Posted December 19, 2015 X / Y= Z 1000W / .80 = 1250 X represents the wattage you're using (say 350W with an overclocked i5 4690K and R9 290X under 100% system load), Y represents the efficiency in decimals (an 85% efficient PSU would be .85), and Z represents your total system draw from the wall. For this calculation we're assuming that the PSU in question has exactly enough wattage to power the system at 100% load and is 87% efficient at 100% draw, making it an 80+ Gold efficient power supply. So in our case with the 4690k and R9 290X: 350 / .87 = 402 watts drawn from your power outlet Excuse my bad knowledge / denseness here, but does this mean that the more efficient your PSU is, the more power is drawn and the more power is also consumed? (I'm so sorry if this makes you cringe lol) Basic guide to CPU's! If I said I were 14, you would call me a kid. If I say 70, you’ll entitle me too old. If I say 20 you say I’m inexperienced and if I say 40 than I'm too boring. 龴 ͡ↀ ◡ ͡ↀ龴#locked( ͡͡ ° ͜ ʖ ͡ °) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 19, 2015 Author Excuse my bad knowledge / denseness here, but does this mean that the more efficient your PSU is, the more power is drawn and the more power is also consumed? (I'm so sorry if this makes you cringe lol)No worries man! And no, less power is drawn from the wall with a more efficient PSU. Under very few circumstances would a more efficient PSU draw more power from the wall - one of those cases being something like this: System pulls 150W from wall. One PSU is 80+ Gold, the other Platinum. This platinum PSU happens to be 450W as well as the Gold one, however, as 33% load is not a standard 80+ efficiency measurement the Gold can actually be more efficient at this load, though it's not super likely. If you're asking if a more efficient PSU demands more power from a system then no, it does not. The PSU just donates however much power the system asks for. |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 19, 2015 No worries man! And no, less power is drawn from the wall with a more efficient PSU. Under very few circumstances would a more efficient PSU draw more power from the wall - one of those cases being something like this: System pulls 150W from wall. One PSU is 80+ Gold, the other Platinum. This platinum PSU happens to be 450W as well as the Gold one, however, as 33% load is not a standard 80+ efficiency measurement the Gold can actually be more efficient at this load, though it's not super likely. If you're asking if a more efficient PSU demands more power from a system then no, it does not. The PSU just donates however much power the system asks for. Alright, thanks! So in the scenario you gave, the 80+ Gold could draw less, not will right? I'll be getting a build around 470 Watts. I'll be overclocking both CPU and GPU. I may be crossfiring in a few years. Would it be adviseable to go with 850W? Or will it be better to upgrade the PSU later on? Basic guide to CPU's! If I said I were 14, you would call me a kid. If I say 70, you’ll entitle me too old. If I say 20 you say I’m inexperienced and if I say 40 than I'm too boring. 龴 ͡ↀ ◡ ͡ↀ龴#locked( ͡͡ ° ͜ ʖ ͡ °) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 19, 2015 Author Alright, thanks! So in the scenario you gave, the 80+ Gold could draw less, not will right? It could, not will, draw a larger/smaller amount of power from the wall, correct! I'll be getting a build around 470 Watts. I'll be overclocking both CPU and GPU. I may be crossfiring in a few years. Would it be adviseable to go with 850W? Or will it be better to upgrade the PSU later on? Well, it sounds like you have a single GPU system and no single GPU system uses that much these days. Most struggle to go much higher than 300W. But, say, you Crossfire SLI/ 980s or 390s down the road then yeah, nothing wrong with 850W. |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 19, 2015 It could, not will, draw a larger/smaller amount of power from the wall, correct! Well, it sounds like you have a single GPU system and no single GPU system uses that much these days. Most struggle to go much higher than 300W. But, say, you Crossfire SLI/ 980s or 390s down the road then yeah, nothing wrong with 850W. Alright! I'll be going RMi/x or Dark Power Pro 11 then! Thanks for the help! Basic guide to CPU's! If I said I were 14, you would call me a kid. If I say 70, you’ll entitle me too old. If I say 20 you say I’m inexperienced and if I say 40 than I'm too boring. 龴 ͡ↀ ◡ ͡ↀ龴#locked( ͡͡ ° ͜ ʖ ͡ °) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 19, 2015 Author Alright! I'll be going RMi/x or Dark Power Pro 11 then! Thanks for the help! Alrighty, see ya round man! |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 23, 2015 Author Added some resource links and resized the images to hopefully look better for those poor souls on mobile and lighter on those with bandwidth caps. |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 23, 2015 Author @SurvivorNVL As a guy that isn't super into PSUs is this guide pretty easy to pick up and understand? Anything I could change? |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 23, 2015 @SurvivorNVL As a guy that isn't super into PSUs is this guide pretty easy to pick up and understand? Anything I could change? It is very easy to pick up and understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 23, 2015 Author It is very easy to pick up and understand.OK tanks fam |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 29, 2015 Or just only buy high capacity Gold Ratings when they are cheap, effiecancy DOES not work when the PC isnt under FULL LOAD. Meaning 450W bronze it has to draw atleast 380W in order to see almost full effect 120-150W modern mid to high edn Intel CPU and 200-345 for MID-HIGH end vidoecard even than the CPU only tuns on 1.2V (Skylake a bit higher? 