Which PSU for 24/7 use??

martyn_rigby · 18 Jun 2011 at 06:54

Hi

I'm getting together the parts for my rig & need some advice. I need a PSU that will be running 24/7 as I do folding for seti & medical research with my CPU running between 25 - 50 % load most of the time. I am looking in the £50-£80 price range. I also play flight sims & FPS's

My parts so far are :-
MSI P67A-GD53
Gigabyte 560 Ti OC
Intel i5 2500k (1155)
1 X 1 TB SATA III
2 X 1.5TB SATA II

Any advice would be of help?

Thejay · 18 Jun 2011 at 07:06

I'm using a Corsair TX750 and it's been running nearly 24/7 for the past year without problem....

My old thermaltake PSU did nearly 3 years straight at one point it's now about 7 years old and still going strong

martyn_rigby · 18 Jun 2011 at 07:17

Thanks for the very swift reply & will have another look at it, but it is above the max limit I was hoping to stay within.

Cheers M

95thrifles · 18 Jun 2011 at 07:20

Corsair TX 650 V2, 650 is still plenty powerful and the V2 is more efficient which will be of great benefit in 24/7 use

mraerosmith1981 · 18 Jun 2011 at 08:18

I would say, get a psu by any of the well thought of brands

Seasonic, XFX, Coolermaster, Antec, Corsair , OCZ, FPS etc

olivier renault · 18 Jun 2011 at 11:10

With that rig, a high efficiency 650W PSU. The antec high current gamer 620w is cheap, runs cool, and is efficient (tested at over 87% @ 50% load, which would be the higher range of your typical load, I find that hard to believe though).

The most efficient designs are provided by Seasonic, and a lot of high end (and even the Antec High Current Gamer for that matter) are manufactured by Seasonic. But can't hurt to go straight at the source (Seasonic X650 gold-rated, fully modular). You'd be paying twice the Antec though, so not necessarily cost effective

http://www.funkykit.com/component/c...tec-high-current-gamer-620w-power-supply.html

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revie...er-620w-power-supply-review-introduction.html

Corsairs (V2) and XFX are also Seasonic OEM, so well worth a look. But the Antec will do a fine job.

Randall8686 · 18 Jun 2011 at 11:21

As above really i had a thermaltake psu for years and its still going strong today but corsair XFX seasonic would be in my top 3

martyn_rigby · 20 Jun 2011 at 07:46

Thanks for all the advice. Will look at them & decide in the n ext few days.

Cheers

Martyn

xNytramx · 20 Jun 2011 at 08:59

When I was buying my 6950, I read somewhere from OCUK that they recommended the Corsair TX series, I went with that and havent had any problems

GL Martyn

Martyn (same name!)

Admetos · 20 Jun 2011 at 10:06

Re Seasonic and the X-650. One thing I remember from Joni-Gurus review is they said the X-650 was built more like a server PSU. Got to be a consideration if your looking for 24/7 operation.