How do I know if my PSU watts are 'real' or not?

JustANewUser · Feb 4, 2014

So I heard something about some PSUs do not have 'real' watts and have less or sth. like that, what does that mean?

And does this PSU have all real watts? http://es.pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-m12ii520bronze

AnEwG · Feb 4, 2014

That is usually the case with generic non brand PSUs.

Dark Lord of Tech · Feb 4, 2014

Yes that is a high quality PSU made by SEASONIC , and all stated specs will be accurate.

JustANewUser · Feb 4, 2014

Is Seasonic a good brand? for PSUs.

Shneiky · Feb 4, 2014

Seasonic is one of the top brands out there. Yes that PSU has 520W real continuous output and it can handle spikes to 570 considering it is not going over 40C. At 50C it has 80% of that rated W.

Dark Lord of Tech · Feb 4, 2014

Yes that is a high quality PSU made by the best SEASONIC , and all stated specs will be accurate.

JustANewUser · Feb 4, 2014

Hello. Do you think this will be enough for HD 7870 GHz Edition + i5-4430 Haswell? Or would I better need other PSU?

I won't be overclocking anything neither using CrossFire.

JustANewUser · Feb 4, 2014

Oh sorry SR-71, I sent the message of above before reading yours lol - my Internet speed!

JustANewUser · Feb 4, 2014

Also, would you guys think a 1200 VA UPS with 3 outlets is enough for that PSU?

Dark Lord of Tech · Feb 4, 2014

You should be fine.

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