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Molsens

Hi everyone,
I'm going to build my first pc, after saving some money I landed on a 3700x, 1660 super gaming oc, 32gb of ram (or maybe 16gb depending on prices the next week) on a MSI B550 gaming edge WiFi motherboard.
I've looked at the psu tier list and narrowed down my search to these three models:

  • Seasonic Core Gold GM 650
  • Cooler Master MWE Gold 650
  • Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 600 CM

Which one is going to be the best out of these three? 
And just to be sure, 600/650W is enough for this system right?

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2 minutes ago, Molsens said:

Hi everyone,
I'm going to build my first pc, after saving some money I landed on a 3700x, 1660 super gaming oc, 32gb of ram (or maybe 16gb depending on prices the next week) on a MSI B550 gaming edge WiFi motherboard.
I've looked at the psu tier list and narrowed down my search to these three models:

  • Seasonic Core Gold GM 650
  • Cooler Master MWE Gold 650
  • Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 600 CM

Which one is going to be the best out of these three? 
And just to be sure, 600/650W is enough for this system right?

 

Pick which ever one is cheapest or you like better when you start buying.

 

Yes the wattage is fine, could actually go with a 550W PSU, but 600-650W gives room for upgrades.

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What is your budget and country?

The PSUs you picked are all good units, I'd personally buy whichever is cheaper. You could even do a 550w unit if you wanted to save some extra money. But I'd make some other changes to the system personally.

Is the computer just going to be used for gaming or are you doing editing and streaming as well? If it's just for gaming you can get a Ryzen 5 3600 with 16GB of memory, then put the money saved towards a better GPU. The 3600 and 3700x have almost identical single core performance in games, and 32GB of ram is complete overkill for gaming, so if it is just for gaming and you don't plan on being a full time streamer, video editor, and or 3d modeler you can make some changes and get a better GPU for gaming.

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4 minutes ago, Molsens said:

3700x, 1660 super gaming 

actually a better pair up would be a rx 5700xt and r5 3600 , but if u r purely just doing professional work then the r7 3700x is a must

 

5 minutes ago, Molsens said:

Cooler Master MWE Gold 650

i would recommend this for the price , check out https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psucultists-psu-tier-list/ 

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Thank you all so much for the fast answers! 
Guess I'm going for the cheapest one to save a couple of bucks, so that'll be the Seasonic one here in the Netherlands.
Forgot to mention: The system would be mostly used for video editing, while not professional but some quite big amateur projects. That's why I chose the 3700x over the 3600 :)

Will be playing some games like Sims 4 and Planet Zoo, but it's not my main intention for the build. 

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5 minutes ago, butre said:

all 3 of those are good, flip a coin. 

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I'd get the Pure Power 11, but they're all fine. It's just that the PP11 will most likely be the quietest.

On 8/28/2020 at 9:22 PM, Molsens said:

And just to be sure, 600/650W is enough for this system right?

A system with a 3700X and 1660 Super won't pull more than ~250W at full load. It'd work just as well with a decent 400W PSU, so yes, it's more than enough.

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