KuroiHane
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True, the 550W version would do just fine. I usually get some higher than needed power supplies because of the temperature here, that reaches 35~38C ambient at times. Also, this unit cost me less than a 550W gold unit would cost where I live, so, I'm really happy about the purchase. I'll be running a few tests on this for the next days with Realbench, some gaming, stress testing and so on. The OCZ unit I had is heavier than this Seasonic, and, if someone wants, I can open this OCZ unit (done before) and take some pictures of it (since I haven't really seem a good review on this exact model). Curiosity was a tad bigger. https://imgur.com/a/IhEoU I did not know Panasonic made capacitors lol I just found out this unit was really expensive back then, costing more than the old Corsair CX-M series a the same wattage (refering to prices here).
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@jonnyGURU I see. I guess I'll just keep using the 110V, since there is basically no noise at all. I don't have a multimeter(Or any tool) to confirm if the polarity is correct on that socket and since 110V is working just fine, I guess there's really no problem. The software voltage readings seems perfectly in place as well, most of them shows numbers that basically doesn't even change when I load my system with all I can give it. (even overclocking the GPU 200 Mhz Core/Mem) I also noticed that the fan barely spins...that just makes me think I ended up getting way too much wattage, since it should be at about half the load. The exhaust when loading the CPU at 3.9 Ghz/1.3875V (R7 1700) gets a bit warm, which is different from the old unit I had, but then again, that fan would spin at about the same speed, all the time. There wasn't really much noise output, since the system fans/GPU would make about the same/more noise than the PSU. All in all, I actually noticed that my VRMs are about 5C cooler at that speed, which leads me to believe the VRMs are having less trouble getting the energy "corrected" to the CPU. (But then again, I might just be misinformed on how those work properly). The 5V rails seems dead-on stable (per software readings on the motherboard), I know they're not all that reliable, but that looks good to me.
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@awesomegamer919awesomegamer919 I'll wait for more input on this. I basically can't do RMA since I'm from a country Seasonic doesn't give support here (I believe) and I got the PSU from Amazon to be delivered in an US address. I do have soldering tools and a ome experience with soldering, if that's just bad solder, I can just reflux it, but I guess I'll wait for @jonnyGURU's input on this..
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@jonnyGURU @STRMfrmXMN @awesomegamer919 Hey Guys! How is everyone? So, I just received my Focus 750W FX Gold, tested, everything worked, did the cable management, routed the cables in the best way I could, but I have some questions. I have a GTX 980 FE, is it okay to use the "daisy chain" in the PCI-E cable? I don't know if it's "Normal" at all, but it seems like my unit is making a little bit of noise. Reading through Jonny's review on the 750W unit where he says, because of some bad soldering, it could make some noise such as "arcing". I tried my best to record it, but this was the best I achieved, since I only have my phone with a somewhat "sensitive" mic: PSU Noise when Idle PSU Noise under Load Is that noise just normal or is it something bad? The PSU seems to be operating normally, that load test was done with both my GTX980 under Furmark and my processor overclocked to 3.9 Ghz/1.3875V with IBT on 12 Threads. EDIT: The noise doesn't seem to be as noticeable when I use 110V (Almost can't hear it even under load), just tested that now. When I use 220V though, it becomes much louder. Could it be the 220V line feeding rather "dirty" power from the socket?
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I believe the same. I was almost tempted into getting a Prime Platinum unit, but I couldn't find many reviews on the 750W ones, so I ended up backing away from it. I don't really understand that much about PSUs to just assume it would be "just about the same" as the Titanium. Oh well, I'll get my FX Gold tomorrow, can't wait to take some pictures after trying cable management. I did try it a bit with my current unit, but I still have to force the side panel to properly close it...
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Well, the final price was almost $120, but there's 2 day shipping (since I didn't know when he was going to travel here, had to get it quicker) and since I live outside the US, I can't do the Mail-In rebate. But still, much better than the near $220 a RM750x costs here and they perform about the same apart from noise apparently.
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@awesomegamer919 Thanks to your recommendation, I ended up getting myself a Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W PSU. My friend should bring me tomorrow or Tuesday. Really can't wait for that thing, I want to re-do the cable management in my build. The only thing I'm worried now is the in-cable capacitors, since it might prove a bit hard to play with inside a rather small case, like my Corsair 400C.
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I own a Taichi too and I'm still trying to find out if my chip is "bad" as it reaches 80C with the stock cooler at 3.6/1.1875 (stock voltage). Gladly my h110i v2 does the job on cooling it. 1) They do get hot while overclocking, but the Taichi VRMs don't need active cooling at all. I live in a hot place (probably why my chip gets hot with the stock cooler) and I've never seen those VRMs hotter than 75C at 3.9 Ghz 1.38V. That is well within the safe zone for those components. 2)The Taichi has arguably the best AM4 VRMs, you probably won't need to worry about them even down the road with Zen+ and Zen2, assuming AMD lives up to their promise that is supporting the AM4 socket until 2020. 3) HWiNFO 64 manages to get all the readers from the board listed.
