Which PSU

grype · June 15, 2020

Hello all, working on a build and only need to get a PSU. This whole build has been... interesting with the supply issues. I've only found a few decent PSUs but could use some advice on which is best. I'm sure all of the options are either more than I need or have extra features ($) that I don't care about but it is what it is in this environment. My build includes Ryzen 7 3700X, GTX 1080, CM H500M, Samsung 970 Evo, Trident Z NEO 32 GB RAM, (Will likely upgrade graphics card next generation). So here are my options:

Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 ARGB 750W
SeaSonic Electronics Focus Gold Series 550 FM
ASUS Republic of Gamers Strix 550W
EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G5

These were pretty much the only ones I could find, if you can recommend something else in stock I'm all ears, in in the US. Thanks!

Dimondminer11 · June 16, 2020

I've heard SeaSonic has some decent units but if you plan to upgrade next generation then you want to go with either the evga or the thermaltake model. I'd suggest the evga model.

Bombastinator · June 16, 2020

I can only point you at

might be useful might not be. Further granularity than that probably doesn’t make enough difference to worry about. At that point it’s price and fan noise.

grype · June 16, 2020

1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

I can only point you at

might be useful might not be. Further granularity than that probably doesn’t make enough difference to worry about. At that point it’s price and fan noise.

I've been obsessing over that tier list for days lol. The TT, Asus and the Seasonic are all A tier, the EVGA is B+ tier. But the TT is the only one that's gold (Tier text color, not referring to 80+ rating) all the others are gray and seem to suffer from the high-transient power card issue. I don't think the 1080 is one of the cards that triggers that but not sure what I'll be upgrading to in the future and whether or not it will also trigger the issue.

I'd just get the TT since it seems to be the best available but I have to pay $40 or so more for ARGB that I doubt I'll even be able to see. But that's pretty much been the story of this build. I'm mostly relegated to premium parts that are overkill for my needs but are actually in-stock.