Looking To Get New PSU

[migm16]

OK so I'm looking to get a New PSU, and have one in mined but just want more options and I'm trying to make sure i do a bunch of looking up and talking about it a lot till i feel comfortable with what ever it is i may pick. so for starters ill try to be accurate as to what i have and may have for specs and all that.

specs.

CPU, AMD FX 8350,(from time to time i like to 'OC for fun and for better fps in some games) most of the time ill do 4.7 at around 1.3875-1.4volts. on air

CPU Cooler, Cooler Master V8 GTS, this thing is great love it.

MOBO, ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z, also love this peace,

Ram, Mushkin Enhanced Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 2133Mhz, More great stuff here love it lol.

GPU, 1, 7970Ghz Sapphire Vapor-X, again great and im loving it so far. here i do wanna crossfire, this is where the PSU comes in im thinking on newegg i can get the same card 7970Ghz for cheap and keep same looks but unsure of the refurbished cards. or i can just get a R9 280x and crossfire that way and its new. ????? right now im shooting for the 280x but kinda wanna get the same exact card for looks??? anyway. oh and i may OC the cards a little.

HDD's, (1,WD-1TB-10k-RPM) (1, WD-3TB-green drive - may add another to it) (1, 1tb-segate something drive idk lo) um another super old hdd that still plugged in but not working should rid of that next time i open case.. oh ya also in a few years or soon i may add another hdd maybe 1, 3or 4tb maybe 2, lets say 2, 4tb for headroom i dont know how much watts hdds use up.

SSD, 1, Corsair Neutron Series GTX 240GB, want to add another 240 or another 480 gb ssd soon.

USB, other then that i have usb light up key bored and mouse um ps3 controller hooked up and i charge my phone on the pc too um and headset um ya.

CASE, Rosewill BlackHawk-Ultra Full Tower has 8 fans 5, 140mm and 3, 230mm wanna add more fans one day or get water cooling loop one day, the tower is the :poop: if this was steam u would see that poop lol um i love this tower everything i ever wanted in it now over the last year or more i think i want to try a small tower out lol.

PSU, oh ya ok and right now im using a old 2008 800watt PSU, for the 2 gpus like i said up there im worried about the PSU not Handling it to well.

 

 

OK and for the part i talk of the PSU since this is the PSU area lol i would love for every one to recommend what you think is the best PSU out there for what i need like should i be getting a 1000watt or a 1200watt. also i want to be able to use this same PSU for the next 7+ years with maybe 2 gpus and all that crap in the future. also keeping in mine age degradation on the PSU, so um first off pls dont put it up cus of low price thats the very last thing i look at, also 80+ platnum would be nice but if there is a say just as good or if it can happen better one at 80+gold??? let me know this is the PSU im kinda sold on now after a while of looking EVGA SuperNOVA 1200 P2 power supply 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified   iv been looking into the load thing 20%50%and 100%loads will my idle load be to low for this i would like to try if i can keep it efficient but still have head room for 7+years of age degradation and other stuff. refurbished GPU's if anyone has a link to make me feel better on buying refurbished that would be great or reasons i should not.....oooohhhhhh yaa edit lol 20 mins later, um iv been trying to learn blender stuff so my cpu and maybe gpu will be pegged at 100 from time to time.

 

P.S. over all i love my pc tho at times i wish i could bring it to friends houses other then that its been doing me well AMD-2017 cant wait. 

 

MigM16 over and out 

Edited February 21, 2015 by migm16

[Najuno]

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I´ve got this PSU. This is an incredible PSU tbh. I was always loyal to Corsair and Seasonic, but this is amazing in every way, no matter if we speak about silence, built quality or price. I run a 5960X (140W TDP CPU) and 3 GTX980s with it. I love it.

[dadasmithywinkle]

I'd get the EVGA 750G2 or the 850G2. The 750 is really all you need, though. The 1000P2 and 1200P2 are damn good. I onw a 1000P2 anda 750G2 and can vouch for both.

[migm16]

hmm itss good to hear good things lol about that psu, ok so thats a good pick now, about a lower watt one u say ill be good with a 750w if thats the case then maybe i should just stay with my 800watt i have now ? hmm tho i dont want it to push the psu i have now to much, i will be doing a little blender stuff too so that will max out my cpu i know that much and ill have a small oc on the cpu too. i dont know what it is but it just seems as if one needs a higher end pr watt psu. oh and um i was estimating the watt of each part like each gpu 300watt + 200for the cpu and um extra for other stuff im guessing with that many hdds 50 watts idk.

[blackadder]

Occt has a load tester on it I believe maybe you can get a better feel if you need a new one, they do degrade over time.

[migm16]

Occt has a load tester on it I believe maybe you can get a better feel if you need a new one, they do degrade over time.

hows that work?? hmm not too huge a fan of downloading things, never heard of this tho

[blackadder]

It's like a cpu gpu psu tester program. Occt. Com has it. I understand you reluctance to dl things. Someone smarter than me should answer this better. I use it to put load on my cpu to test overclockes.

[migm16]

It's like a cpu gpu psu tester program. Occt. Com has it. I understand you reluctance to dl things. Someone smarter than me should answer this better. I use it to put load on my cpu to test overclockes.

hmm ok y this over um i cant think ogm nvm

[grimmjow660]

Seasonic X series or Platinum series

[migm16]

i was thinking seasonic ill have a look an see whats up

[holy-sock]

I think you should probably be fine with 600-700 watts

[Aniallation]

i was thinking seasonic ill have a look an see whats up

While Seasonic X/Plat series are great they're generally quite expensive when not on sale, and sales on those are not that common.

 

The EVGA G2 series would be an excellent choice. The Super Flower Leadex platform they're based on actually outperforms pretty much all Seasonic platforms (aside from the Platinum which I haven't looked into), and they also cost a lot less then what you'd pay for an otherwise similar quality and performing power supply.

 

The 750W model will be great for your rig even with a second GPU added in but for some extra headroom there's always the 850W model.

[Skrizzles]

Seasonic X-series... Full Modular, but I really did it for the pimp bags. Theres a cool bag for the cables, and the power supply comes in its own velvet, draw-string bag, Pure Baller.

[migm16]

hey guys thanks for the posts. a lot of ppl saying 850 should do me fine, im gonna shoot a little higher then that just cus y not. im looking at that evga 1200p2 its $244, butt for $190 i can get the evga 1300g2. there is also some 1000watt ones im looking at evga 1000p2 for $205 and the evga 1000g2 for $180 i was thinking if i was to go with the g2 i would just get the 1300 cus price is like $10 diff