What power supply do you use?

[tmcclelland47]

CX750M here. I rather like this thing a lot.

 

[Nethunter]

Seasonic 1000W 80 PLUS Platinum

 

[lripplinger]

Corsair TX650 for me.

 

[SuperVeloce]

I still use my aaaanncient Antec TruePower Trio 550w. In 20+ years I have never seen an Antec psu go bad (nor any from Corsair, Fortron, PCP&P, or Seasonic ftm), so I can't help but feel loyal. The 'mid' level brands like Thermaltake and Cooler Master, well.. Just plan on buying a 650-700w if you really need a 500-550w, and make sure the 12v rail setup is pretty strong if you plan on running many case accessories.

I have to advise to NEVER use an offbrand or gimmicky (led's, windows, other useless garbage) psu, the consequences can be disastrous. I had an Ultra X-Connect (shiny, chromed, one of the first modular psu's) that seemed like a great buy at the time, until it fried my motherboard. Wouldn't have been so bad if they had at least honored their meager 2 yr 'lifetime' warranty...

Old rule of thumb for psu's... Just go to a computer store like Fry's, that's big enough to have multiple psu's on display, and weigh each one in hand -- the higher quality psu's use beefier components and heatsinks, which drastically increases the weight. It'll show you one fact of life, that outside of a few special deals, you always get exactly what you pay for.

I'm not saying it's not possible for an Ultra to damage anything, but is highly unlikely. Those were very good units for that day and age, very stable and lots of 12V power (not something you took for granted in 2003/04), but the design is more than 13 years old and you cannot compare this to newer post Pentium 4 era PSUs with active PFC and other stuff..

 

[noc81]

I'm not saying it's not possible for an Ultra to damage anything, but is highly unlikely. Those were very good units for that day and age, very stable and lots of 12V power (not something you took for granted in 2003/04), but the design is more than 13 years old and you cannot compare this to newer post Pentium 4 era PSUs with active PFC and other stuff..

The very reason I took a chance.. was very pricey in those days finding a PSU with a strong 12v rail, let alone multiple rails. Combined with modular cables, seemed like such a great deal! I was a very early adopter, first generation.. After a slew of burnt up PSU complaints on their support forum, they upped their warranty and changed the oem they got their components from, but did nothing for existing owners. Mine was just under a year old, and they refused warranty coverage because they felt they were justified with just a retail recall. Again, hence my warning to avoid anything too gimmicky or new. I have boxes of this crap -- force feedback headphones, non-CL sound cards, other niche devices. Remember the Kyro..? Dx

 

[veLa]

Antec HCG 850W. It's only bronze rated, but Antec consistently makes some of the best PSUs out there. I've used Antec in nearly every system circa 2005.

 

[clubfoot]

Corsair RM1000i

 

[colinf]

Seasonic X 750 and worth every penny

 

[dogofwars]

Corsair 850HX one rail.

I had Corsair 1000HX but it was dual rail and with 2 R9 290x it was a bad idea.

 

[EClyde]

EVGA 220-G2-0850-XR and a CORSAIR HX Series HX750

 

[havok585]

Seasonic X 750, 3y going strong!

 

[Greg Simpson]

Corsiar HX1050 Silver. Powers Crossfired 290's, 3 HDD'S and 2 SSDs. May be a bit much but have never had any issues going on 4 years.

 

[Tekkaraiden]

Enermax Revolution Xt 430.

 

[DDG4005]

I'm using EVGA's Super Nova 1000P unit (platinum rated).

 

[enemyofthestate]

750 w. enermax

 

[poohbear]

Seasonic Platinum 760wt. It's expensive but comes with a 7 year warranty & hey, it's Seasonic! "I'm poor so I only buy expensive things" certainly applies here. These guys ARE the psu gurus. For a PC part that will go through multiple system upgrades & last me for probably a decade with top of the line specs, efficiency, & near silence, I'd gladly pay the extra $50-$70 for such an essential PC part. Over the course of 7-8 years who cares about paying that price premium for top of the line quality & power efficiency? With platinum ratings the power savings over 7-8 years will more than make up for it anyways & I have peace of mind it's never my PSU when over clocking or system trouble shooting.

 

[Axiarus]

Antec TruePower Quattro 1000w Semi Modular

 

[raptoroz]

Corsair HX850

 

[Dennyy]

250 Watt titanium in my dreams D:

 

[treetops]

I bought a 600w OCZ power supply back in like 2007, it died in the last week of its warranty(2-3? year). They replaced it no problem. They even sent me a upgraded model 700w. Iv been using it ever since. I give OCZ major props and can't see going with another brand when this one finally kicks it. It ran my old pci video card nvidia something, my nvidia 270, amd 280 and now my nivida 970.

 

[Adhmuz]

Corsair TX750, HX650, HX850, so far I've only been buying Corsair PSUs for my own systems, all have been used since date of purchase, the TX has been on straight for the last 4 years if not 5 years in my server and prior was in my gaming rig. So far all three have been performing flawlessly and I see no reason not to buy more PSUs from Corsair.

 

[Hbootmode]

Enermax Revolution 87+ 850W

 

[Mike Gray]

Corsair RM1000. Quiet, which is important to me, and overpowered enough that I can check the PSU off the list of causes if I run into problems. (NB: I run an OC'd 6700k alongside two OC'd Radeon 290x, all water cooled - so it's not thaaaat much overkill.)

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

Building computers should be easy but somehow isn't.

It's childs play these days.Back then when you were inserting lots of RAM IC's into sockets it was very easy to slip up with one and I should know, I did it on more than one occasion.

 

[SuperVeloce]

Corsair 850HX one rail.

I had Corsair 1000HX but it was dual rail and with 2 R9 290x it was a bad idea.

Why is two rails bad idea on crossfire with quality 1k watt PSU? You can have each on different rail and it's plenty of power for those cards. Even still, two rails are most probably only for safety reason (an actual one rail design with two fuses) and I bet you can drive both cards on single rail if all other system components are on the second one...