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80+ "White", the lowest tier of certification, is basically a participation trophy.

 

GENERALLY SPEAKING, higher efficiency PSU's are better and more reliable, because surprise surprise, more efficient components put off less heat and thus last longer.

 

Heres the "Official" PSU Tier list, IMO nothing B or lower is worth your time. B+ and up. 

 

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As long as there's a 80+ certification, the power supply, in most cases (pun totally intended) will not blow up right?

 

Some people say that below an 80+ bronze (including 80+) will more than likely cause you issues, so I just wanted to make this clear.

 

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Id say, it depends. there are Chinese brands that do that but actually isn't

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

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For a Gaming PC i would not go below 80+ Gold.

Only Tier 1 comes in my Rigs too.

CPU i7 6700k MB  MSI Z170A Pro Carbon GPU Zotac GTX980Ti amp!extreme RAM 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 3k CASE Corsair 760T PSU Corsair RM750i MOUSE Logitech G9x KB Logitech G910 HS Sennheiser GSP 500 SC Asus Xonar 7.1 MONITOR Acer Predator xb270hu Storage 1x1TB + 2x500GB Samsung 7200U/m - 2x500GB SSD Samsung 850EVO

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The 80+ rating says nothing about how good a PSU is. E.g. the 80+ Gold EVGA G1 NEX is absolute garbage. 

There are also cases where the company sends a PSU to get certified, and then sells a different, worse PSU to consumers. 

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80+ "White", the lowest tier of certification, is basically a participation trophy.

 

GENERALLY SPEAKING, higher efficiency PSU's are better and more reliable, because surprise surprise, more efficient components put off less heat and thus last longer.

 

Heres the "Official" PSU Tier list, IMO nothing B or lower is worth your time. B+ and up. 

 

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My poor wallet oh no

                                      JOE? who that?

 

Running on a laptop that's older than me in terms of physical and mental abilities

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Peripherals

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                       NEW PC

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700k 
COOLER: Noctua - NH-D15
MOBO: ASRock - Z390 - Taichi
RAM: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB - 3000 (16gb if money's low)

STORAGE: Samsung - 860 EVO - 1TB

VIDEO CARD: RTX 2080

CASE: NZXT - H700 (White)

PSU: NVGA - SuperNOVA G3 850W 

MONITORS: MSI - Optix MAG24C x2 

 
 
 
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Aight, I'm gonna look extensively. Thanks guys

                                      JOE? who that?

 

Running on a laptop that's older than me in terms of physical and mental abilities

------ 

Peripherals

----------------

 

---------------------------------------------------

                       NEW PC

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700k 
COOLER: Noctua - NH-D15
MOBO: ASRock - Z390 - Taichi
RAM: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB - 3000 (16gb if money's low)

STORAGE: Samsung - 860 EVO - 1TB

VIDEO CARD: RTX 2080

CASE: NZXT - H700 (White)

PSU: NVGA - SuperNOVA G3 850W 

MONITORS: MSI - Optix MAG24C x2 

 
 
 
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Just now, OlympicAssEater said:

Your poor computer is going to blow up!

Heh, don't worry, my paranoia exceeds even my expectations

                                      JOE? who that?

 

Running on a laptop that's older than me in terms of physical and mental abilities

------ 

Peripherals

----------------

 

---------------------------------------------------

                       NEW PC

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700k 
COOLER: Noctua - NH-D15
MOBO: ASRock - Z390 - Taichi
RAM: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB - 3000 (16gb if money's low)

STORAGE: Samsung - 860 EVO - 1TB

VIDEO CARD: RTX 2080

CASE: NZXT - H700 (White)

PSU: NVGA - SuperNOVA G3 850W 

MONITORS: MSI - Optix MAG24C x2 

 
 
 
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5 minutes ago, Techpenguin101 said:

My poor wallet oh no

honestly you can sometimes get tier B/B+ PSUs for as little as $25 USD these days.

 

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It's like saying something is UL Listed
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UL cert is this guy's level of paying attention : 
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