what psu

PAULRYAN52 · 2 Feb 2020 at 13:32

hi, what psu for the following spec, I would prefer platinum or titanium ratings,

Case Phanteks Eclipse P400 Air
Motherboard MSI MEG X570 UNIFY
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
CPU Cooler Arctic Liquid Freezer II - 360mm
RAM Team Group 8Pack Edition 16GB 3600
GPU Gigabyte RTX 2080 Ti Gaming OC
SSD Patriot Viper VPN4100 Gen4 1TB

thinking the Corsair HX750I,

Grimley · 2 Feb 2020 at 16:11

Seasonic. 12 year warranty on nearly all of their top end PSU's.

PAULRYAN52 · 6 Feb 2020 at 11:55

which 1

Ree · 6 Feb 2020 at 12:22

me personally i would just get a gold rated but am guessing he means one these. 650w is same price so might as well grab the 750w instead while its on sale.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Seasonic Prime TX-750 750W 80 Plus Titanium Modular Power Supply= £184.99

Total: £195.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)

Grimley · 6 Feb 2020 at 16:45

/\/\ That one. The platinum model is only a fiver less at the moment & the gold rated model is £25- cheaper. Unless you are going to run the new PSU 24/7 over the next 12 years at full load, I doubt you'd make £25- in efficiency savings TBH but heigh ho. Either way buy any Seasonic prime model with confidence.

PAULRYAN52 · 6 Feb 2020 at 18:00

thanks added that to the list

lee32uk · 7 Feb 2020 at 00:21

Why do you want Platinum or Titanium ? You are just wasting money that way. There are plenty of solid Gold rated units that will do the same job for a lot less. So ones like the Corsair TXM and RMx, Phanteks AMP, Bitfenix Whisper, SuperFlower Leadex III Gold etc.

PAULRYAN52 · 7 Feb 2020 at 00:33

because it's within my budget so why not

reecevxr · 7 Feb 2020 at 16:29

i have a fairly similar set up and went for https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...old-modular-power-supply-black-ca-05e-sf.html , its very quiet and seems to be more than upto the job.

Its only gold rated but i wasn't going to spend an extra 60 quid to get the platinum version for an extra 4ish%!! efficiency.

EsaT · 7 Feb 2020 at 17:45

reecevxr said:
i have a fairly similar set up and went for https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...old-modular-power-supply-black-ca-05e-sf.html , its very quiet and seems to be more than upto the job.

Its only gold rated but i wasn't going to spend an extra 60 quid to get the platinum version for an extra 4ish%!! efficiency.

Very few PCs need 1kW PSU and that works barely as basic 80+ PSU at PC's idle/desktop draw.
Something like 150W load is needed to get efficiency to actually Gold levels with that oversized PSU.

maklabouhlel · 11 Feb 2020 at 23:19

PAULRYAN52 said:
hi, what psu for the following spec, I would prefer platinum or titanium ratings,

Case Phanteks Eclipse P400 Air
Motherboard MSI MEG X570 UNIFY
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
CPU Cooler Arctic Liquid Freezer II - 360mm
RAM Team Group 8Pack Edition 16GB 3600
GPU Gigabyte RTX 2080 Ti Gaming OC
SSD Patriot Viper VPN4100 Gen4 1TB

thinking the Corsair HX750I,

When I click on case, it takes me to a CM case.

maklabouhlel · 11 Feb 2020 at 23:20

Do all the top Seasonic units have inline capacitors?

JasonM · 13 Feb 2020 at 03:53

maklabouhlel said:
Do all the top Seasonic units have inline capacitors?

The TX, PX and GX don't as they have moved the inline capacitors into the PSU for better cable management.

Above is also true for older Ultra series, as TX, PX, and GX are effectively ultra's series with just a branding difference.