EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 VS EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2

[DislocatedGuY]

EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 or EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2, I am looking to future proof. But I dont want to spend the extra money if I don't need to. 

I might go SLI/Crossfire later on and I don't want to buy a new psu then. I will most likely overclock the cpu and maybe the gpu.

 

PC Specs:

Cpu: Intel Core i7-4790K

Psu: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 or EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2

RAM: HyperX Fury DDR3 1866MHz 16GB

Gpu: Sapphire Radeon NITRO R9 390

MOBO: ASUS Z97-P, Socket-1150

HDD: Seagate Barracuda® 2TB

SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB

CASE: NZXT S340 or NZXT H440W New Edition Silent Ultra

[Amazingasian]

EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 or EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2, I am looking to future proof. But I dont want to spend the extra money if I don't need to. 

I might go SLI/Crossfire later on and I don't want to buy a new psu then. I will most likely overclock the cpu and maybe the gpu.

 

PC Specs:

Cpu: Intel Core i7-4790K

Psu: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 or EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2

RAM: HyperX Fury DDR3 1866MHz 16GB

Gpu: Sapphire Radeon NITRO R9 390

MOBO: ASUS Z97-P, Socket-1150

HDD: Seagate Barracuda® 2TB

SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB

CASE: NZXT S340 or NZXT H440W New Edition Silent Ultra

If you're looking to future proof, I would stick with the 750, get an i5-6600k unless you need the Hyperthreading of an i7, and get a 240GB Crucial BX200 since they're really cheap right now.

[TheRandomness]

Whichever's cheaper between the two. If the price difference is minimal, 850W.

[DislocatedGuY]

If you're looking to future proof, I would stick with the 750, get an i5-6600k unless you need the Hyperthreading of an i7, and get a 240GB Crucial BX200 since they're really cheap right now.

I'm going to use VMware and such so i think the hyperthreading would be nice, and I got the kingston ssd. Might buy one more and go raid 0.

[DislocatedGuY]

Whichever's cheaper between the two. If the price difference is minimal, 850W.

The price difference is 40 USD 

[Amazingasian]

I'm going to use VMware and such so i think the hyperthreading would be nice, and I got the kingston ssd. Might buy one more and go raid 0.

You noted that "futureproofing" is a goal and buying LGA1150 CPUs isn't very "futureproof".  Maybe a 6700K?  Also, the V300 SSD's are very slow for an SSD.

[DislocatedGuY]

You noted that "futureproofing" is a goal and buying LGA1150 CPUs isn't very "futureproof".  Maybe a 6700K?  Also, the V300 SSD's are very slow for an SSD.

Not futureproofing the rest of the computer, only the psu and maybe case.

[TheRandomness]

I'm going to use VMware and such so i think the hyperthreading would be nice, and I got the kingston ssd. Might buy one more and go raid 0.

The thing with V300s is that they aren't much faster than normal HDDs so putting them in RAID 0 would give roughly the speed of a high end single SSD I think.

The price difference is 40 USD

If so, 750W. Should be fine for crossfire in the future.

[Amazingasian]

Not futureproofing the rest of the computer, only the psu and maybe case.

Well than yea it's fine.

[DislocatedGuY]

The thing with V300s is that they aren't much faster than normal HDDs so putting them in RAID 0 would give roughly the speed of a high end single SSD I think.If so, 750W. Should be fine for crossfire in the future.

Then I will stick with the one and maybe upgrade in the future, the ssd feels fast to me, but it is just because I had an insanely slow hdd before. But will the 750W be enough if I crossfire and overclock both the gpu and cpu ?

[TheRandomness]

Then I will stick with the one and maybe upgrade in the future, the ssd feels fast to me, but it is just because I had an insanely slow hdd before. But will the 750W be enough if I crossfire and overclock both the gpu and cpu ?

Should be fine but if you want a lot of headroom the 850W would be better.

[DislocatedGuY]

Well than yea it's fine.

The next time I will be upgrading will most likely be in 3 years or so. Then the 1151 socket and ddr4 might irrelevant.

[Amazingasian]

The next time I will be upgrading will most likely be in 3 years or so. Then the 1151 socket and ddr4 might irrelevant.

1151 and DDR4 won't be but 1150 and DDR3 will.

[DislocatedGuY]

Should be fine but if you want a lot of headroom the 850W would be better.

I think I will stick to the 750W then, if and when I'm going to upgrade I will most likely have a job, and then I can afford to upgrade the psu aswell.  

[DislocatedGuY]

1151 and DDR4 won't be but 1150 and DDR3 will.

Anyways I'd rather spend the extra money on a decent keyboard and headset.

[Guest]

The Asus Z97-P doesn't support crossfire.

[DislocatedGuY]

The Asus Z97-P doesn't support crossfire.

I see, not sure if I am going for a better mobo or just forget it for now, most likely not going to crossfire. Thanks for telling me tho, I kinda took crossfire support for granted.