PSUs - Important features gamers should know

[qornea]

Important PSU features for gamers

Avoid future headaches come upgrade time.

 

[Dentar]

I love my Corsair 750W.
It isn't modular though, so half my case is filled with unused cables
But it's been serving me perfectly for the last couple of years.

 

[Maplassie]

I've been using an Aopen Prima Power 700W Psu for over 5 years now. I bought it with my AMD 4800X2 CPU back then, and into 2011 it's still doing it's thing, even with Decent VGA cards and a half decent setup (i7 2600K clocked, lots of fans, GTX570's etc)

 

[Grimspoon]

Cool article, I am torn between getting a Corsair or Antec for my new build.

 

[hugo69er]

I love my Corsair 750W.
It isn't modular though, so half my case is filled with unused cables
But it's been serving me perfectly for the last couple of years.

Yip, money well spent. Got my TX750 about 3 years ago for about R1700 still going strong, no probs
i see they go for about R1300 now.

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[CrouxL]

Also, look at the amps on the 12V rail

 

[Sick Boy]

Great write up thanks, one question what does the 80+ gaming refer to?

 

[Grimspoon]

Yip, money well spent. Got my TX750 about 3 years ago for about R1700 still going strong, no probs
i see they go for about R1300 now.

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That was the one I am looking at.

 

[czc]

Great write up thanks, one question what does the 80+ gaming refer to?

Its about efficiency.

From wikipedia.

80 PLUS is an initiative to promote energy efficiency in computer power supply units (PSU). It certifies products that have more than 80% energy efficiency at 20%, 50% and 100% of rated load, and a power factor of 0.9 or greater at 100% load. That is, PSUs will waste 20% or less electric energy as heat at the specified load levels, thus reducing electricity use and bills compared to less efficient PSUs. Sometimes rebates are given for manufacturers who use 80 PLUS-certified PSUs.

 

[czc]

I'm pretty happy with my Corsair HX620

 

[Stavey]

I never would have thought of half of the things mentioned in this article. Thanks, great stuff.

 

[hugo69er]

That was the one I am looking at.

Its an awesome power supply. The only problem like dental mentioned above is the cables but I've got an antec df-85 case which has plenty space for cable management so i dont really have a prob with the cables. It is also very future proof with 4 pcie connections for at least 2 gpus as a gpu today usually uses about 2 pcie connections.

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[Stefan9]

Good article except the part about higher end psu making use of multiple 12v rails. A lot of the higher end models actual make use of one 12v rail, corsair and coolermaster definitly does.

 

[TBlaar]

So you should buy 80+ if you're a hippie? And give a toss about the environment...