Decisions... decisions.... What shoes should I choose? I would like some wisdom from you guys that know your craft. Building a new rig, the theme of the build is to keep it cheap an efficient but proficient for my needs. I ordered 2 psu's from newegg an one of them is going back. Please help me decide which is most ideal for my use.
1st PSU. Thermaltake 650w 5 year warranty 35 dollars after rebate.
2nd PSU Corsair Cx430 3 year warranty 18 after rebate
both 80 plus bronze
5 year warranty hints to me the the thermaltake is better quality, yes?
Interesting tidbit, the corsair is longer an just as heavy as the thermaltake.
PSU calculator says I have a load wattage of 233 watts, So the 430 watts should be more than sufficient, correct? I may add a more powerful gpu (950gtx) in the future an that only bumps load wattage to 295 watts. So again 430w should be more than sufficient, right? It still gives me 135 watts leftover an really shouldn't be taxing the lower wattage PSU. I think the biggest con with the larger one is it could be more wasteful cause its not even using 50 percent load but supposedly 20-80 percent is ideal for efficiency so it should be just as efficient, right?
Thoughts an opinions please?
Happy Holidays!
Here is the results from the psu calculator I used.
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1st PSU. Thermaltake 650w 5 year warranty 35 dollars after rebate.
2nd PSU Corsair Cx430 3 year warranty 18 after rebate
both 80 plus bronze
5 year warranty hints to me the the thermaltake is better quality, yes?
Interesting tidbit, the corsair is longer an just as heavy as the thermaltake.
PSU calculator says I have a load wattage of 233 watts, So the 430 watts should be more than sufficient, correct? I may add a more powerful gpu (950gtx) in the future an that only bumps load wattage to 295 watts. So again 430w should be more than sufficient, right? It still gives me 135 watts leftover an really shouldn't be taxing the lower wattage PSU. I think the biggest con with the larger one is it could be more wasteful cause its not even using 50 percent load but supposedly 20-80 percent is ideal for efficiency so it should be just as efficient, right?
Thoughts an opinions please?
Happy Holidays!
Here is the results from the psu calculator I used.
http://