1.25 i think...) for high end models at default. Don't buy over 600W if you arent putting anything in RAID or Multi GPU config... if you do you'll not be covered off one of these Efficiency ratings it will be worse than expected it to be... I would only recommend 80+ GOLD -> Platinum if used under small load don't pick too high wattage PSU. Example: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 29, 2015 Author Or just only buy high capacity Gold Ratings when they are cheap, effiecancy DOES not work when the PC isnt under FULL LOAD. Meaning 450W bronze it has to draw atleast 380W in order to see almost full effect 120-150W modern mid to high edn Intel CPU and 200-345 for MID-HIGH end vidoecard even than the CPU only tuns on 1.2V for high end models at default. Don't buy over 600W if you arent putting anything in RAID or Multi GPU config... if you do you'll not be covered off one of these Efficiency ratings it will be worse than expected it to be... I would only recommend 80+ GOLD -> Platinum if used under small load don't pick too high wattage PSU. Example: I mean, the efficiency does work when the PSU isn't under full load. That's why they have standards for 10% and 50% load. |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 29, 2015 I mean, the efficiency does work when the PSU isn't under full load. That's why they have standards for 10% and 50% load. Yeah well its marketing, you might aswell just buy lower capacity's and reach the number anyway... Uh but the deals are soo nice for PSU's in United States you know its easy to get a GOLD/PLATINUM without breaking the bank, here in Europe... it WOULD break the bank a bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 26, 2016 I bought an Antec HCP 1300w some time ago because it was on offer for £150. It died. I'm only just getting it RMAd due to upgrades coming up, but might consider selling the replacement and buying a 1000w EVGA Titanium instead. Linus is my fetish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 26, 2016 Author 4 minutes ago, Bhav said: I bought an Antec HCP 1300w some time ago because it was on offer for £150. It died. I'm only just getting it RMAd due to upgrades coming up, but might consider selling the replacement and buying a 1000w EVGA Titanium instead. That Antec is a great PSU. Either you had the PSU breathing in carpet or got a dud my friend. |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 31, 2016 On 8/4/2015 at 2:04 PM, Aytex said: It is impossibru to achieve 100% efficiency there is always some loss due to environmental factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2016 Author Edited the original post to include some explanation of US AC sockets and fixed some grammar. |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 8, 2016 Author 17 hours ago, rnoises said: im building a pc that will be used for running many VMs while gaming/entertainment on the host msi x99a gaming 9 ack 6900k gtx 1080 2 SSDs idk how much wattage it'll take, lets say it'll take 500w What happens if i get a Corsair RM850i? Will it continously draw 850w from the wall or will it draw what the machine requires? For whatever suggestion you may give, I'm looking for something reliable and silent that will run 24/7. It will only draw from the wall what the system demands of it. Your system will use around 350W with overclocks. Some efficiency loss equates it to being roughly 430W (didn't actually do the math) from the wall. TL;DR, the RMi is my favorite PSU and the 850W will work for SLI if you want to do that later, you're fine. |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 11, 2016 On 8/4/2015 at 1:03 PM, STRMfrmXMN said: -snip- Very nice. Great thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 11, 2016 Author 5 minutes ago, MaxwellCYK said: Very nice. Great thread. Thanks man! Could you clip your quote though |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 15, 2016 Why was 80 Plus Silver done away with? R7 7700 | RTX 4060 8GB | 32GB DDR5 | 2TB NVME i7-4790S | RTX A2000 6GB | 16GB DDR3 | 1TB SSD+HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 15, 2016 Author 59 minutes ago, Seralious said: Why was 80 Plus Silver done away with? It's not completely done, some smaller companies still certify for it, but it seems that it was a move of capitalism to kill it off - demand for them was low enough that the standard was foregone almost completely. Some 80 PLUS Bronze units from manufacturers actually qualify for 80 PLUS Silver and yet stick to the bronze label (EVGA B2 is a good example). |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 6, 2016 Interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 6, 2016 Author 7 hours ago, parker3301 said: Interesting Second post to good use m8 I r8 8/8 |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 20, 2016 what capacitor did they installed is Corsair VS series and Thermaltek TR2 80plus Bronze ..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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