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I'm not saying you need a 750W.  I linked you to a 750W review because there is no review of the 650W, but if you read the review, you can get the gist as to why the TX-M is a very good PSU.
 

A co-worker found this museum worthy piece in one of the labs at a local state college 😄
 
 

The justification to get an Intel i9 10920x was two-fold: 1. Keeping a decently high single-core performance, and 2. PCI-E expandability while staying under $600 for a CPU. With legs to stretch after moving from 16 to 48 PCI-E lanes, I decided to venture into high-speed storage. The main benefit is being able to assign tasks to groups of CPU cores/threads on the same data set and not lose random I/O performance. My PCI-E expansion consists of the following cards:
2x EVGA 2080's with liquid cooling (Absolutely necessary for cramming PCI-E cards)
2x Asus Hyper M.2 x16 PCIe 3.0 x4 Expansion Card V2s
5x SKHynix Gold P31 500Gb M.2 drives
1x Asus 10Gbe Network card
 
When all 4 16x slots are filled, each PCI-E slot only run at 8x. For GPU's, this is fine, but for PCI-E SSDs, this meant that I could only place 2 cards per slot, meaning that I had to get 2 of the Asus Hyper cards. Both GPUs are fine to run at 8x PCI-E gen3 for all of my tasks, which include machine learning, graphic design, and some light gaming. Behind the cards, on the motherboard, I have the 5th PCI-E drive acting as a boot drive. One thing that may make some people upset is that I did not use hardware RAID 0 on the 4 cards, but in Crystal Disk Mark, I get a theoretical 14.2GB/s, real-world 12.5GB/s, so I don't feel like I'm losing performance using a Windows storage pool instead. Going with software also helps not have to backup the array in the case of a BIOS update or losing the drive data if my BIOS gets corrupted. It's easy to import the foreign drive to a new computer and start using it. And just to be clear, the 2TB "RAID 0" storage pool is not a boot drive. It is mainly used for storing large games, (Assassin's Creed, GTA V), and hosting datasets for processing.

The 10Gbe card actually runs off of chipset lanes, but keep in mind that the PCH has a throughput of 3.6GB/s, while a 10Gb card only operates up to 1.25GB/s, so there's no fear of bottlenecking there. Do I feel like I'm missing out on PCI-E Gen 4 performance? No. No applications I've seen or used are written to read and write data that fast. This was mostly an experiment and proof of concept, but I'm happy with the results. The bits do go brrrr.

Without any info to back that up there is no value to that information. Unless someone can provide concrete evidence, than that is a different story, but in this case, it is not. Sounds like this person is just conveying their own personal bias and opinion, not actually providing sound advice or info. 
 
Corsair and Seasonic have both made Good PSU's and Bad PSU's, I personally would not rate one better than the other, it comes down to the specific units you are comparing. And in this instance the Corsair TXm is better. 

The TX650M is a much better PSU than the Core.   The Core is an entry level product.
 
Seasonic, and Corsair for that matter, makes a wide range of products.  You can't make blanket statements like "this brand is better than that brand".  

A Tier A PSU is better than Tier B. Thus making the decision pretty straight forward. The TXm it is a well made PSU with good warranty.
 
Seems like an unfound bias, what have you heard that makes SeaSonic better? 

Looks like a pretty standard fan cable length. Because motherboards have a wide variety of fan header locations the cable isn't always long enough.
 
You need to either use an extension cable to reach an open header, or use a splitter to attach two fans to a closer header.

Prebuilt Powerspec G436 (im ashamed but I had no luck getting a card to build it myself)
 
I7-10700k 
Msi z490 plus
Zotac Rtx 3070
32gb ram @3200mhz (forza brand, will be changing out for better brand) 
Cooler Master aio 
Whothehellknows brand 750watt PSU
Some sort of Lian Li Case 
 
Playing on a gigabyte g27qc monitor with a steel series apex 7 keyboard and Logitech g502 mouse. 
 
My first real gaming pc.
 
My other rig was an old vostro i took from work that has been Frankenstein'd together with random parts. Can't seem to get it to run right though, its laggy as hell trying to do any normal task. 
 
