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I'm planning to build a gaming pc (not high end, just mid range).

 

CPU: Intel Xeon x3440 oc'd 3.8Ghz 1.25v

GPU: Asus GTX 980 Strix (not planning oc-ing)

4x 4Gig DDR3 (1333Mhz)

1 SSD

1 Sata2 Hard drive

1 DVD drive

2x 200mm fan

1x 140mm fan

(in the future maybe + 2 or 3 140mm fan)

 

I have dropped all this in Cooler Master PSU calc and it recommends 586 Watt PSU.

My guess thats gonna be a 600W PSU

 

At my local shop the following are avaiable:

 

Cooler Master 600W Elite V3 

Corsair SF Series™ SF600 600W SFX moduláris 

Corsair CMPSU-600CXEU 600W

Be Quiet! Power Zone 600W moduláris

Be quiet! Straight Power 10 600W moduláris tápegység 

Be Quiet! Pure Power 10 600W moduláris

Be Quiet! System Power 9 

Cougar CMD 600 600W 

Evga 600B 600W

Thermaltake TR2 TR2-600AH2NCB 600W

Thermaltake SMART DPS G 600W

Thermaltake TR2 S 600W 

NJOY Legion 600W

 

I'm new to pc building, can you guys recommend something from the list? Do I even need 600W PSU?

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4 hours ago, KoSzOs said:

I'm planning to build a gaming pc (not high end, just mid range).

 

CPU: Intel Xeon x3440 oc'd 3.8Ghz 1.25v

GPU: Asus GTX 980 Strix (not planning oc-ing)

4x 4Gig DDR3 (1333Mhz)

1 SSD

1 Sata2 Hard drive

1 DVD drive

2x 200mm fan

1x 140mm fan

(in the future maybe + 2 or 3 140mm fan)

 

I have dropped all this in Cooler Master PSU calc and it recommends 586 Watt PSU.

My guess thats gonna be a 600W PSU

 

At my local shop the following are avaiable:

 

Cooler Master 600W Elite V3 

Corsair SF Series™ SF600 600W SFX moduláris 

Corsair CMPSU-600CXEU 600W

Be Quiet! Power Zone 600W moduláris

Be quiet! Straight Power 10 600W moduláris tápegység 

Be Quiet! Pure Power 10 600W moduláris

Be Quiet! System Power 9 

Cougar CMD 600 600W 

Evga 600B 600W

Thermaltake TR2 TR2-600AH2NCB 600W

Thermaltake SMART DPS G 600W

Thermaltake TR2 S 600W 

NJOY Legion 600W

 

I'm new to pc building, can you guys recommend something from the list? Do I even need 600W PSU?

For one, most of these PSUs are quite crap.

 

Two, that system will use around 350W under OC'd load. Cooler Master's calculator is a load of garbage. Don't bother using it.

 

Third, the Be Quiet Pure Power 10 is the best of those. If the 500W version is cheaper then get that instead.

 

Edit: Father Guru pointed out that, somehow, among the mostly bad PSUs on this list, you put a Corsair SF600 on there. That's by far the best unit on there... not sure how it's in the same price bracket as the rest though.

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4 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

For one, most of these PSUs are quite crap.

 

Two, that system will use around 350W under OC'd load. Cooler Master's calculator is a load of garbage. Don't bother using it.

 

Third, the Be Quiet Pure Power 10 is the best of those. If the 500W version is cheaper then get that instead.

Or if the OP has a bit of cash to spend and wishes to buy online they could get a Bitfenix Whisper M 450W

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6 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

For one, most of these PSUs are quite crap.

 

Two, that system will use around 350W under OC'd load. Cooler Master's calculator is a load of garbage. Don't bother using it.

 

Third, the Be Quiet Pure Power 10 is the best of those. If the 500W version is cheaper then get that instead.

Thanks for the advice

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17 minutes ago, KoSzOs said:

I'm planning to build a gaming pc (not high end, just mid range).

 

CPU: Intel Xeon x3440 oc'd 3.8Ghz 1.25v

GPU: Asus GTX 980 Strix (not planning oc-ing)

4x 4Gig DDR3 (1333Mhz)

1 SSD

1 Sata2 Hard drive

1 DVD drive

2x 200mm fan

1x 140mm fan

(in the future maybe + 2 or 3 140mm fan)

 

I have dropped all this in Cooler Master PSU calc and it recommends 586 Watt PSU.

My guess thats gonna be a 600W PSU

 

At my local shop the following are avaiable:

 

Cooler Master 600W Elite V3 

Corsair SF Series™ SF600 600W SFX moduláris 

Corsair CMPSU-600CXEU 600W

Be Quiet! Power Zone 600W moduláris

Be quiet! Straight Power 10 600W moduláris tápegység 

Be Quiet! Pure Power 10 600W moduláris

Be Quiet! System Power 9 

Cougar CMD 600 600W 

Evga 600B 600W

Thermaltake TR2 TR2-600AH2NCB 600W

Thermaltake SMART DPS G 600W

Thermaltake TR2 S 600W 

NJOY Legion 600W

 

I'm new to pc building, can you guys recommend something from the list? Do I even need 600W PSU?

 

I agree most of those are not really good, notably the Thermaltake and cougar ones. My favorite calculator is the outervision version as it is not trying to sell you anything. 

 

Here: https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator 

 

I personally have had good luck with both Corsair and EVGA. Both sell cheaper power supplies for those on a budget and are known to have pretty good reliability. I can't speak for the other brands as I've never used them, but I've had a 400-watt EVGA bronze power supply for over five years now that I bought new for 30 bucks and haven't had a whisper of trouble out of it. 

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29 minutes ago, Maximusfoximus said:

 

I agree most of those are not really good, notably the Thermaltake and cougar ones. My favorite calculator is the outervision version as it is not trying to sell you anything. 

 

Here: https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator 

 

I personally have had good luck with both Corsair and EVGA. Both sell cheaper power supplies for those on a budget and are known to have pretty good reliability. I can't speak for the other brands as I've never used them, but I've had a 400-watt EVGA bronze power supply for over five years now that I bought new for 30 bucks and haven't had a whisper of trouble out of it. 

PSU calculators vastly overcalculate.

 

Corsair and EVGA both make a large sea of shitty PSUs.

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1 minute ago, KoSzOs said:

Asus Recommends 500W with this GPU, so that 570-580 what outervision and cm calulates is reasonable I think, guess with a newer cpu and mobo it should drop down to 450-500

450 would be enough with this build...

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4 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

For one, most of these PSUs are quite crap.

 

Two, that system will use around 350W under OC'd load. Cooler Master's calculator is a load of garbage. Don't bother using it.

 

Third, the Be Quiet Pure Power 10 is the best of those. If the 500W version is cheaper then get that instead.

Hey now... 

 

There's an SF600 on that list.  ;-) 

 

 

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11 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

Hey now... 

 

There's an SF600 on that list.  ;-) 

 

 

Wha....

 

How did that fit in the price range of a TR2...??

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