that amazing ripple performance. 14mV was the worst of it, and you can't take anything away for that.
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Where as for G3 on scoring page it states:-

And ripple? You find me the guy that says 9mV or under for all three main rails is a bad thing, and I'll smack him with a wet noodle.
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So on ripple the G3 is better. Now on the hot test page the G3 stays fanless till 40°C.

Yup, forty degrees. And the unit stayed fanless roughly the same amount of time.
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That to me is amazing plus what the PSU did for testing taking that into account.

I luv'd my Seasonic S12 600W, had that from sometime like 2005 to 2015, still in use at it's new home ;) . It powered plenty of OC'd setups and GFX, I'm not a light PC user either. In the sense I run f@h, etc for many hours at a time. Seasonic to me have become too pricey, Super Flower really been coming up with cracking PSUs. I was all geared up to get one (a G2) back when I built my i5 4690K rig, but the Cooler Master V850 came up on a crazy promo of £85 delivered. As it was Seasonic OEM/platform, I decided to get it. Have been thoroughly impressed by it so far :) .
 
Thank you everyone for your expert advice.
I decided to go for the SuperNova G3 850W PSU.

Thanks again.
 
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