750W or 650W

[tim81517lh]

Hey guys,
I need a bit of help choosing a PSU

This is roughly my build.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/tim81517lh/saved/3UJp

My CPU is over clocked to 3.5Ghz, I forgot the voltage but it was not low. Sorry for the lack of info... I wanted to check my voltage but my PSU died so, yeah that's that.

In terms of my graphics card, I plan to purchase a Titan Black in the future. I've entered this into the PSU calculator designated in the pinned post in this forum and the output was 580W, suggested the Corsair TX650M

I was originally looking at Corsair CX750M. It's cheaper than the TX650M and it is fully modular. I hate non-modular ones, they're just terrible for cable management.

I googled and came to the Seasonic ones? I had Seasonic but it died. Not too fond about Seasonic atm, but they're known for their reliability and my unit maybe 1/1000.

I don't know. TX-series is supposed to be higher in quality compared to the CX ones? But I really prefer modular over non-modular... perhaps there are better units from other brands that are modular and not too expensive ($110USD is my planned budget.. really can't go over that).

[AlwaysFSX]

SeaSonic usually has low death rates but things happen to some people all the time. You could get an RM750 for $10 over your budget?

[Oshino Shinobu]

Go for a 650W. The TX650M is better quality than the CX series, and neither of them are fully modular. 

 

Seasonic is one of the best PSU makers out there.

 

You could go for the EVGA NEX650G. Good price, good quality and fully modular. 

[DJ46]

Don't forget abour the CSxxxM series. 80+ Gold and modular (none of the ones mentioned by you are fully modular)

[TheDigitalRealm]

750W is unnecessarily large. A 650W power supply would be perfectly fine.  

[TheEpicCanadian]

I know that this is not what this post is about, but I gotta ask, why that odd storage configuration?

[dizmo]

I know that this is not what this post is about, but I gotta ask, why that odd storage configuration?

Haha, I thought the same thing.

 

That system definitely needs some balancing. I'm guessing you're upgrading the CPU/RAM/mobo next?

[tim81517lh]

I know that this is not what this post is about, but I gotta ask, why that odd storage configuration?

I have two X-25M's for my boot drive. Together they make up 160gb in RAID0 configuration. The other 2 Hitachi drives are my scratch disks. They are really old (like 6 years old, the ones listed in the PCPartPicker aren't the exact model that I have, but they're the closest I can find in the list) but since together they make up 1TB I just RAID0 them for performance. The other two are drives that I added one by one (the 2 Seagate Barracudas) due to increasing storage requirements because I now deal with 2K and sometimes even 4K footage.

The Intel SSD's came after the Hitachi drives, then the 2TB Seagate drives that were added one by one for extra storage needs.

 

750W is unnecessarily large. A 650W power supply would be perfectly fine.  

I just used the Asus PSU calculator as well as the designated one in this forum. One gave me 580W the other 750, so I am going to take the mean of the two. But previously I had a Radeon 2900 series... long time ago with another Seasonic 550W that somehow for some out of the world reason could not cut it (dies half way through video rendering due to high power load I guess?). So ever since I've been taking it extremely safe.

 

Haha, I thought the same thing.

 

That system definitely needs some balancing. I'm guessing you're upgrading the CPU/RAM/mobo next?

 

Honestly I find my CPU okay right now... I over clocked it so it's pretty decent. The later generation Core i-series CPU's are more focused on reducing power consumption rather than boosting performance so I don't see a point in upgrading quite yet. But in a year or a year and a half if an architecture does come out that proves to be worthy of change, then sure  Iwill upgrade. Do hate my Motherboard though, this Asus P7P55D-E has given me nothing but trouble. Crap RAM compatibility, No SLI compatibility, trouble getting itself to work with my sound card initially, lots of problems with over clocking.... The only reason I might switch CPU at the moment would be because the motherboard brings up more problems.

 

Don't forget abour the CSxxxM series. 80+ Gold and modular (none of the ones mentioned by you are fully modular)

 

 

Oh... didn't look at the specs carefully. By the way, do you think the CX and TX PSU's will cut it? I've got 1 graphics card, 1 gigabit ethernet card, 1 sound card, 6 total storage drives and 1 DVD drive...

 

[GameHard6]

You should have more than enough power with a 650W power supply and I would highly recommend going with the Corsair CS650 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GH9NA2I. It's hands-down one of the best quality power supplies for the money right now. It's fully modular, gold rated, and just over $100.

[mgsstar]

650W will be more than enough to power your system as this overclocked cpu system with a titan (has the same power consumption by looking at the Nvidia website) only takes around 372W. A decent 550W like the Seasonic G series 550W will be enough but if you want more headroom you can get the 650w version of the G series.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151118

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-titan/specifications

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-titan-black/specifications

www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_titan_review,9.html

[quan289]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207032

 

XFX XTR 550w would be good for your system. It's internally the same unit as the Seasonic G 550/650w that mgsstar had suggested but offer full modularity and a FDB fan.

[Nit3Rid3R]

Seasonic and Corsair are both excellent PSU makers, for power wise a 650w is more than enough.