Is this a good power supply?

[Guest]

Hi, I was originally going to get this EVGA power supply that was a 500w 80+ power supply, But I recently found this 625w power supply on amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JEJZ1LQ/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i7?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-7&pf_rd_r=0MX0WVEW4S4F4NHQW81J&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200482&pf_rd_i=507846 I already know how many amps and that I need for my system, but I'm just not sure about the brand. I personally have never used a power supply from this manufacture, but almost everyone has rated the power supply with 5 stars.

 

[mickypheonix]

Hi food4lube
Get a seasonic PSU , or any corsair PSU from the TX or HX or AX range , the sentey psu is a poor quality power supply

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Sentey power supplies make good paperweights , don't power your system with one , they are very very poor supplies.

A 625 watt supply with only a 40 amp 12v rail tells you it's junk.

 

[Guest]

I'm trying to avoid corsair, most of their power supplies have the mail in rebates to match my budget. I'm using my friends card after I give them the money, so I'm trying to avoid rebates.

 

[mickypheonix]

go for a seasonic or XFX (also seasonic ) PSU

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Buy this XFX made by SEASONIC very solid with all Japanese caps.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $49.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-23 21:48 EDT-0400)

 

[Karadjgne]

Antec 620w HCG semi modular is good too. Can often be found on sale for a really good price.

I prefer to use Senty psu's for boat anchors rather than paperweights, hate the way the wires clutter up my desk.

 

[Guest]

I think I might just upgrade my main systems power supply that has a corsair 760i I believe. and then just use that one in my new build for work. Then buy http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-platinum1000 for my current system because I run a rather large array of hard drives and I also use 2 290x video cards and my fx 9590 that has a heavy overclock on it as well as another rad I plan to for another loop.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

EVGA 1000W G2

At $149.99 it's a steal.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $149.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-23 22:09 EDT-0400)

Tier 1 Brands - The Most Powerful And Stable Components On The Market.

Antec Signature
Antec High Current Pro -1200w
Antec HCP Platinum 1kW
Cooler Master V series 700, 850, 1kW
Corsair AX
Enermax Galaxy
Enermax Revolution
EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W and 1300W
Kingwin Lazer Platinum
PCP&C TurboCool
PCP&C Silencer Greater than 610 watt
Sapphire Pure
Seasonic X-Series
Seasonic S12D/M12D
Silverstone ZF (Etasis 85/75/56)
Seventeam ST Greater than 600w (SSI, V2.91)
Silverstone OP/DA Greater than 700 watt
Silverstone ZM
Ultra X3 Greater than 1000 watt
XFX Black Edition
XFX XXX Edition
Zippy/Emacs SSL
Zippy/Emacs GSM
Zippy/Emacs PSL
Zippy/Emacs HG2
Zippy/Emacs HP2

I recommend with the 9590 and Dual cards:

EVGA 1300W

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $189.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-23 22:12 EDT-0400)

 

[Guest]

Could that XFX that you originally linked me have enough power for a r9 280? My friend gave me a almost full retail offer for my old corsair power supply and I took it. So now I have enough for the 280. I figured with the processor and the video card my whole system would be using about 38-39 amps on the 12v rail. I don't plan on overclocking since I can't carry over the overclocks to the vm that I use

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Yes it will.

 

[Guest]

Yeah I kind of figured that, I know newegg and other places really overkill the power supply requirement for video cards.

 

[Guest]

What was originally going to be a simple $550 work build has turned into a pretty sweet build. I think cost of everything if I include the cpu at the price that amazon lists it as to be around $800, but that is not including the extra phantek cooler that I had laying around for my processor. I might post it to pcpartpicker once I finish.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Sounds great .

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $26.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-27 18:09 EDT-0400)

 

[Guest]

I orderd A gigabyte 970 motherboard with the 8+2 power phase, 16 gigs of the corsair vengance pro memory, corsair 200r windowed, and the xfx power supply. I saw a deal on an msi 280x for about the same price as the 280 that I was going to buy. Could the power supply handle all of that along with some maybe mild overclocks with the 8350, and the 280x? I also did order my main systems power supply, I got the corsair ax 1500w which I am still in the process of sleeving the cables for, but I'm pretty sure it is going to be amazing in my system.

 

[Karadjgne]

The reason the gpu manufacturers specify such high wattage is because of crappy psu's. If a crappy psu is called '500' watts, its actual 12v output is usually closer to 430. Eg. The OCZ ModXstreme 500 actual 12v output is only 432 watts. So if a gpu states it needs 500w, in reality it only needs a psu capable of 400w, so psu's like the ocz will work.

The XFX 550 is capable of 44amps at 528watts output. It'll power a 290x on an OC pc with no problems. It's that good.