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

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?

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.

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.

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.

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?

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!