Im looking for a decent 750 watt psu.

[BoreVore]

   Im not sure as too what 750 watt psu to get. Theres a lot on the market but I really don't now much about them. Im just looking to get one a fair price relative to what it offers. I have an amd ryzen 5 2600 and gtx 1080 rog strix. A gold rated psu within 80 to 110 dollars is what im looking for. 

Edit: I live in the US. 

Edited February 28, 2019 by BoreVore

[LukeLinusFanFic]

Are you sure you need 750? That's more than most need (just checking).

 

Basically any reputable brand with 80+ certification that isn't the Corsair CX (which I heard is bad) that happens to be on sale. 

[BrinkGG]

2 minutes ago, BoreVore said:

   Im not sure as too what 750 watt psu to get. Theres a lot on the market but I really don't now much about them. Im just looking to get one a fair price relative to what it offers. 

May I suggest the PSU tier list? It's a good place to start when picking PSUs. 

 

[Spotty]

22 minutes ago, BoreVore said:

I have an amd ryzen 5 2600 and gtx 1080 rog strix. A gold rated psu within 80 to 110 dollars is what im looking for.  

Edit: I live in the US. 

Corsair RM550x or Bitfenix Whisper M. Both around $80, depending what store you buy from.

A system with a Ryzen 5 2600 + GTX 1080 = around 300w total system draw under full load.

 

18 minutes ago, SwagMaestro said:

Basically any reputable brand with 80+ certification that isn't the Corsair CX (which I heard is bad) that happens to be on sale. 

A) Just because it has 80+ certification doesn't mean it's good. There's plenty of shit PSUs with 80+ ratings.
B) The grey label Corsair CX units are some of the best value units you can buy at the moment. Especially with the $20 rebates that are often available. Whoever told you that it was a bad unit was wrong.

Edited February 28, 2019 by Spotty

[LukeLinusFanFic]

6 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Corsair RM550x or Bitfenix Whisper M. Both around $80, depending what store you buy from.

A system with a Ryzen 5 2600 + GTX 1080 = around 300w total system draw under full load.

 

A) Just because it has 80+ certification doesn't mean it's good. There's plenty of shit PSUs with 80+ ratings.
B) The fuck? The grey label Corsair CX units are some of the best value units you can buy at the moment. Especially with the $20 rebates that are often available.

A) I'm following linus' word about the 80+  reputable brand thing (he added he wanted gold after I replied)

B) Whenever someone whispers of the CX everyone literally pile in and trash it. If you say it's not so bad, I trust your word.

 

[Spotty]

Just now, SwagMaestro said:

A) I'm following linus' word about the 80+  reputable brand thing (he added he wanted gold after I replied)

LTT pretty much use whatever is provided to them by their sponsor, which is typically some flagship 1000W+ Seasonic or Corsair unit that costs $250.

The CX series of PSU are actually pretty good quality. DC-DC, LLC resonant, decent rifle bearing fan, full suite of protections... On units that start at $40, that's really good. I can't think of anything else at that price point that will come close in terms of quality.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-cx450-psu,5678.html

The only issue with the grey label CX series is the CX450 only has one PCIe connector, meaning if you are powering a high powered GPU (such as a GTX 1080) it's not suitable as you lack the required PCIe cables. The rest of the CX units have more than one PCIe connector and are fine. So just get a CX550 if you're powering something that requires 2 PCIe cables. And to be fair on the CX450, if you're buying a $700 graphics card you can spend more than $40 on a PSU and buy something else anyway.

The older ones like the CX600 weren't as good, but they have been discontinued for some years now so you won't really find them in stores. Maybe that was what you were seeing people criticise? Or maybe it's just people who don't know what they're talking about who say that Corsair is shit because they're a Seasonic fanboy that would rather a group regulated M12ii/S12ii just because it has a Seasonic label on it.

[LukeLinusFanFic]

5 minutes ago, Spotty said:

LTT pretty much use whatever is provided to them by their sponsor, which is typically some flagship 1000W+ Seasonic or Corsair unit that costs $250.

The CX series of PSU are actually pretty good quality. DC-DC, LLC resonant, decent rifle bearing fan, full suite of protections... On units that start at $40, that's really good. I can't think of anything else at that price point that will come close in terms of quality.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-cx450-psu,5678.html

The only issue with the grey label CX series is the CX450 only has one PCIe connector, meaning if you are powering a high powered GPU (such as a GTX 1080) it's not suitable as you lack the required PCIe cables. The rest of the CX units have more than one PCIe connector and are fine. So just get a CX550 if you're powering something that requires 2 PCIe cables. And to be fair on the CX450, if you're buying a $700 graphics card you can spend more than $40 on a PSU and buy something else anyway.

The older ones like the CX600 weren't as good, but they have been discontinued for some years now so you won't really find them in stores. Maybe that was what you were seeing people criticise? Or maybe it's just people who don't know what they're talking about who say that Corsair is shit because they're a Seasonic fanboy that would rather a group regulated M12ii/S12ii just because it has a Seasonic label on it.

I was referring more to his general WAN show/TQ advice. Obviously what the used in the videos is sponsored and overkill.

And it was a thread I saw just a few days ago and then another around last year... Anyhow, lesson learned. Thank you.

[ChaseDown]

23 hours ago, BoreVore said:

   Im not sure as too what 750 watt psu to get. Theres a lot on the market but I really don't now much about them. Im just looking to get one a fair price relative to what it offers. I have an amd ryzen 5 2600 and gtx 1080 rog strix. A gold rated psu within 80 to 110 dollars is what im looking for. 

Edit: I live in the US. 

Have read great reviews of the Corsair RM750X(think rev2/2018 version) for lowest noise and good in every other way, comes in white too, on sale for less than 100 USD atm. But the Seasonic FOCUS plus gold ones are good and smaller but not as quiet all around 90 bucks usually.

[hello_there_123]

2 hours ago, ChaseDown said:

But the Seasonic FOCUS plus gold ones are good and smaller but not as quiet all around 90 bucks usually.

>Seasonic focus 

 

Missing 12V OCP? 

 

In reality, the probability of a slow short happening that doesn't trip the IC is very small but present. Would rather go with a Whisper M or RMx, both of which have better build quality anyway (whisper m taking the slight edge over rmx due to multi-rail).

[Rexper]

2 hours ago, hello_there_123 said:

>Seasonic focus 

 

Missing 12V OCP?

Not missing. Purposely not in place. Because it's a single-12V rail power supply.

You've also implied the RMx is single rail. I don't see your point.

[Stefan Payne]

On 2/28/2019 at 4:30 AM, BoreVore said:

   Im not sure as too what 750 watt psu to get. Theres a lot on the market but I really don't now much about them. Im just looking to get one a fair price relative to what it offers. I have an amd ryzen 5 2600 and gtx 1080 rog strix. A gold rated psu within 80 to 110 dollars is what im looking for. 

Edit: I live in the US. 

I use a 550W PSU with my new VEGA64, so far no Problemo with that, even without VSync.

 

PS: With VSync my power consumption is in some cases actually LOWER than on Polaris (RX480 Red Devil).

[Quadriplegic]

4 hours ago, Rexper said:

Not missing. Purposely not in place. Because it's a single-12V rail power supply.

You've also implied the RMx is single rail. I don't see your point.

What's the difference between missing and purposely not in place? The fact is, it does not have OCP on 12V. Thus it's probably not the best recommendation for high wattage power supply