Good 750w PSU (Preferably under $100?)

[mgsstar]

How did you find out your peak power consumption?

[killerx525]

I bought a wattage measuring device which showed the current wattage, the peak wattage and some other cool functions.

[MicroApple911]

To find your peek you could get the max power consumption of each component and add them to make a total, or use something like this (not so accurate): http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp . As for good power supply, two under a hundred are: The corsair TX750 at $99 (after rebates) http://bit.ly/X4MY1n and the XFX PRO750W, although I would recommend the Corsair one.

[killerx525]

Adding all of the maximum power consumption for each component is not still accurate compared to actually measuring it.

[Whaler_99]

Same thing really' date=' I still stand by my Seasonic MI2II recommendation though. Seasonic PSU's are legendary. NOTE: XFX and Corsair PSUs are built by Seasonic. [/quote']

From what I heard, the new i Series PSU are not Seasonic anymore - but not sure who they OEMing them from...

[Whaler_99]

700/750 is overkill. I like the Seasonic 600 recommendation, or most any Corsair that is in your budget. One thing about Corsair - majority of their units also are single 12V rails, which is also a big plus.

[killerx525]

@Whaler, Seasonic don't have any i series power supplies, only G, M, S, X and XP.

[Dim]

At that price, you'll be hard-pressed to find a gold certified power supply. Bronze is more feasible, though.

HOWEVER, stretch your budget only $10 and you can probably get a Roseewill 80+ Gold 750W -- assuming Newegg can ship to you.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182073

If not, your only other bet is another $30 for a Corsair HX750, 80+ Gold.

These are my recommendations, though if you want to stick with Bronze that is of course up to you.

[Guest]

Silverstone Strider Plus - fully modular, 80+ Silver - runs between $100-$150 for the 600-850w

[killerx525]

@Dim, a Rosewill power supply probably isn't the best choice.

[DavePC]

SeaSonic makes all their own power supplies. However, XFX power supplies are also made by Seasonic and they are generally cheaper.

http://ncix.com/products/?sku=59616&vpn=P1650SNLB9&manufacture=XFX&promoid=1366

It isn't modular though.

[killerx525]

^ And XFX power supplies looks nice :D

[Overload]

I'd definitely stick with corsair, both their TX750 V2 and the modular TX750M are down to $99.

Alternatively Silverstone power supply's are also a good choice for efficiency and modular, check out the strider 700W

http://ncix.com/products/?sku=58740&vpn=ST70F-ES&manufacture=Silverstone%20Technology

[christoi]

Just used the asus power supply calc and it said i needed a minimum of 700w of psu?

That's a huge overestimation really, a 500w unit would be more than enough with a rig like that, unless you plan on making huge upgrades to your system in the future. Provided you choose a reliable unit, there's really not much need for having headroom, especially since power consumption of most components are going down these days.

As for a specific unit, I'd recommend the Seasonic G-series 550w, assuming you are talking in USD that seems to be the best value unit you can really get around that price range.

[christoi]

Correction: VX550' date=' TX750 & 850, HX1000 are CWT (another OEM). The rest are Seasonic.[/size']

Actually, most of Corsair's power supplies are manufactured by CWT, which included the CX-V2, CX-M, TX-M and HX series. The only units manufactured by Seasonic are the TX V2 (rebranded S12II) and AX series (rebranded KM3) (AX-i are produced by Flextronics).

[Migals]

I got a seasonic x750 for 99 on sale, from what ive seen they go on sale alot

[Dave :)]

I got a seasonic x750 for 99 on sale' date=' from what ive seen they go on sale alot[/quote']

Wow, that's a great price for that.

[mgsstar]

I got a seasonic x750 for 99 on sale' date=' from what ive seen they go on sale alot[/quote']

From where? in Canada?

[mgsstar]

So a decent 650w-700w psu is all i need to run my computer for lots of years? unless i am expanding i dont need a 750w psu?

[killerx525]

Even if you expand with extra hard drives, fans etc the 650W power supply would still fine.