Which 750W/850W fully modular PSU?

MikeB · 1 Aug 2018 at 12:34

Not overly fussed about bells and whistles, 5 year+ plus warranty would be good, reliability essential

Ideally the best one with regards to the above and value for money

Thanks

pastymuncher · 1 Aug 2018 at 12:49

Do you actually need that much power? Unless you have dual gpu's a 550/650w psu is more than enough. The pc in my siggy along with 12x 120mm fans, 4x 200mm fans, 2x fan controllers, 2x Temp monitors and a couple of leds for the reservoir only pulls 128-275w at the wall while gaming depending on the game and the very max I have managed to make it pull was 367w at the wall while using OCCT's psu torture test. Idling/ internet browsing is 72w at the wall. I have live power draw displayed in one of my fan controllers which is how I know what is being drawn all of the time.

I would be looking at the Seasonic Focus Plus gold series and the Antec HCG Gold series which are essentially the same psu housed in a different case. Both are rully modular and have 10 year warranties.

MikeB · 1 Aug 2018 at 12:51

we have a pc thats been playing up, 600w psu, never been right, plugged in my own 850w and sweet as a nut, hence why I am looking at bigger

Disco_P · 1 Aug 2018 at 15:06

MikeB said:
we have a pc thats been playing up, 600w psu, never been right, plugged in my own 850w and sweet as a nut, hence why I am looking at bigger

That doesn't mean the extra wattage was the fix, could be a number of other things.

MikeB · 1 Aug 2018 at 15:07

tell me about it, but not got time to mess about, I know the 850 worked, so time and money and all that

foster grant · 1 Aug 2018 at 15:26

What PSU are you using thats playing up ?

MikeB · 1 Aug 2018 at 15:33

A silverstone one that was 2nd hand 3 years ago, caked in crap and caused me to spend too many hours messing about with this pc, I used my XFX 850w in its place and voila, booted right up and was usable

foster grant · 1 Aug 2018 at 15:38

Hmm I think for myself , I would go for peace of mind and get a nice new one

..like one of the above as stated by Pasty

Grimley · 1 Aug 2018 at 18:45

For me, right now, would be this one.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £101.99

Total: £112.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)

MikeB · 1 Aug 2018 at 21:24

Thanks all, seasonic looks the one

Wingz · 4 Aug 2018 at 14:12

will be buying that psu as well because of the size, length is only 14cm and ofc its a Seasonic :3

ilc72 · 13 Aug 2018 at 01:44

Wouldn’t the 850w version be a better buy? It’s £124.99 and 15cm but able to support dual GPU’s, given you don’t want to change a PSU that often isn’t it worth getting the extra headroom and not end up with buyers remorse, since I regret only getting a 650w and not spending the extra!