What's better Seasonic M12II 520w or the Seasonic G550 550w?

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Price diff here for the PSU is about $25

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CPU: Intel Core i3-4130
Mobo: Gigabyte B85-D3H
RAM: G.Skill RipJaws X (dual) 2x4gb ddr3 1600 CL9 (F3 12800CL9D 8GBXL)
HDD: 1TB W.D. Caviar Blue
Case: Xigmatek Helios 232
Monitor: 18.5" Benq LED

Future Buys:
Video Card: Palit GTX 750 Ti StormX 2gb/128bit, OC Ed
Monitor: 1080p Monitor with HDMI (any suggestions on this?)

USES: Programming, light photo/video editing, light 3d rendering, Home Theater, Overnight downloads/torrents (slow internet here), a little gaming like Starcraft 2, Online Games, Indie Games, maybe some new games like BF4, Crysis 3 (not really into gaming, I don't need ultra graphics, just decent great graphics)
 
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photo/video editing, 3d rendering and some games like Crysis are cpu intensive tasks. They require a lot of CPU power, So they would run smoothly with processors that have more cores. As i5 has 4 cores it is an obvious choice over a dual core i3 for these tasks.

However i5 is pricier than i3. So, if you are unwilling to pay that much for an i5, you can go for a 6 core or 8 core processors from AMD which are cheaper than i5 and offers a good value for the money.

I can recommend you a CPU model only if you give me your budget for the CPU. without that its very hard to recommend anything.

its true that i5 requires more electricity to run but that's very small compared to what other components consume. I don't think you should be...
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Efficiency wise G550 is better as it is 80+ Gold certified whereas M12II is 80+ bronze certified.
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Personally I'd go for M12II 520W as it is cheap, has modular connectors so the build will be clean and its also from the same reputed brand seasonic.

The build quality of both the PSUs are excellent. Only difference of G550 is its more efficient and so it will save you on electricity bills but again you have to run your system 24x7 to get any considerable benefit.

P.S. for the type of usage you have listed it would be better if you go for an i5 processor. i3 is not enough.
 
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photo/video editing, 3d rendering and some games like Crysis are cpu intensive tasks. They require a lot of CPU power, So they would run smoothly with processors that have more cores. As i5 has 4 cores it is an obvious choice over a dual core i3 for these tasks.

However i5 is pricier than i3. So, if you are unwilling to pay that much for an i5, you can go for a 6 core or 8 core processors from AMD which are cheaper than i5 and offers a good value for the money.

I can recommend you a CPU model only if you give me your budget for the CPU. without that its very hard to recommend anything.

its true that i5 requires more electricity to run but that's very small compared to what other components consume. I don't think you should be bothered about the power consumption of a CPU. for e.g. i3-4130 requires 54W to run whereas a haswell i5 requires 84W.
 
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