PSU tier list 2.0

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Hey guys, I was curious about which you would recommend.
I have an i5-3470, ASROCK z75 Pro3 and going to purchase a gtx970.

My options so far: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... at $89.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... at $109.99

and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... at 129.99 after rebate.

What do y'all recommend. I couldn't find the seasonic platinum under the tier list since I'm not sure if its classified as platinum series.
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Just curious why you want to spend so much on a psu. Here are 4 excellent psus for $70-80


http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/evga-power-supply-220g20550y1,evga-power-supply-220gs0550v1,seasonic-power-supply-ssp650rt,xfx-power-supply-p1550bbefx/
 
You will see that happening in Newegg reviews, which is one of the reasons why I'm against store reviews. Poor models get rated too low, and good models don't get the praise they deserve because of bad refunds. :lol:
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OMG I hate user reviews from online retailers. The average consumer is so stupid and ignorant they shouldn't be allowed to give a rating. People give great products 1 star because shipping was slow or they didn't receive their rebate, and they give crap products 5 starts because "I plugged it in and it worked". Most poor ratings come from pure user stupidity. I'm sure you have all encountered some serious user stupidity but here are a few of my favorites in no particular order-

1. Random stupid person gives an i7 3770k 1 star because it did not work in his AM3+ motherboard.

2. Random stupid person gives a Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 1 star because it did not fit inside his case.

3. Random stupid person rates EVERY part 1 star because his CX430 failed in less than a week in his FX8350 + R9 290x build and performance was not good when it did work.

4. Random stupid person gives the i7 4790k 1 star because his self proclaimed "Beast Build" got horrible fps in all games because "the i7 sucks" when his video card was a GTX750.

5. Random stupid person gives the i7 4790k 1 star because he killed it attempting to delid it, and when he tried to RMA it, they sent it back to him.


So yeah, people are stupid, and you can't trust most user reviews.
 


I've seen worse. Person bought a 980 Ti, complained GTA V didn't run at the FPS he saw in 980 Ti benchmarks. He had a 30$ Pentium and 6GB of RAM.
 
I try to make a point of reviewing most products I purchase on Newegg, if only to provide useful information. I don't generally include PSUs in that, since I don't have the equipment to properly test them.
Newegg should do a better job of weeding out mindless and/or irrelevant reviews.
 
I have a question.

How many years would a build last with 2x980 ti's OC'd,i7-4790k stock, w/cool, 3xhdd 1xssd, 5case fans and evga g2 850w?

The full utilization will be like 2-3 hours at best per day, and the pc will be open for like 10hours

But on summer 24/7 and full load for 5-6hours at best again
 
By "last," if you mean how long until some component dies, that's hard to tell. Depending on usage, the hard drives would probably be the first to go, in perhaps 3-5 years. If thermals are good, I'd expect 7-10 years from everything else.
If instead you are wondering how long the components will be sufficient (e.g. for current games), particularly if resolution increases (you don't mention the monitor(s)), you'll no doubt be starting to lower settings in 2-3 years, but still ought to get 5-6 years out of it, maybe more with a GPU upgrade.
 
No, I meant for how long the compoments like psu/gpu will last before they stop working because ppl say that 2x980 ti will almost max out a 850w psu but it will work... Thats what I meant because my PSU isnt the "recommended" by most pppl but the minimum
 


Personally, if the Super Flower Leadex unit is available in your market, I'd go with that over the GS. The EVGA G2 power supplies are Leadex based platforms and are less expensive than the Super Flower units usually, if they're in your market.
 
If you keep temps under control, and aren't benchmarking, mining, or folding (any of which can run cards at up to 100% for extended periods), then ten years is not unreasonable, and I'd think you'd get at least eight.
 
If you are talking about physical time in components, that's impossible to really determine. There's so many extraneous variables to realistically count. Ambient temps, airborne particulates, frequency of cleaning/maintenance, state of household electric supply, apc or straight power, ambient humidity just to name a few. That's not including user abuse via software or OC, airflow, in case temps, motherboard cooling, component age and a heap of other little things like low quality wiring adapters, cpu lottery, time of build (5pm on Friday or 8am on monday).

The best you can really go by is trying to maintain the pc in a environmentally stable atmosphere, regular maintenance and watch the temps. The parts should last somewhere around their respective warranties at minimum. It's not uncommon, however, for some parts to last well beyond expected lifetimes, as in a cpu still working as it should 20 years later.

There's also things that can be done to minimize damage, such as relaxing OC, moving pagefile to hdd not SSD, temp files on hdd not SSD, a good apc in appropriate size vrs straight line power to psu etc
 
I will keep temps under 70c I belive is normal?

No benchmarks for more than like 5hours per a decade 😀

Just 100% cpu,gpu load on gaming.

If lets say the PSU fails at 5years and takes the one 980 ti with it will 980 ti warranty bring me another one and evga warranty another psu or they wont accpept it ?
 


The suggestion was to use an EVGA 700B to run an r9 390x.
 


750B2 > 700B. The B series is too bad to reliably run a card like that, yes, but the B2 series are easily good enough.
 


Iffy - depending on how much you use it.

Iffy's not the right word as I wxpect it will last 5yrs with a 960, more implying there should be better choices.

I'd think there are better choices (what's your budget?)
 


I don't think I'd recommend a B1 unit for use with any discreet gaming card within 100w of it's listed capacity unless there are no other options available that are better within 20 to 30 bucks.
 
Thanks guys, this isnt for my PC. I have an EVGA G2 850W lol...

Its for a friend who is in a strict budget. So will an XFX Core edition 450w last 5 years with i3 and oc'd 750ti or later on a 960 and i5?
 
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