Is Platinum worth the extra bits?

[AshwinRox]

So I'm looking at power supplies and I see a couple posts that platinum is great! But I was wondering, is there that much of a difference between gold and platinum? Is it really worth twice as much?

[Streetguru]

15 minutes ago, AshwinRox said:

So I'm looking at power supplies and I see a couple posts that platinum is great! But I was wondering, is there that much of a difference between gold and platinum? Is it really worth twice as much?

It's not worth it in general unless you know you need it, also good quality bronze units are fine as well.

[TempestCatto]

Not unless you plan on running your PC 24/7/365 under load. Also I think there's a titanium tier as well. Regardless though, gold will do you perfectly - hell bronze even would.

[Princess Luna]

22 minutes ago, AshwinRox said:

is there that much of a difference between gold and platinum?

 

23 minutes ago, AshwinRox said:

Is it really worth twice as much?

Power saving's wise not really, but 80+ certification is not (alone) an indicator of quality of an unit. What you need is a good unit.

[seon123]

Ignore the 80+ rating, and just get the better PSU.

Can't really say if it's going to be worth it in terms of electricity costs, since we don't know what you're powering, how much you'll use the PC under different loads, your local electricity cost, and the absolute cost difference between the PSUs.