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@Stefan Payne Yeah, I know that. It's the main reason I want to get another PSU. I'll probably get myself a Seasonic 750W Focus Gold, rather cheap, fully modular and all. This little OCZ unit has been running for a good 5 years now, that's plenty enough for me. I've ever dared to run 2 GPUs on it (HD 6870 and GTX 460), did some testing for mining back in 2013.
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@adham. Yeah, they did. But that was...well, most likely old stuff, I had a OCZ StealthXStream 500W, great little PSU, really, it was silent and not so expensive, it was also recommended by the same site (hardwaresecrets), same as that Fatality 750 one.
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@STRMfrmXMN @jonnyGURU @JDE Hey dudes! I have a question for you guys! I found out there are different models of the PSU I own right now. The model I have is this one: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/ocz-fatal1ty-750-w-power-supply-review/ And the model I can really find any other reviews is this one: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/ocz-fatal1ty-750-watt-psu-review,1.html Do you guys think there's any major differences between those? From what I noticed (just looking quickly) the model I have is the only one with 4 different 12V rails, while the other model and the seemingly newer model reviewed by @jonnyGURU, being the FirePro one, has just 1 rail. What tier would my PSU fall in? 6? Untiered?
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@[insert name here] Have to admit I laughed hahaha It's tricky to open a PSU and fidget with it. Some PSU's have a system that completely discharges it's capacitors by running the fan, but that is very rare to see nowadays. My current OCZ Fatality 750 Watter does this, bit annoying at night, since the fan has red LEDs, but at least, the PSU is rather quiet. @STRMfrmXMN That thing on the /better not overclock everything/ made me think a bit now. If the readings from my motherboard and HWiNFO64 are "anywhere" near accurate, my 1700 at 3.9/1.38V draws about 200W of power. Adding my current GTX 980 that I've seen peaking into the high 190's makes me a bit worried, but at the same time, tells me I /could/ run this with a high grade 650W. Running realbench on this for a while made my current PSU a bit toasty, whew, I can definitely feel a few degrees hotter inside my room. At least, we're having a fairly cold day today and the little bit of heating helps.
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@STRMfrmXMN @JDE Thanks for replying! Just found the 850W Focus Plus Gold at 99 in Amazon, that's really cheap. You can't even buy a decent Bronze unit here for that money lol Yeah, I noticed that, but I'm pondering on getting mGPU or SLI done with that PSU, getting a near the edge one would mean purchasing another later down the road if I get into dual GPUs. Also, on the Overclock, that was for a few benchmarks, and it's what my chip can boot into the system. I couldn't get 4.1 for the life of me on this system and that clock alone took a lot of tweaking. Daily I either run it at 3.7 Ghz @ 1.22V or 3.9 Ghz @ 1.38V, really depends on the task I'm doing, but I sit mostly on 3.9 because of Video Encoding/Editing, that image was just an example of what I do here every now and again. (Yeah, sorry, maybe a bit misleading)
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@STRMfrmXMN @awesomegamer919 @Stefan Payne Thanks for the Replies! I /really/ wouldn't mind going to the 170 or 190 range here. I was going to pay near 220 for a RM750x (That's the price of that PSU here...nothing I can do) I just want good, reliable and stable PSU principally under hot conditions. So, more connectors, better warranty and so on should be on the plus side. (If things blows up, I can recur on sending the PSU to RMA in USA) This should describe my entire hardware as of now and what I'm doing with it. Of course, I plan on upgrading to a new GPU, maybe Nvidia or AMD's next gen as the 1xxx series are near it's end and the Vega...well, it's a Vega. I did look at Amazon a while ago and found the 750W Prime Titanium for 169, really pondering about it right now. EDIT: Also, a smaller PSU would be better. As much as the RM750x is a good choice, I found out I'd need to push my HD Drive cages further in my case to fit that PSU properly (Corsair Carbide 400C).
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@STRMfrmXMN @JDE @jonnyGURU So, this month I decided to wait a bit, since money got a bit short from what I was wanting to get (A TXM or a RMx), but, it seems things came out to better conclusion. Talking to a friend of mine, he is soon going to come to Brazil in the next weeks, with that, I should have about 150~170 USD to purchase a good PSU in the USA and he'll carry it to me. Do you guys have any recommendations on this price range? A 750~850 Unit is what I'm currently aiming for. Thanks in advance dudes! Also, @jonnyGURU I never noticed there were so many puns hidden in the reviews, since I never really took my time to read them...reading through one of them made me laugh a good bit, cheers! Came for knowledge, stayed for entertainment, good stuffs.
