Want a new PSU. Spec me?

savagesam117 · 24 Oct 2015 at 21:17

I'm bored of my psu, weird I know, but it's the only part that hasn't changed in my build.

I've got a budget of £150.

The system is:

4790k @ 4.7
X fire 7970's
3 SSD's and a 1tb HDD.
All running swimmingly in a WC loop

Ive seen the superflower that's on deal atm.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-021-SF

Or this slightly over budget.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-010-SF

I was looking at a cable mod kit but they are soo expensive so I'll stick to extensions which look messy

Threepwood · 24 Oct 2015 at 21:52

Any reason you are overspeccing?

An 850w PSU will do you fine.

savagesam117 · 24 Oct 2015 at 22:00

Threepwood said:
Any reason you are overspeccing?

An 850w PSU will do you fine.

Ermm.. No, If an 850w will do. I'll check them out, maybe save money and get a proper cable kit.

Any you recommend?

Quartz · 24 Oct 2015 at 22:00

How old is the PSU? How many GPUs will the new PSU need to support?

savagesam117 · 24 Oct 2015 at 22:03

Quartz said:
How old is the PSU? How many GPUs will the new PSU need to support?

The current one? I bought it in February :rolleyes:

The 7970's mentioned above.

Threepwood · 24 Oct 2015 at 22:08

savagesam117 said:
Ermm.. No, If an 850w will do. I'll check them out, maybe save money and get a proper cable kit.

Any you recommend?

Well, the gold superflower is not due in for 2 months, wow.

But the platinum is not that much more and within your bugdet. If I were to buy right now, I would probably buy it.

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black £122.99
Total : £132.59 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

savagesam117 · 24 Oct 2015 at 22:23

Threepwood said:
Well, the gold superflower is not due in for 2 months, wow.

But the platinum is not that much more and within your bugdet. If I were to buy right now, I would probably buy it.

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black £122.99
Total : £132.59 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

Hmm.. Okay. I'll have a think about it, toying between this and a sound card. I think sound card is going to win if my PSU is going to do the job fine and change it at a later date, after all it can't be seen.

mjones1 · 24 Oct 2015 at 22:29

Fairly sure the Evga and superflower have the exact same internals, i would much rather get a Evga unit due to their legendary warranty.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-028-EA
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=444

savagesam117 · 24 Oct 2015 at 22:38

Nah, i'm going to leave it and go all out, get a one and a cable mod kit in one go. It'll annoy me otherwise.

Threepwood · 24 Oct 2015 at 22:41

savagesam117 said:
Hmm.. Okay. I'll have a think about it, toying between this and a sound card. I think sound card is going to win if my PSU is going to do the job fine and change it at a later date, after all it can't be seen.

Dunno If I would trust an old 750w PSU. Would probably have a look inside the gubbins and check for any buldging capacitors if I was forced to think about using it for what you are..

savagesam117 · 24 Oct 2015 at 22:44

Threepwood said:
Dunno If I would trust an old 750w PSU. Would probably have a look inside the gubbins and check for any buldging capacitors if I was forced to think about using it for what you are..

Old? It's only 7 months old.. That's hardly old in PSU terms is it?

Bickaxe · 24 Oct 2015 at 23:33

EVGA G2 750w and a kit will set you back £170
Cablemod have the individual cables too (don't think they are available here yet) which will save you some cash

Threepwood · 25 Oct 2015 at 03:10

savagesam117 said:
Old? It's only 7 months old.. That's hardly old in PSU terms is it?

Sorry, I missed that

Try it then, run some stress tests and pull as much power from the wall as you can, if it works and don't trip out then you are good.

Joe! · 25 Oct 2015 at 07:33

SuperFlower and EVGA are the exact same as previously mentioned, SF come with a 5 year warranty, EVGA come with a 10 year warranty (at least on the higher end ones) - SF also have white LEDs to show you what is plugged in to the PSU, which are impossible to turn off - Up to you whether that'll annoy you.

SuperFlower have propietary connectors so you cannot get modified cables for them, yet, but ChugNorris said they'd be due in with OcUK in the next few months. If you really want fancier cables, and your case has a lot of room for cable management, you could try cable extensions - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/silverstone-cable-extension-value-bundle-white-bu-014-sv.html - I used these due to SuperFlower's horrible connector colouring and it worked out quite well - They're also a fair bit cheaper than CableMod cables.

Iron-man · 25 Oct 2015 at 16:10

Just got a superflower unit myself and have to say I am impressed with the unit,

JasonM · 25 Oct 2015 at 21:42

This will do it, one of my X Series PSU's is 5 year old, still going strong.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seas...plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-023-ss.html

savagesam117 · 25 Oct 2015 at 22:01

JasonM said:
This will do it, one of my X Series PSU's is 5 year old, still going strong.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seas...plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-023-ss.html

What makes this one worth £150? I really don't get psu's!

JasonM · 26 Oct 2015 at 01:35

savagesam117 said:
What makes this one worth £150? I really don't get psu's!

There very high quality PSU's.

My original Seasonic X-650 is from 2009 has over 25,000 hours and still counting!