Spec me a quality 850W PSU please.

Ynot · 13 Feb 2017 at 15:32

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.

Danny75 · 13 Feb 2017 at 17:33

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x EVGA SuperNova G3 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £134.99

Total: £145.49
(includes shipping: £10.50)

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

pastymuncher · 13 Feb 2017 at 19:01

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.

Ynot · 13 Feb 2017 at 19:22

Thank you guys, good to get an experts point of view.
Warranty: 10yr ....OMG, that's some warranty al right

Thanks

Ynot · 13 Feb 2017 at 20:27

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.

Danny75 · 14 Feb 2017 at 02:11

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.

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.

Ynot · 14 Feb 2017 at 07:05

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.

Thank you Danny.

Ynot · 14 Feb 2017 at 17:04

Danny75 said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x EVGA SuperNova G3 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £134.99

Total: £145.49
(includes shipping: £10.50)

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

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.

andy_mk3 · 14 Feb 2017 at 17:08

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.

- 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

Ynot · 14 Feb 2017 at 17:14

Thanks Andy,

Just say I need another 1 or two Sata connections, is there a way round this?

Thanks for your help.

Danny75 · 14 Feb 2017 at 17:15

If the Card Reader ends up being SATA-powered, just add one of these:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Akasa SATA power splitter (AK-CBPW05-30)= £2.99

Ynot · 14 Feb 2017 at 17:17

OK thank you all

As I said before its a great forum

JasonM · 16 Feb 2017 at 22:24

I have recently read a review on the Seasonic Prime, I know it's out of budget for the 850w, but jesus read the following review the efficiency and voltage regulation is super human on these.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story4&reid=481

Ynot · 18 Feb 2017 at 20:30

but jesus read the following review the efficiency and voltage regulation is super human on these. [URL said:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story4&reid=481[/URL]

Thanks JasonM, will do.

Ynot · 18 Feb 2017 at 20:30

Ynot said:
Thanks JasonM, will do.

Ynot · 18 Feb 2017 at 20:31

Thanks JasonM

Ynot · 19 Feb 2017 at 01:06

That's a big difference in price, is the Seasonic worth that much more?

JasonM · 19 Feb 2017 at 11:05

Ynot said:
That's a big difference in price, is the Seasonic worth that much more?

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.

gupsterg · 19 Feb 2017 at 13:16

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.

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.

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.

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

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Ynot · 19 Feb 2017 at 14:31

Thank you everyone for your expert advice.
I decided to go for the SuperNova G3 850W PSU.

Thanks again.