Antec or Cooler Master

[efex92]

Hey guys,

 

I am planning to get a new power supply for my system. Currently I am looking at Antec HCG-850 and Cooler Master MWE GOLD 750W .

 

Need your help me within this selection.

 

Thank you.

[Crunchy Dragon]

Neither of the units you listed seem terribly good.

 

I would look for an EVGA Supernova G3 personally.

[efex92]

19 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Neither of the units you listed seem terribly good.

 

I would look for an EVGA Supernova G3 personally.

I would love to but as of now budget is what making me choose among those, Also I in 2 state of minds as to whether am I going overkill with 750W or 850W, since cooler master PSU calculator says the max output ill need is 385W and recommended is 435W. So the recommended PSU from them is of 650W.

Might end up getting 650W Cooler Master power supply since its in budget + supports my requirement.

 

@Crunchy Dragon Your take on this?

[STRMfrmXMN]

35 minutes ago, efex92 said:

Hey guys,

 

I am planning to get a new power supply for my system. Currently I am looking at Antec HCG-850 and Cooler Master MWE GOLD 750W .

 

Need your help me within this selection.

 

Thank you.

What are your system specs? An 850W PSU is appropriate for 1080Tis in SLI, not your FX4350 system.

[STRMfrmXMN]

10 minutes ago, efex92 said:

I would love to but as of now budget is what making me choose among those, Also I in 2 state of minds as to whether am I going overkill with 750W or 850W, since cooler master PSU calculator says the max output ill need is 385W and recommended is 435W. So the recommended PSU from them is of 650W.

Might end up getting 650W Cooler Master power supply since its in budget + supports my requirement.

 

@Crunchy Dragon Your take on this?

The Cooler Master PSU Calculator is garbage. Don't use it. Cooler Master even has monetary incentive to exaggerate how much power your system needs.

[efex92]

1 minute ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

What are your system specs? An 850W PSU is appropriate for 1080Tis in SLI, not your FX4350 system.

I have mentioned my system spec on my signature. Anyways here they are

 

CPU: AMD FX(tm)-4350 @4.2GHz

MoBo: 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Ram: 2x8GB HyperX FURY 8GB 1600MHz DDR3

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

PSU: Corsair VS550Watt

HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda + 1TB WD green

CPU Cooler: JONSBO CPU AIR COOLER - CR-201 RED LED

Display: LG 24MP88HV-S 24-inch Slim IPS

 

Now I know 850W is a overkill, just want to secure myself since ill be upgrading to ryzen system+ new motherboard+ 32 GB (Need this for some of VM work i need to do from time to time).

 

so will 650W do with coming soon future upgrade? or should i go for 750W power supply?

[Crunchy Dragon]

11 minutes ago, efex92 said:

will 650W do with coming soon future upgrade? or should i go for 750W power supply?

Even 550W will be fine with future upgrades.

[STRMfrmXMN]

10 minutes ago, efex92 said:

I have mentioned my system spec on my signature. Anyways here they are

 

CPU: AMD FX(tm)-4350 @4.2GHz

MoBo: 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Ram: 2x8GB HyperX FURY 8GB 1600MHz DDR3

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

PSU: Corsair VS550Watt

HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda + 1TB WD green

CPU Cooler: JONSBO CPU AIR COOLER - CR-201 RED LED

Display: LG 24MP88HV-S 24-inch Slim IPS

 

Now I know 850W is a overkill, just want to secure myself since ill be upgrading to ryzen system+ new motherboard+ 32 GB (Need this for some of VM work i need to do from time to time).

 

so will 650W do with coming soon future upgrade? or should i go for 750W power supply?

You would be fine with a 450W PSU...

 

A Ryzen CPU will likely use less power than your current 4350, your GPU uses about 120W, 32GB of RAM uses very little and DDR4 uses quite a lot less than DDR3...

 

What I'm saying is that, unless you plan to SLI two GPUs, you don't need a high-wattage PSU. I run my highly OC'd Ryzen 1700X and 970 on a 550W PSU.  Read an old status update of mine if you want to know how much power the system used.

https://linustechtips.com/main/profile/112530-strmfrmxmn/?status=182458&type=status&page=2

 

Look at the PSU tier list in my sig, look for something T3 or higher, 450W is fine, 550W allows for room for something like an OC'd 1080 Ti.

[Stefan Payne]

27 minutes ago, efex92 said:

Now I know 850W is a overkill, just want to secure myself since ill be upgrading to ryzen system+ new motherboard+ 32 GB

Get a good quality 550W instead.

There is no need to go over that.

And since you don't seem to do much overclocking, its even enough for a VEGA64.

 

Watt gives you nothin, better quality gives you everything.

[efex92]

26 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

You would be fine with a 450W PSU...

 

A Ryzen CPU will likely use less power than your current 4350, your GPU uses about 120W, 32GB of RAM uses very little and DDR4 uses quite a lot less than DDR3...

 

What I'm saying is that, unless you plan to SLI two GPUs, you don't need a high-wattage PSU. I run my highly OC'd Ryzen 1700X and 970 on a 550W PSU.  Read an old status update of mine if you want to know how much power the system used.

https://linustechtips.com/main/profile/112530-strmfrmxmn/?status=182458&type=status&page=2

 

Look at the PSU tier list in my sig, look for something T3 or higher, 450W is fine, 550W allows for room for something like an OC'd 1080 Ti.

is this one ok Cooler Master MWE GOLD 550W (link: http://www.coolermaster.com/powersupply/80-plus/mwe-gold-550-full-modular/)

 

will this be enough for some minor OC with future ryzen cpu.

[efex92]

12 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

Get a good quality 550W instead.

There is no need to go over that.

And since you don't seem to do much overclocking, its even enough for a VEGA64.

 

Watt gives you nothin, better quality gives you everything.

in future i will be building ryzen system so will 550 watts be enough or should i plan for 650W. Also i'm planning to get this psu Cooler Master MWE GOLD 550W (link: http://www.coolermaster.com/powersupply/80-plus/mwe-gold-550-full-modular/)

[STRMfrmXMN]

8 minutes ago, efex92 said:

is this one ok Cooler Master MWE GOLD 550W (link: http://www.coolermaster.com/powersupply/80-plus/mwe-gold-550-full-modular/)

 

will this be enough for some minor OC with future ryzen cpu.

You could overclock as much as you like with both an 2700X and your 1060 and you'd still have 200W+ of headroom left. You're fine with that unit.

[efex92]

8 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

You could overclock as much as you like with both an 2700X and your 1060 and you'd still have 200W+ of headroom left. You're fine with that unit.

Thank You

[Stefan Payne]

46 minutes ago, efex92 said:

in future i will be building ryzen system so will 550 watts be enough or should i plan for 650W. Also i'm planning to get this psu Cooler Master MWE GOLD 550W (link: http://www.coolermaster.com/powersupply/80-plus/mwe-gold-550-full-modular/)

I'm using a 550W with _TWO_ Radeon 7970GHz/280x and it still has a couple of Watts left.