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October 12, 2014 5:52:17 PM

Hello everyone. This is my first post.
I am planning on buying a new PSU for my rig. Currently, here's what I have.

Asus Z97-K
i7 4790
16gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz (4x4gb)
4x HDs Seagate 1TB
Geforce 9500GT 1GB
LG DVDRW drive
PSU Seventeam ST450PAG

I should get a new video card (thus why I am thinking about a better PSU) probably a GTX650 or someting slightly better. Another planned upgrade wil be a water coller, probably a Corsair H80i and a new case with 4 120mm LED fans.
I am not thinking in overclocking or at least, not heavy overclocking.

I am ALL EARS. Suggestions are welcome.
Thanks in advance.

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October 12, 2014 6:04:25 PM

if you are gaming, why spend so much money of the CPU and forget all about the GPU? But with your current setup, I would say a nice 550W PSU from XFX or seasonic will do nicely
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October 12, 2014 6:11:29 PM

Nuckles_56 said:
if you are gaming, why spend so much money of the CPU and forget all about the GPU? But with your current setup, I would say a nice 550W PSU from XFX or seasonic will do nicely


Actually, it is an old GPU, (the only one I had around) until I buy a new one.
I wrote I was considering a GTX650, but I misspelled... it´s gonna be a GTX760.
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October 12, 2014 6:31:02 PM

If I was you, I would wait a little while longer- til nvidia announces the rest of the 900 series cards as that will mean that there will be a drop in price in the 700 series cards and also allow you to see if the new cards are priced as well as the gtx 970 is
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October 13, 2014 7:48:48 AM

Reynaud Jr said:

i7 4790
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Is that the "K" version? Otherwise would i not spend that kind of money on the H80.That could be better spend like on that gpu you wanting to upgrade.A better choice anyway.
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October 13, 2014 8:18:18 AM

Nuckles_56 said:
If I was you, I would wait a little while longer- til nvidia announces the rest of the 900 series cards as that will mean that there will be a drop in price in the 700 series cards and also allow you to see if the new cards are priced as well as the gtx 970 is


Nuckles_56
I think you ara right. I'll wait a little longer before I make up my mind about which card to get.

Vic 40:
No, it's not the "K" version. What water cooling solution do you recommend?
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October 13, 2014 10:13:34 AM

Vic 40 said:
Reynaud Jr said:


Vic 40:
No, it's not the "K" version. What water cooling solution do you recommend?

None.
Why do you want watercooling? A good air cooler would be fine and a lot cheaper.
The expensive one is really silent,
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/be-quiet-cpu-cool...

If you really want watercooling are the two next alreay good enough,
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/corsair-cpu-coole...


Thanks a lot!!!

By the way, I did some research and I found out these units below to be the PSUs available in the local stores where I live. I would appreciate suggestions. No XFX in stock anywhere around, so here's what I have found.

Seasonic S12II 620w BRONZE
Corsair GS700 GMPSU-700GWW
Corsair 750TX CMPSU-750TX
Corsair CX750M CP-9020061-WW
EVGA 750W 110-B1-0750-VR
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October 13, 2014 10:20:01 AM

Seasonic S12II 620w BRONZE < Best of the bunch.
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October 13, 2014 10:30:04 AM

Looking at quality and haswell compatibility would i say this one,


Reynaud Jr said:

Corsair 750TX CMPSU-750TX

This is a good choice too and my first one,but isn't haswell compatibel if i'm right which might give problems when in a certain sleep state the psu's under-voltage protection can be triggered and reset/restart the system.

Reynaud Jr said:

Seasonic S12II 620w BRONZE

this should normally give no problems when just using the pc,but with the situation as i described could it be that the system would restart as said.You could disable the c6/7 power saving states in the bios to prevent this from happening.

Maybe the moderator has additional info or maybe can set me straight if i'm wrong here.He's recommending this last one so maybe it's not such a big deal after all.
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