What power supply do you use?

[dirtyferret]

Corsair CX's sure are dodgy, but CS series is not half as bad (if the design stayed the same from years ago when I last checked those), but still overpriced sadly.

While we're on Corsair, I still have one TX650 v1 and after some 7 years it is still working fantastically, original fan and all. No hissing from components, capacitors looks ok for now.
Also a XFX ts550, and Superflower Goldengreen hx550. If a friend wants a cheap power supply, I usually get them something like Cooler master b500, looks like a good little unit. Still better than anything they wanted to buy. Two dead LC-power units (those older were the worst sh*t) and FSP bluestorm II 500 are sitting somewhere in the basement I think.

corsair cx are "dodgy", never seen a dodgy professional review of them, but the cooler master B500 is ok because it looks good???

 

[SuperVeloce]

Look again. Every thorough review will highlight cons what should not happen at the price CX series is selling for in most markets. Meanwhile B500 is actually better/safer design at a lower price. Or should I say, at the right price.

 

[dirtyferret]

Link a professional review otherwise its just fanboy opinions which is worthless. The corsair CX is a bronze efficiency unit built by CWT with a 85c Japanese main cap. That CM special you are pushing is also built by CWT and from it's cheaper price I'm guessing they are using Taiwanese special in the main cap and offer lower efficiency

 

[wiyosaya]

I have several PCs and most of them have Seasonics. I used to be a devout Antec user, until one failed on me. The failure was not catastrophic - rather the computer would simply just die after a while, and the only thing that I was able to trace it to was the PS. I replaced it with a Seasonic, and it has run like a champ ever since.

At this point, if I need to get a new PS for a build, it will be a Seasonic.

 

[Emexrulsier]

My main "rig" has an OCZ 850w Gold 80+ and my gathering dust machine has the Corsair RM650. Was pleased to get the 850w during an ocz rma with my old 700w. This died so I rma'd it and they sent me a brand new 850w gold in its replacement.

 

[dirtyferret]

Seasonics are well built units but most of Antec's top performance PSU are made by Seasonic ( a few by delta). Antec also has better customer service IMHO but also tend to be priced higher then their seasonic counterpart PSU.

 

[Jennino]

Coolermaster Silent Pro Hybrid,have it for about 2 years now...1050Watt...for just in case.

 

[Dino Dub]

For my main gaming build I use Thermaltake SmartSE 630W... i5-2500k @3,7GHz, Asus p8z77-m, 2 x 8GB HyperX Fury 1866Mhz, 250GB Sasmung EVO850 SSD, 2TB Seagate, 1.5TB WD Green, Sapphire 280x 3GB/384bit, ThermalTake ArmorMX+ Case

and for my casual use/office desktop I use MSPro 550W... C2D E8500 @3,13GHz, 2,5GB DDRII, 250GB WD HDD, ATi RADEON x1550, Generic GEMBIRD case...

 

[rpjkw11]

Seasonic 750 watt Silent Snow.

 

[delluel]

I tend to go for the overkill as well. I run an 850 and put a 750 in my sons. I never know how many different ways I'm going to make it glow so. I make sure to end up with extra.

 

[ajac63]

An Antec TP 650W modular which has been reliable so far

 

[dogofwars]

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 cars. 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 cars on single rail if all other system components are on the second one...

Tried it, did not work well, though I had no problem when it was 2 480 GTX.

 

[Raoul Duke]

Corsair AX650 Gold Professional

 

[Darth Shiv]

Corsair HX750 in my main. 7 year warranty and ample power for a single GPU setup.

 

[Hotlynx16]

Corsair CX750M , put in about 6 months ago , had old (6 YR'S?) Ultra 600watt, no problems. GA-P43T-ES3G, Modified Xeon Quad X5472 to fit 775 board,6GB ram, HIS HD6570 VID, Win7, 3 hard drives, DVD,USB3 pci-e adapter, DVD Maker PCI card, CM 212+ Cpu heat sink

 

[Ascaris]

XFX XTR-550. Gold rated, full-modular, Seasonic made with all Japanese caps and a FDB fan (quieter than ball bearings and longer lasting than a conventional sleeve, hopefully) that can be switched between hybrid (fanless at low loads) and conventional mode (I use conventional). Reviews of the unit show very low ripple and tight regulation.

The 550w size is perfect for my needs (single GPU)... it's near the peak efficiency of the PSU when gaming, and still has plenty of headroom between the max draw of the system and the 550w rated capacity. I have not had to use the customer service, but XFX is supposed to be one of the good ones, and it was the cheapest Seasonic of comparable efficiency and capacity I could find.

 

[bluejolls]

I'd stick with the 750w. No point in buying another PSU when you've already got one, unless you can return it and get a 500w.
However, it leaves you room to expand in the future.

 

[StrikerRocket]

OCZ Z Series 80+ Gold. Bought it in 2012 for $99.95 when they stopped making them. Used to power my i7-3770K, then I built a dual-Xeon e5 2670 machine, first ran it with a brand new seasonic G Series 650W during mounting/testing, but seeing the Xeon rig pumped more than 500w, I swapped the PSUs. The OCZ is powering the Xeons and a GTX 970 + 6 HDDs, and the Seasonic the i7.