PSU upgrade advice please?

[pblogic]

Hi there!

 

I have not built since 2017, and I'm starting to upgrade my i7-7700k/1080ti DDR build.

 

Going to go z690 and transfer the Ram. I already have an i7-12700, which I snagged for not much more than a 12600, and I'll be keeping the 1080ti until prices on 3 series cards normalize, or 4 series hits or some combination of those factors that make an upgrade reasonable. Right now the 1080ti still does great at 1440p. I'm selling the i7/Rog Hero 9/32gb of ram because I have an extra 32gb sitting around which is why I'm upgrading now to alder lake.

 

When I use a decent PSU calculator, I get about 700w for the recommendation. I have a Corsair ax760 right now, and I know it will handle things fine, but I I've read 760 may struggle with power spikes when running something like a 3080 or 3090. 

I may just pull the supply and sell it with the other components, and upgrade that while I have the system apart anyway.

 

I don't want to deal with any power issues in the next 5 years like I am now, and the price between 850 and 1000 is small, so I'm thinking I will just go overkill for my own peace of mind. I DO like to overclock, both processor and gpu. I'll be running AIO on both.

 

It looks like tier a gold would be corsair rm1000x, evga supernova g6, or phanteks revolt pro. according to the list.

 

I've always like Corsair PSU's but the EVGA and Phantek are both 169$ which is 20$ cheaper than the Corsair.

 

Any reason other than price to pick one of these power supplies (either in 850 or 1000) Over any of the others for my use case, considering they are all in the same spot on the tier list?

 

Thanks for any input!

[BiotechBen]

Usually a high quality high efficiency (gold or higher) 750w will be able to handle up to a 3080 with a 12700(non-k so no overclocking) but if you are doing 3090, I would steer you toward 850w+ range again with a high efficiency high quality PSU 

[Tech87]

50 minutes ago, pblogic said:

Hi there!

 

I have not built since 2017, and I'm starting to upgrade my i7-7700k/1080ti DDR build.

 

Going to go z690 and transfer the Ram. I already have an i7-12700, which I snagged for not much more than a 12600, and I'll be keeping the 1080ti until prices on 3 series cards normalize, or 4 series hits or some combination of those factors that make an upgrade reasonable. Right now the 1080ti still does great at 1440p. I'm selling the i7/Rog Hero 9/32gb of ram because I have an extra 32gb sitting around which is why I'm upgrading now to alder lake.

 

When I use a decent PSU calculator, I get about 700w for the recommendation. I have a Corsair ax760 right now, and I know it will handle things fine, but I I've read 760 may struggle with power spikes when running something like a 3080 or 3090. 

I may just pull the supply and sell it with the other components, and upgrade that while I have the system apart anyway.

 

I don't want to deal with any power issues in the next 5 years like I am now, and the price between 850 and 1000 is small, so I'm thinking I will just go overkill for my own peace of mind. I DO like to overclock, both processor and gpu. I'll be running AIO on both.

 

It looks like tier a gold would be corsair rm1000x, evga supernova g6, or phanteks revolt pro. according to the list.

 

I've always like Corsair PSU's but the EVGA and Phantek are both 169$ which is 20$ cheaper than the Corsair.

 

Any reason other than price to pick one of these power supplies (either in 850 or 1000) Over any of the others for my use case, considering they are all in the same spot on the tier list?

 

Thanks for any input!

With all PSUs ranking the same, I would go with the cheapest one that has the cables you need, and the best warranty available.