Which PSU?

Mark719 · 10 Oct 2013 at 20:56

Hey, I was wondering your opinions on which PSU would be better, either:

Corsair 750W CXM Builder Modular 80+ Bronze PSU - £75

Antec High Current Gamer 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' - £99

I am thinking of going with Corsair since it has really good reviews and is cheaper.

Mercutio · 10 Oct 2013 at 21:24

The corsair is a perfectly decent CPU, if your eager to save a bit on your build(/for other things) it will do you nicely.

The Antec though is a seasonic built PSU so for the extra £24 it's probably worth it. The "high current" side likely means the 12v rail has few more amps on it too and modular is always nice.

The last.... 3? (I think) PSU's I've owned have been Antec ones that have never skipped a beat. Had a 350w, a 550w ("earthwatts") and currently a 750w ("true power") and I don't think many folks will have much bad to say about them.

fowler002 · 10 Oct 2013 at 21:53

What's the spec of the PC this PSU will be going in? If its only a single graphics card then you can knock it down to 500w-650w.

Mark719 · 10 Oct 2013 at 21:57

fowler002 said:
What's the spec of the PC this PSU will be going in? If its only a single graphics card then you can knock it down to 500w-650w.

This is the build:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £269.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
2 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £155.99 (£311.98)
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £113.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - Black £104.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
2 x Avexir MPower Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CRR) £59.99 (£119.98)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £53.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,513.81 (includes shipping : FREE).

Mercutio · 10 Oct 2013 at 22:09

As I mentioned in another PSU thread, it's quite nice to have a bit of headroom. The PSU fans can rapidly go from silent to annoying if they are having to produce a reasonable percentage of their total available so it's probably worth sticking for the sake of £15/20.