-unknown intel mobo 
-core i7-3770 
-nvidia gt 1030 
-16gb ram
-evga 450watt standard psu that I have no idea what to do with all the extra cables it has
-cooler master hyper rgb air cpu cooler that doesn't fit in the case so i ordered a hood scoop to put over the cutout I made in the side panel to clear it 🤣

GAMING PC:
CPU - i7-10900K 3.8GHz
GPU - MSI RTX 2070 SUPER Ventus GP OC 8GB
RAM - 16GB Silicon Power DDR5 3200MHz
SSD - 1TB Western Digital SN550
MOBO - GIGABYTE AORUS Z490 ELITE AC
COOLING - ID-Cooling Auraflow 360mm Snow Water Cooler
PSU - Seasonic FOCUS GX-650W
CASE - Corsair CRYSTAL 570X
DISPLAY - Samsung Odyssey G9 Monitor (not arrived yet)
HEADPHONES - Turtle Beach Stealth 700
 
SIM RACING HARDWARE:
FANATEC DD1 Direct Drive Wheel Base
FANATEC ClubSport Pedals V3
FANATEC ClubSport Handbrake V1.5
FANATEC ClubSport Universal Wheel Hub
SPARCO 330mm Rally Wheel
Sim-Lab GT1-EVO Cockpit
and some cheap-a$$ pleather racing seat from CARiD
 

It's finally done! Finding the parts for this build took months, but here she is! 😄
 
specs:
AMD Threadripper 2970WX 24 core
ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme Alpha 
32GB (4X8) G.Skill Trident Z 4266Mhz
AMD Radeon RX6900XT
Lian Li O11D Mini
2TB of combined NVMe storage
Coolermaster SFX V850 
Full hardline EKWB waercooling.

My little battle station :3
 
PC:
-Asus B-450f gaming
-Ryzen 5 3600x
-GTX 1080
-HyperX Fury RGB (16Gb 3200Mhz CL16 DDR4)
-Lian li PC-011D
-NZXT Kraken X52
-Cooler master masterfans
 
Audio: 
-Sandberg condenser microphone
-Sennheiser HD599
-LG 5.1 Sound system
 
Displays:
-32" Asus 1440p 144Hz 
-25" 60Hz TV
-Oculus Rift CV1
 

Lol first as in first ever 😅 it was a lot of fun and easier than I thought though, I've had more issues with past soft tubing builds.
 
Edit: also finally got a vertical mount for my other monitor, so the battlestation is complete!

My Christmas present
 
Ryzen 5 5600x 
Asus ROG B550-f gaming wifi
Zotac twin edge OC 3070
G-skill trident z the 16gb 3200ghz
Thermaltake TD500
Thermaltake 750watt power supply
seagate barracuda 2tb hdd
samsung sata ssd 250gb
 

Finally built a new rig last December in time for Cyberpunk 2077, my previous build was almost 7 years old I and hadn't really played anything on it since I got a PS4 Pro in 2017. While I didn't manage to get exactly the parts I wanted I'm still happy with what I ended up with.
 
 
 
Desk:
Ikea Fredde
 
PC:
Ryzen 5 5600X + Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black
MSI RTX 3070 SUPRIM X
MSI B550 Tomahawk
32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V 3600MHz CL 16
500GB A-Data SX8200 Pro + 1TB A-Data SX8200 Pro NVMe SSD
4TB Seagate Barracuda HDD
Corsair RM750x
Fractal Design Define 7 with 3x Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black fans
Windows 10 Pro
 
Peripherals:
MSI Optix MPG341CQR 34" 3440x1440 144Hz
Logitech G513
Logitech G502 Lightspeed + Logitech Powerplay mousemat
Logitech Extreme 3D Pro
Dualshock 4
 
Audio:
Genelec 8020B
Marantz HD-DAC1
Singxer F-1 USB Audio Bridge
Sennheiser HD800
Sennheiser HD650
Sennheiser HD598
Philips Fidelio X2
(Also got a few other headphones but I don't use them with my PC)

Nothing too crazy..
 
 

Not the fanciest looking setup here by far, but That's pretty much the whole point. Finally got Hold of a keyboard that matches my Dimension 2400 Sleeper, and moved the whole setup to a room with actual walls instead of the unfinished basement. Gave me a chance to do a pretty good job cable managing everything for once, too(Just don't look behind the desk.)

A GMMK TKL I threw together with lubed Glorious Pandas and NP PBT Caps.
Giving it away on the forum.

So here's my two. The bottom one is a G Pro with Romer-G tactiles that ended up getting some pretty good blue LED failure after about 6 months. Currently use it for my XP rig whenever I use it with the backlight set to red and saved to memory.
 
