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hello I am getting a 750w psu for my new 390x and I was wondering would I be fine getting a bronze psu over a gold?

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hello I am getting a 750w psu for my new 390x and I was wondering would I be fine getting a bronze psu over a gold?

 

It's fine.

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hello I am getting a 750w psu for my new 390x and I was wondering would I be fine getting a bronze psu over a gold?

Efficiency has nothing to do with PSU quality

Tell us what exact PSU you are getting and we can help you :D

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hello I am getting a 750w psu for my new 390x and I was wondering would I be fine getting a bronze psu over a gold?

exactly what psu?

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Ya the gold/bronze thing is for efficiency. it will reduce your electricity bill marginally and pump a little less heat, but what you really care about with a PSU is things that will hurt your components over time, such as ripple control and voltage stability to name a couple. Use the LTT tier list to decide what's good, tell us your PSU and see the comments, or go to a decent reviewer (I like JonnyGURU) and check the reviews.  

If you make a post contradicting mine that doesn't directly address my claims, or cites 'facts' without evidence, I'm probably not going to bother responding to it, because you probably didn't bother reading my post properly, and because life is too short. It doesn't mean I don't have an answer for you. It means I'm not dignifying you with a response. 

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hello I am getting a 750w psu for my new 390x and I was wondering would I be fine getting a bronze psu over a gold?

Efficiency is explained in a post pinned on the main PSU/cases subforum. TL;DR is doesn't matter a ton unless you run your system under heavy load often.

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Efficiency has nothing to do with PSU quality

Tell us what exact PSU you are getting and we can help you :D

Either an xfx or seasonic depending on what prices are when I order
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Either an xfx or seasonic depending on what prices are when I order

All units from XFX and seasonic are excellent

I would just pick the one that is cheapest or is fully modular

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Either an xfx or seasonic depending on what prices are when I order

 

All XFX units are made by Seasonic, so you can't go wrong with either.

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