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I think I'll get the evga 850W instead of the 1000W. It's only $119 on Amazon after the rebate. Thanks for the suggestions.
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I think I'll get the evga 850W instead of the 1000W. It's only $119 on Amazon after the rebate. Thanks for the suggestions.
I think you should get what you want. All kinds of people gave me crap for buying my Seasonic Platinum. "Waste of money, should have gotten a Corsair" or "Platinum is a waste of money" were common themes. But I have brand loyalty to Seasonic, given my track record with them, and their reputation. They are one of the very best, and if I have to pay a little extra, the fact is, I am PROUD and HAPPY with the PSU I have now. I know that my 8-core is being provided with clean power. I know that this PSU will last as long as any PSU in the same situation.
Same way everyone gave me crap for getting an H60i. "Waste of money, go custom water." Or "High end air would be better". Well, the fact is I wanted to test out an All in One water cooler for myself, and I have actually been very happy with it. Once I get my PWM splitters, I'm really excited to run it Push-Pull with some old Noctua fans I've had sitting around for a while. Plus I get to utilize my top 200mm fan mount as an exhaust, finally.
Enough about me. In my opinion, a computer is a great outlet for self-expression. If you want a particular PSU, or RAM with heatsinks that look how you like them (even if they're $10 more and the timings aren't as tight) then buy what you like. It's YOUR computer, not an E-Peen competition.
And you absolutely wasted your money for a 760W on an 8320/560Ti system.
There are plenty of Seasonics in the 500W range that would have been overkill for your system.
Edit: also, if it isn't an e-peen contest, why buy a massively overkill PSU?
Context is important... like....... did you pay for those or where they review samples (you already had them so... that takes out the main discussion point of BUYING an overkill PSU, no)? Are they used at some point like for benching? As I said, the efficiency thing isn't a big deal, however, the cost of a platy unit over a gold is... while also losing pennies a month.
It's not massively overkill if someday I win the lottery and decide to get dual 780s or 290s. I will never have to upgrade this PSU, unless it dies. And I got it on Black Friday for $120 with no MIR. So it was a future-proofing step. I had a 600W Non-Modular Corsair at the time, which still works, so I may use it in a backup rig in the future.
The point is that you could take the extra money and get a better GPU, maybe the next size up SSD, a couple of cooling fans, etc.
That's fair. But I am of the opinion that initially investing more in the parts that don't go obsolete (Case, Peripherals, PSU, fans, etc) is the best way to future-proof. If you cheap out on the PSU and get a crappy case, then buy a 295X2 and find out that your case airflow sucks and your PSU can't handle it, then you have to buy a better one anyway. With the setup I have right now, I could legitimately buy any GPU I wanted, and I know for sure it will function.
The point is that you could take the extra money and get a better GPU, maybe the next size up SSD, a couple of cooling fans, etc.
I have a I7-4770K overclock to 4.2 ghz. I also have 32 GB of RAM and 2 AMD R9 290X video cards. I have two SSD and two HDD
That's fair. But I am of the opinion that initially investing more in the parts that don't go obsolete (Case, Peripherals, PSU, fans, etc) is the best way to future-proof. If you cheap out on the PSU and get a crappy case, then buy a 295X2 and find out that your case airflow sucks and your PSU can't handle it, then you have to buy a better one anyway. With the setup I have right now, I could legitimately buy any GPU I wanted, and I know for sure it will function.
I don't know enough about PC power supplies
For example, comparing the Seasonic X850 ($170) to the Seasonic 1KW ($240) is a difference of $70!!!! That is why I would make THAT choice. Though to be fair, those lines tend to blur a bit with less powerful units.
That was just an example... not a suggestion...And considering the Seasonic Platinum 860XP2 is $10 more than the Gold X850, kind of hard (in my mind) to justify not taking that extra step up...
And considering the Seasonic Platinum 860XP2 is $10 more than the Gold X850, kind of hard (in my mind) to justify not taking that extra step up...
This became quite obvious multiple times in your post.
Wouldn't run it off 750W? Why not?
Because the system will pull less than 600W with full system loading at stock.
An 850W unit will allow overclocking to the moon, along with full custom water cooling, while still allowing a buffer.
Please, learn to calculate how much a system will actually pull and how to place the system in a PSU's efficiency curve properly.
For this kind of setup, we'd recommend nothing less than a quality 1000-watt power supply.