Best PSU available

James Foo

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I am looking at these brands of PSU:

Based on this website: https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/834211/all
1) Seasonic x850 gold (same as corsair / a little more than corsair)
2) Corsair ax 860 platinum (2nd cheapest, all-around but heard coil whine prob)
3) Seasonic x860 platinum (most expensive)
4) Cooler Master v850 (cheapest) from: http://www.lelong.com.my/kx/cooler+master+v850.htm

my specs are from : http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2235029/guidance.html

Pls note that this rig will be using for at least 5-6 years and during that time I may SLI/CrossFire and will change to k-series+water cooling if I were to desire...but chances are slim

so pls share your experiences from each other and tell me which is the best in terms of quality,features,price.....psu preferably will not change since the most I will sli/crossfire is only 2 gpu or only 1(none sli/crossfire)

Or better yet is 750 REALLY ENOUGH or 850 FOR BETTER PRECAUTION
 
Solution
For example, take a look at this thread.. All experts would go for seasonic only, however coil whine problems are very less in seasonic products because nobody makes 100% perfection in all of their products..

James Foo

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ooh... ok.... but the price between the seasonic x850 gold and the corsair ax860 platinum is so close...
Plus I get the benefit of platinum grade, isnt that better?
 

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Corsair AX860 Platinum (860W) = RM725
Seasonic X-850 Watt Power Supply = RM729

price difference only RM4 what.... but if u think the seasonic will last longer than the corsair one, then I will choose the seasonic one, but last I heard, both of them are from seasonic based on the same model, just little difference such as the fan used??
 
Upto my knowledge, the AX-860 had some coil whine issues and high pitch noise (might be from the fan) under load.. The Seasonic X series is dead silent silent and many people go for Seasonic PSU's than for Corsair while in the dilemma of same price range..
 

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from what I heard, you can also find people complaining about the x850's coil whine too.... I think is mostly this series of seasonic psu's KM3?? but I heard more complains about the corsair than seasonic.... still what should I do??