Which PSU should I get?

[henias]

I'm not sure which power efficiency (Bronze, Gold etc..) or watt to get.   I've heard people say you need a quality PSU, and by "quality" does it mean the brand or the power efficiency?  

 

Case: NZXT H500 BLACK

DESKTOP MOTHERBOARD: ASROCK Z370 PRO4 (ATX motherboard) 

CPU options : Intel® Core™ i7-8700 Coffee Lake 6 Core Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.6 GHz)

Graphics Card : NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5

RAM: 2 x 8GB, DDR4 2666

 

Appreciate if someone could help me out.

 

Thanks

[seon123]

With a 1060 system, you'll draw about 200W at load. The lowest wattage good PSUs start at 400-450W, so that's what you should get. 

The efficiency is just the efficiency. It doesn't say anything about how good the PSU is. 

What's meant with a good PSU is good performance and good components, and often low noise.

The brand and efficiency doesn't really matter, as every company is equally capable of selling crap, and there are Titanium efficiency PSUs that are worse than bronze efficiency ones. 

 

Depending on what's available and the prices, Straight Power 11 450W, Whisper M 450W, RM550x 2018, RM550x or Formula 450W. If none are available, the Focus Plus Gold 550W, Focus Gold 450W, TX550M or Earthwatts Gold Pro 550W. For lower end ones, there's the Corsair Vengeance, CX450/M and Pure Power 10 400W. 

[Agonizel]

15 minutes ago, seon123 said:

good components

which allow for reliability (e.g no fire)

 

 

16 minutes ago, seon123 said:

RM550x

Corsair PSUs have 10-year warranty I believe

[seon123]

2 minutes ago, Beer_Nontitju said:

Corsair PSUs have 10-year warranty I believe

Depends on the model. VS has 3 years, CX has 5, TXM has 7, the higher end ones have 10, I think. 

[Agonizel]

Just now, seon123 said:

higher end ones

Indeed, the RMx series have a 10year warranty, I just checked