Futureproofing my PSU

[Ethandir]

Hey Guys

I wanted to ask your opinions on PSU in regards to my case. At the moment, due to still being a student, I own an old PC. (HD7970, 2 optical drives, 2 hdd, x58 motherboard and some more stuff, 32GB of DDR3 1600mhz RAM) Just now it seems as my PSU died and i need a replacement as I need the PC for my daily use, however I plan to build next summer/fall a new PC. (Ryzen 7nm, mid to top graphicscard, etc.)

My idea is to now purchase an tier 1 PSU and use it for the remaining year of my old PC and then installing it into my new build.

 

Which PSU would you recommend?

 

Is 850W PSU enough to futureproof or do you expect an increased demand? (got 790W by using the PSU calculator from coolermaster)

[DVA]

790 watts?? What the heck are you running lol.

 

Most PC's that are top of the line can do just fine with a 550-600. 

Above that there is not much of a need unless you're doing a server or going like a 2080ti sli with cooler blocks and everything. 

 

What build were you thinking of creating?

[Jurrunio]

tier 1 PSUs can have warranties as long as 10 years, but you can get others that cost 1/3 with 1.2 the warranty. In other words, a good tier 3 unit has the lowest expense per year.

[Stefan Payne]

3 hours ago, Ethandir said:

Is 850W PSU enough to futureproof or do you expect an increased demand? (got 790W by using the PSU calculator from coolermaster)

Urgh, not again with that piece of garbage thing...

It just sucks and is the worst piece of shit and misleading.

 

pls tell us the components you are thinking about.

Because I have Problems to go over 650W even with TWO Graphics Cards.

 

 

Anyway:
Guess what an i7-3930K might consume?
With an RX480/8G (1330, Power Color Red Devil), 8 Sticks of Memory (or 4, don't remember)...

and its at around 350W...

Those PSU Guessing and selling programms estimate something around 600W or so...

[Stefan Payne]

3 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

tier 1 PSUs can have warranties as long as 10 years, but you can get others that cost 1/3 with 1.2 the warranty. In other words, a good tier 3 unit has the lowest expense per year.

Yeah, as Warranty is overrated because nobody can know if the company will exist in 10 years or so.

10 Years ago, Enermax was at the top of the game, right now they are at the bottom, there are hardly any interesting products from them. 

10 Years ago, Corsair was just getting started and not that special/interesting, had many problems with the fans (well, maybe it was my archievement that they started to use a decent fan)

10 Years ago, Tagan/Maxpoint still existed...

 

BUT the thing with the cost I have to disagree as a good quality be quiet Straight Power 11/450-550W isn't that expensive, its only ~100€.

A 450/550W Bitfenix Formula and Whisper M is around 70/90€ that times 3 would be over 200€...

[Ethandir]

I was thinking of going with the

• Ryzen 3700.......
• 32-64 Gb of Ram
• 4 hdd for a raid 5 setup
• 2 m.2 ssd
• High End sound cards
• Blue ray optical drive
• 2 Keyboards
•  
• and for the graphics a 2080 or above card that is available next fall or maybe a SLI / crossfire setup
• As for the cooling etc. I plan to buy a new case with mesh on the intakes to reduce dust, having in total 5-6 case fans

 

The tier of CPU and GPU i am choosing due to my future work which will include compute intensive simulations.

[Stefan Payne]

14 hours ago, Ethandir said:

I was thinking of going with the

• Ryzen 3700.......
• 32-64 Gb of Ram
• 4 hdd for a raid 5 setup
• 2 m.2 ssd
• High End sound cards
• Blue ray optical drive
• 2 Keyboards
•  
• and for the graphics a 2080 or above card that is available next fall or maybe a SLI / crossfire setup
• As for the cooling etc. I plan to buy a new case with mesh on the intakes to reduce dust, having in total 5-6 case fans

 

The tier of CPU and GPU i am choosing due to my future work which will include compute intensive simulations.

A high quality 550W is what you want...

For example the mentioned Straight Power 11 or, if you want it cheaper, the Bitfenix Formula.