The top one is my current daily driver which is a G Pro X with tactiles (the RMA replacement for the first board), and now it's slowly starting to develop blue LED failure as well (currently just a slight red tinge on the S key, just like how it started on the first one). Kinda hoping by running this hot pink (which uses the blue as fully as possible) I can coax some more LEDs to fail to get yet another replacement.

Decided to hit up the used market to see what I could throw together while waiting for prices to stabilize for my next build. Ended up with this beaut.
Specs
AMD FX-6300
GTX 1060
16gb DDR3
128gb ssd (boot)
500gb HDD (storage)
Corsair 650w PSU
This ABSOLUTELY LEGENDARY old NZXT case.
 
Yes I know it's a dusty mess and the cable management is non existent. I have a new case on the way for this and plan on cleaning/repasting everything when that arrives. And I plan on using this NZXT case for a retro build I've been planning for a while with a GTX 760. I will post that here as well when it's ready.

What it was since I last updated
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460
RAM: Kingston 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 * 2
Motherboard: Asus H81M-E rev 2.0
Graphics Card: Asus GTX750 1GB GDDR5
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper103
Storage: Kingston A400 240GB SATA SSD (System) + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200rpm HDD
PSU: Corsair VS450 80+
Case: Aigo Darkflash DLM21
Case Fans: IDCooling XF12025 * 2

What it is right now
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460
RAM: Kingston 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 * 2
Motherboard: Asus H81M-E rev 2.0
Graphics Card: Palit RTX3060Ti 8GB GDDR6
CPU Cooler: IDCooling Frostflow X240 Snow White
Storage: Crucial MX500 500GB SATA SSD (System) + Kingston A400 240GB SATA SSD + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200rpm HDD
PSU: FSP Hydro GD 650W 80+ Gold
Case: Aigo Darkflash DLM21
Case Fans: IDCooling XF12025 * 2

Peripherals
Keyboard: Kingston HyperX Alloy FPS (CherryMX Red)
Mouse: Logitech Hyperion Fury G402 (1920dpi)
Speaker: SONICGEAR Titan5 BT
Monitor: NEC Multisync EA243WM 59hz (Yes it only topped out at 59.95hz and Windows somehow lowered it to 59hz)
Headphones: Taotronics Soundsurge 46
Microphone: Fifine T669
Chair: Cooler Master Caliber R2
Tablet: Huion INSPIROY H430P
Controller: Logitech F310

I was on ZOTAC GTX1060 AMP! Edition 6GB GDDR5 when I won this graphic card from a lucky draw event on Facebook, as well as my Cooler Master Caliber R2 gaming chair from another one. I'm aware my PC is damn outbalanced and my card is bottlenecked by PCIe Gen 2, I do have a plan to upgrade it.

Just finished my first hardline build!
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  (Purchased For $550.00)
Motherboard: Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero ATX AM4 Motherboard  (Purchased For $400.00)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  (Purchased For $130.00)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  (Purchased For $130.00)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $230.00)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $230.00)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB FTW3 ULTRA GAMING Video Card  (Purchased For $820.00)
Case: Lian Li O11D XL-W ATX Full Tower Case  (Purchased For $220.00)
Power Supply: Corsair AXi 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $0.00)
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI SL120 58.54 CFM 120 mm Fan  (Purchased For $25.00)
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI SL120 58.54 CFM 120 mm Fan  (Purchased For $25.00)
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI SL120 58.54 CFM 120 mm Fan  (Purchased For $25.00)
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI SL120 58.54 CFM 120 mm Fan  (Purchased For $25.00)
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI SL120 58.54 CFM 120 mm Fan  (Purchased For $25.00)
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI SL120 58.54 CFM 120 mm Fan  (Purchased For $25.00)
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI SL120 58.54 CFM 120 mm Fan  (Purchased For $25.00)
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI SL120 58.54 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack  (Purchased For $80.00)
Total: $2965.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-21 18:27 EST-0500
 
 

Found my original GeForce 256 DDR. This was ungodly expensive for the teenage me at the time. Walked thru snow to buy it at a local shop for I think 399CAD.

Uniting a classic with it's new boxed home, and goodies.

Found something nice today

After a couple years of service my K70 LUX is officially retired from active duty. Not that I was really using it at all the past few months, but it remained on my desk if I needed a numpad, but no more!
 
Hmmmm what will take it's rightful place? 🤔

 
Also thinking of doing a giveaway for my K70? Not sure how that would work yet. Gotta spend some time figuring out how.