Which PSU should I purchase?

[Jeevs09]

Hi,

 

I am building a gaming PC and I want my PC to be as cheap as possible. One way of decreasing the price is to change the 80+ Gold PSU with a 80+ Bronze PSU. Some people say that there is not a big difference between the efficiencies of the Gold and Bronze PSUs, however others state that a Bronze PSU will increase the amount of heat in the PC by a large amount, which will result in the PC being a lot noisier (due to the case fans working faster/harder).

 

These are the two PSUs(/Builds):

 

Corsair CSM 650W 80+ Gold PSU (£70) -

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/PR46tJ

 

Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze PSU (£49) -

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3sWWqk

 

 

 

PC Uses:

Gaming (CSGO, Overwatch, GTA V and Skyrim), Photoshop, Illustrator and Basic Video Editing.

 

Budget:

Maximum Budget - £1000

Preferable Budget - £900

 

Country:

UK

 

Gaming Settings:

1080p // at least 60 fps // high settings.

 

 

 

 

Thank you. Have a good day.

[DocSwag]

That's bs, bronze is totally fine. At most you'd maybe be seeing around a 5% increase in power draw which isn't much. Just get the bronze psu

[LienusLateTips]

Looks good, but I would change the wifi card.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£188.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£79.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£122.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.40 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card  (£239.92 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£48.90 @ Ebuyer) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£25.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: BenQ - GL2250HM 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £947.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-29 15:50 BST+0100

[STRMfrmXMN]

2 hours ago, JDE said:

Looks good, but I would change the wifi card.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£188.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£79.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£122.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.40 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card  (£239.92 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£48.90 @ Ebuyer) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£25.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: BenQ - GL2250HM 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £947.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-29 15:50 BST+0100

I would also suggest putting an ATX motherboard in that case too. BTW the wifi card in his list is really good. Used at least 10 at this point in various builds and they work perfect with every OS and have great range and never cut out.

I made it better here:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£188.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£77.24 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£119.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.40 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card  (£239.92 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: BitFenix - Whisper M 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£72.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  (£26.98 @ PC World Business) 
Monitor: BenQ - GL2250HM 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £968.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-29 18:45 BST+0100

[LienusLateTips]

9 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

I would also suggest putting an ATX motherboard in that case too. BTW the wifi card in his list is really good. Used at least 10 at this point in various builds and they work perfect with every OS and have great range and never cut out.

I made it better here:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£188.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£77.24 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£119.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.40 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card  (£239.92 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: BitFenix - Whisper M 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£72.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  (£26.98 @ PC World Business) 
Monitor: BenQ - GL2250HM 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £968.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-29 18:45 BST+0100

I refuse to accept it because it has no AC.

[STRMfrmXMN]

33 minutes ago, JDE said:

I refuse to accept it because it has no AC.

But how many people have wireless AC for realsies?

 

I guess that's up to OP though.

[LienusLateTips]

13 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

But how many people have wireless AC for realsies?

 

I guess that's up to OP though.

My entire family.

[STRMfrmXMN]

1 hour ago, JDE said:

My entire family.

I mean like how many households. You know the average internet speed is in America? I'll give you a hint. It's bad.

[LienusLateTips]

1 hour ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

I mean like how many households. You know the average internet speed is in America? I'll give you a hint. It's bad.

Well I'm in Canada and most of my friends have 150 down even though they aren't tech savvy. Also both of the incumbents have modem router combos with AC.

[STRMfrmXMN]

23 minutes ago, JDE said:

Well I'm in Canada and most of my friends have 150 down even though they aren't tech savvy. Also both of the incumbents have modem router combos with AC.

wat

 

Why does internet suck here

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, STRMfrmXMN said:

wat

 

Why does internet suck here

Internet 15 with the cable company (Shaw) comes with MU MIMO dual band 802.11ac modem router combo