My very first decent branded PSU

[LazyDev]

Despite it taking nearly over an hour install (Had to remount the water pump as the PSU was 1 inch longer than my older PSU) I have finally bought myself my very first modular PSU.

http://www.bequiet.com/en/powersupply/248

I'm shocked to find, compared to my older PSU, my PC now bearly uses 170 Watts (Last PSU was 300). My Quad CPU (OC'ed) pegged at 100%, along with my 6670 GPU (Yes, it's cheap).

Still, a 130 Watt drop is huge, right?

Price? £40, $60.

Pic (From FB) https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/542369_10200150800685254_988161674_n.jpg - Yes, It's very cramped. That's why I had to remount my pump :(

[gamer tom]

That's the difference a PSU can make

[Whaler_99]

Much better efficiency can make a huge difference....

[christoi]

It scares me that your older unit was pulling 300w, to be honest (assuming that's the amount it's pulling from the wall). That's showing around an efficiency of 30-40%, which is ridiculously low, even lowest-end units present an efficiency of around 70% while they are functional.

[mgsstar]

Much better efficiency can make a huge difference....

and you can also save on energy bills. :)

[RainColt]

My last first build I skimped out on the PSU (It was a Retail Plus 550W right RetailPlus good move there saving me some money:rolleyes: ) surprised that it lasted 5 year but this year it finally degraded to a point where it would not power a gtx460 and when I removed the 460 and tried to put in a sound card it fizzled, I really wish I knew what kind of power efficency that piece of shit had.