Seasonic FOCUS Plus 550 Platinum

[Antonios]

Hello.

 

I am intending to buy an Asrock B350 Pro4, a Ryzen 5 1600 and a gtx 1050ti

 

Is this psu good enough? Is it noisy? Thx a lot.

 

Seasonic FOCUS Plus 550 Platinum

[COUPER MILLAR]

honestly with a build like that platinum is overkill. 80 plus gold would be sufficient and save you quite a bit too. 

[Antonios]

its 10 euros difference.

[COUPER MILLAR]

oh, ok according to this it's an excellent choice. Also for future reference always quote when responding to posts so that others get notifications that you have responded to them. 

 

[STRMfrmXMN]

6 minutes ago, kluader said:

Hello.

 

I am intending to buy an Asrock B350 Pro4, a Ryzen 5 1600 and a gtx 1050ti

 

Is this psu good enough? Is it noisy? Thx a lot.

 

Seasonic FOCUS Plus 550 Platinum

Honestly, if it saves you money then get a Corsair CX450/450M. You don't need a crazy high-end unit for a 1050 Ti system. You'd be able to get a better GPU if you went for a Ryzen 1400 too.

[Antonios]

2 minutes ago, COUPER MILLAR said:

oh, ok according to this it's an excellent choice. Also for future reference always quote when responding to posts so that others get notifications that you have responded to them. 

 

thanks very much mate. Dows it really worth or i should go to  cx450?

[Antonios]

2 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Honestly, if it saves you money then get a Corsair CX450/450M. You don't need a crazy high-end unit for a 1050 Ti system. You'd be able to get a better GPU if you went for a Ryzen 1400 too.

Yes, but I would have less watt consumption, right? In 4 years period, wouldnt it be more efficient to buy the seasonic?

[STRMfrmXMN]

2 minutes ago, kluader said:

Yes, but I would have less watt consumption, right? In 4 years period, wouldnt it be more efficient to buy the seasonic?

It doesn't matter enough for me to not recommend saving a ton of money and getting much better performance. A 1400 and 1060 would be a better buy than a 1600 and a 1050Ti.

[seon123]

6 minutes ago, kluader said:

Yes, but I would have less watt consumption, right? In 4 years period, wouldnt it be more efficient to buy the seasonic?

Probably not. With a 200W load, 8 hours per day, every day, that would be a difference of 164 kWh. With an electricity price of $0,10 per kWh, that would equal $16. And that's assuming the 8 hours per day, and that you'll use the PC 100% all of that time. 

Edited November 26, 2017 by seon123
0,200*8*365,25*4*0,07

[Antonios]

Thank you so much guys.

[Stefan Payne]

3 hours ago, kluader said:

Hello.

I am intending to buy an Asrock B350 Pro4, a Ryzen 5 1600 and a gtx 1050ti

Is this psu good enough? Is it noisy? Thx a lot.

Seasonic FOCUS Plus 550 Platinum

You can get away with a cheaper PSU and use the saved money on better hardware (like a better GPU).

 

 

You don't need a platinum PSU, 80plus Gold is more than enough and the saved ~25€ you can use for something else. It's not better, just more efficient over the 'normal' Focus Plus.

[Antonios]

thx mate

[Antonios]

Do i need to buy a cooler?

[warlinty]

long time platinum should save you some power costs over gold otherwise it's overkill

but who am i to speak gtx 970 r5 1600 with 800w platinum kek

[Stefan Payne]

6 hours ago, warlinty said:

long time platinum should save you some power costs over gold otherwise it's overkill

Yeah, but we are talking about 2% or something like that.

The differences between gold and platinum is pretty small.

 

Not as it is between White and Bronze or Bronze and Gold.

And depending on where you live and so, it can be even smaller. Because 230VAC vs. 115VAC...