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Best brand for a PSU?

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  • 28-07-2014 2:52pm
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    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I think it's time for a new PSU (current one is an old Seasonic M12 700W bought in 2007 I think) and whilst it's not giving any kind of problems at all, I am planning on a GFX card update by the end of the year and it has limited PCIe card power support (only 4 X 8 pin).

    I bought Seasonic at the time as they received good reviews from my fellow Boardsies and it's never given me any reason not to buy Seasonic again, but I just thought I'd ask here to see what's the current favoured option. I'd like to go for Gold efficiency as my electricity bills are very high (the joys of owning a pet that requires constant heating) and obviously something modular for ease of cable routing and all that.

    Any thoughts? Are there some obvious alternatives I should consider - I see Corsair recommended in builds here quite a lot.


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    #2
    whomitconcerns
    Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭whomitconcerns


    I bought OCZ the last time i built. 2 yrs ago. Never a problem and lots of connections. Only problem is they went bankrupt :(


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    uncle_sam_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,191 ✭✭✭uncle_sam_ie


    Nothing will go near my components useless it's a Seasonic.
    Corsair uses Seasonic as their OEM as do a lot of top brand PSU's. What ever you end up buying first check out on JohnyGuru to see how it stacks up, http://www.jonnyguru.com/


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    SterlingArcher
    Registered Users Posts: 2,767 ✭✭✭SterlingArcher


    Seasonic , be quiet. Then corsair.


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