what's a good PSU to get with a GTX 780?

[plrbear1028]

I would like to get the best PSU and the best 780 for the price..

 

[Eduello]

What country do you live in?

 

[numanator]

What are your other specs? Typically a good quality 600W+ power supply would work. Do you care if the PSU is modular or not? Do you want bronze or glod rated?

 

[legend001523]

Bwst 780 is either the lightning or the inno3d dhs edition, for psu a good 600w from seasonic or xfx will be good

 

[plrbear1028]

What are your other specs? Typically a good quality 600W+ power supply would work. Do you care if the PSU is modular or not? Do you want bronze or glod rated?

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 3770 @ 3.40GHz 41 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0YJPT1 (CPU 1) 28 °C
Graphics
S24B300 (1920x1080@60Hz)
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 (NVIDIA) 33 °C
Storage
931GB Seagate ST31000524AS (SATA) 35 °C
1GB Apple iPod USB Device (USB)
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GH82N
Audio
High Definition Audio Device

 

[plrbear1028]

What country do you live in?

usa

 

[numanator]

For non-modular PSU (5 yr warranty):

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($70.98 @ Newegg)

Semi Modular PSU (5 yr warranty, made by Seasonic):

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($83.98 @ OutletPC)

Fully Modular, Gold Rated (10 yr warranty, made by Superflower):

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
[$20 Mail in Rebate]

 

[plrbear1028]

For non-modular PSU (5 yr warranty):

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($70.98 @ Newegg)

Semi Modular PSU (5 yr warranty, made by Seasonic):

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($83.98 @ OutletPC)

Fully Modular, Gold Rated (10 yr warranty, made by Superflower):

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ NCIX US)

what's the diff between the three?

 

[numanator]

So Modular basically means that the cables are plugged into the power supply individually. What this means for you is that a modular or semi modular PSU has fewer extra unused cables in your computer case.

The Bronze or Gold rating refers to the efficiency of the power supply (between the wall socket and the PSU). Basically if a PSU is 80% efficient (bronze rating, 80% minimum) and your computer is using 400w the power supply needs to draw 500w from the wall to send 400w to the PC. Gold rating is 90% efficient (min) so in the same scenario the PSU would draw 444w from the wall to provide 400w to the PC. In order to achieve the gold rating higher quality components are typically used so in general they are higher quality (but not always)

TL;DR - Gold rating saves you a few $ on your power bill; 850w is actually what you need with a good PSU; The EVGA G2 is better quality than the other 2 but those 2 are both great (I have the seasonic one myself); Modular =less/no useless cables in the case