What PSU to get? (or something else)

Fragil1ty · 4 Dec 2011 at 15:46

So earlier this week I made a forum post about possible upgrades that I am in the market to get, now I've got a little bit of spare cash right now, so I wanted to get a part or two, so what would I go about getting?

PSU's that I had in mind are:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-039-CS

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-000-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-057-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Now preferably I would like a PSU that is good but that is not going to smash my wallet, >_>.

The PSU could go on hold and I'd just buy 8GB more of ram and the logitech G19.

What do you guys think?

Skeese · 4 Dec 2011 at 15:54

The XFX 850W

jaf2212 · 4 Dec 2011 at 16:08

XFX as slightly better than the others

Fragil1ty · 4 Dec 2011 at 16:18

Bit hefty for a PSU though, £116? wow.

beejjacobs · 4 Dec 2011 at 16:22

But how much have you spent on the other components!? All those PSUs are good, its worth spending a good amount on a decent one.

Fragil1ty · 4 Dec 2011 at 16:23

beejjacobs said:
But how much have you spent on the other components!? All those PSUs are good, its worth spending a good amount on a decent one.

Not bought them all yet,

jaf2212 · 4 Dec 2011 at 16:24

Fragil1ty said:
Bit hefty for a PSU though, £116? wow.

Not when you consider

The XFX Black Edition/ XXX Pro Modular are Seasonic M12D, these PSU's are top tier, one of the best performers period. I would rank it slightly above Seasonic X/Corsair AX in terms of raw performance, as the ripple suppression is around the same, but the voltage regulation on the minor rails is a little tighter.

There was a discussion here on these PSU

Fragil1ty · 4 Dec 2011 at 16:36

Ah well, screw it! I'll just spend the extra £16 I was going to spend, definitely worth it.

Fragil1ty · 5 Dec 2011 at 15:19

So after much debated I've just gone and ordered:

OCZ ZS Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
&
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)

Costing: £113.47 in total

Put my RAM up to 12GB and getting my PC build along quite nicely, I hope I haven't made the wrong decision :/