What kind of PSU for my system?

[spiet]

Hi,

For a new system build i have these components:

AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor 8W - 65W
ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard 17W - 70W
G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory 14W - 14W
Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive 4W - 20W
Crucial - MX500 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive 2W - 10W
MSI - Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR OC Video Card 46W - 185W
Total: 91W - 364W

so it would give me 364W

I would first order a be quiet modular 400W system but it seems the graphic card needs a 500W psu.

Any idea's who to pick? Mid range.

Also modular, semi, full, none, what does that mean and what to pick best?

thanks!

 

[vapour]

nope, 550+ is recommended, the card itself can draw ~250, 20% headroom is needed for psu to run healthy.
which country and budget?
Corsair CX550 is good budget choice, TX550M is better, EVGA supernova G2/G3, Seasonic Foucs plus and Corsair RMx are even better.

 

[spiet]

thnx

is this a good one:

be quiet! Straight Power 10 600W?

Or rather:

Corsair TX-M Series TX550M V2

or

Corsair TX-M Series TX650M V2


Between the TX 650 and the RMx 650 is about 9 euro's difference

And what does modular or semi really mean?

 

[RyanTodd1]

I would certainly buy the TX550 - you have decent spcced pc. Dont cheap out on the most important part. Modular just describes whether the cables in the PSU are detatchable. I wouldnt worry about that too much thats mainly for cosmetic purposes for how crowded the case is.

Fully modular means you can disconnect all of the cables
Semi means you can only disconnect some (power and CPU cables are stuck and cannot be removed.)
Not modular means you're stuck with all of them in whether you need them or not.

The TX550m is semi modular and the best option for you i think.

Hope this helps

 

[vapour]

TX550M is much better. Straight power is good for except the capacitators : http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=399

TX550 has better caps and that matter a lot: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=261

 

[spiet]

Ok and not the Rmx550 or Rmx650 since i think that's is a newer model (says 2018)

 

[jeremyj_83]

Seasonic Focus Gold or Focus+ Gold are a really good choice as well. The Focus+ Gold also has a semi-passive mode that will only turn on the PSU fan above a certain %load which means if you aren't gaming or stressing the PSU it will be silent.

 

[vapour]

To me, TXM is good enough, but if RMx is not much more, get RMx. V2 of TXM is relatively new.

 

[spiet]

Do you think i need a 650W instead of the 550 for my system? I will probably add some more components in a year or later but right now it says the system needs 361w.

Fyi,

- TX550M is 79 euro

- TX650M is 92 euro

while the

- RM500x is 94 euro

- RM650x is 100 euro

 

[jeremyj_83]

Looking at a power supply calculator the load wattage is 388W for your system and it recommends 438W PSU. Therefore you could get by with a 550W unit. You say that you are going to add more components, what are you looking at adding? Going with a 650W would be enough for you to run a 1080 Ti with a 2700X CPU. I still recommend the Seasonic Focus+ Gold which can be found for 86 Euro for the 550W or 87 Euro for the 650W.
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B073H33X7R/?tag=pcp05-21 - 650W
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B073GY89G5/?tag=pcp05-21 - 550W
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=529 - Review of the Seasonic 550W
Overall it is a better PSU than the TXM while being minimally more expensive for 550W or minimally less expensive for 650W.

 

[spiet]

Probably later some more HDD/SDD/NVME.

Yes but i might pay more shipping from amazon while i have found a store here in my home country where the price is slightly expensive with shipping included.

You reckon the TX or RM is a bit worse then the onces you prefer?

 

[vapour]

RMX, seasonic focus plus and EVGA SuperNOVA g2/g3 are very good if you can get them, not much diff in quality.

 

[spiet]

Ok one of those will it be

but enough with 550w or better go for a 650w? Future proof wise when adding components (more ram, hdd, sdd, ...) later.

Must say on the RMX you get 10 year warranty, not sure on the seasonics.

 

[vapour]

also 10 years
get 650 if you can afford

 

[spiet]

Ok

the Corsair RMX650x is 95 euro

the Focus Plus Gold Seasonic is 100 euro

So 5 euro difference .... guess the two are the same? specs too?

Should i go for the cheapest or still go for the seasonic which is only 5 euro more expensive.

 

[spiet]

Update:

Amazon.de got the seasonic plus gold 65w listed for only 87 euro , free shipping

so i better pick that one then?

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B073H33X7R/ref=crt_ewc_title_olp_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF

 

[vapour]

Yeah, among three I like the seasonic most

 

[jeremyj_83]

I second getting the Seasonic.

 

[spiet]

ok done, ordered, thanks all!

 

[RyanTodd1]

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