Stuck between two PSU's

[Flambard]

Hello everyone! 

 

I have been suggested in another thread to upgrade my trash PSU. After going through the tier 1 PSU list and having a look at reviews and my preference on aesthetics and company I am down to two PSU's. 

 

I am looking for a 750w PSU. 

 

The first would be a Corsair HXi Series™ HX750i High-Performance ATX Power Supply — 750 Watt 80 Plus® PLATINUM

There are many great reviews of this PSU and also has corsair link for digital monitoring and control.

Platinum rating 

https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/Power-Supply-Units/HXi-Series™-HX750i-High-Performance-ATX-Power-Supply-—-750-Watt-80-Plus®-PLATINUM-Certified-PSU-(UK-Plug)/p/CP-9020072-UK

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The second would be a Corsair RMX Series RM750x ATX/EPS Fully Modular 80 PLUS Gold Power Supply Unit - White

Good reviews again on this but i would mostly choose it for aesthetics from the white outer shell and wiring (although i could buy separate white cables for the above)

Gold rating 

https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/Power-Supply-Units/RMx-White-Series™-RM750x-—-750-Watt-80-PLUS®-Gold-Certified-Fully-Modular-PSU-(UK)/p/CP-9020155-UK

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My computer specs:

Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (Intel Z97) - 4xUSB3/2xUSB2

16 GB Corsair Vengeance 1866 MHz (2x8GB) - Lifetime Warranty (DDR3)

Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 BIT

Corsair Graphite 780T

NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X - 12 GB - (PCI-E)

2 TB Seagate (2000 GB) SATA-III HDD 7200 RPM 64MB

250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD SATA-III, Read 540MB/s, Write 520MB/s - Silent

 

Corsair CX 750W PSU - Low Noise

 

Corsair Hydro Series H110 (Advanced Liquid Cooling)

16 Colour Remote Controlled Light System - 36 LED Flexlight

250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD SATA-III, Read 540MB/s, Write 520MB/s - Silent

Intel i7 4790K - (4 x 4.0 GHZ) - Haswell

I’ve also added an additional 1TB SSD

And a ASU’s dual band wireless adapter

Monitor is a BenQ 27inch 144hz 

 

What do you thing about these two PSU's, are there any others you think i should have a second look at?

 

You can probably see why I am upgrading my PSU, if you check my other activity you can also see I have been having problems which could be related to it. 

 

Do you think the added benefits of the HXi is worth it over aesthetics of the RMx, such as rating and corsair link?

 

[.Apex.]

Either of those PSU's are more than fine, pick whichever you like based on looks.

[minibois]

The RM750X has been serving me well (although I am just a normal user, so that anecdotal evidence is not much of use), but if you want the digital monitoring and the RMX styling you could go for an RMi PSU. Slightly different (yet still silver/black) label, but with monitoring.

Otherwise the difference between these two PSU's is the rating (Platinum vs. Gold in the HXi vs. RMX series respectively) and I believe the HXi has an extra 8 pin EPS (CPU) connector (useful if you wanted a higher end board, or a board in the Z390, or another HEDT platform, like Threadripper or Intel's offering in that price range).

 

 

[Flambard]

5 minutes ago, syn2112 said:

Either of those PSU's are more than fine, pick whichever you like based on looks.

Thank you syn! Do you have any knowledge on Corsair link as that would probably be the deciding factor apart from aesthetics?

[.Apex.]

Just now, Flambard said:

Thank you syn! Do you have any knowledge on Corsair link as that would probably be the deciding factor apart from aesthetics?

If monitoring your PSU is something important to you then it's up to you to decide, you can monitor Temperature, Voltage, Power Usage and Fan of the PSU, but for me it's not really that important because the PSU is built to handle all the 750W with ease and even beyond, unless it's somehow faulty ofc, but considering your PC, you're no where near the 750W usage.

[Flambard]

21 hours ago, syn2112 said:

If monitoring your PSU is something important to you then it's up to you to decide, you can monitor Temperature, Voltage, Power Usage and Fan of the PSU, but for me it's not really that important because the PSU is built to handle all the 750W with ease and even beyond, unless it's somehow faulty ofc, but considering your PC, you're no where near the 750W usage.

Thank you I am going to go with the Corsair RMXi as it would look great in my PC build! Great point in regards to monitoring as honestly i don't see myself using that feature at all.