What PSU would you recommend for my rig?

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edweennguyen

edweennguyen

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INTEL CORE I5-4690 3.50 GHZ 6MB INTEL SMART CACHE LGA 1150
WD 1 TB CAVIAR BLUE SATA III 6.0 GB/ 7200 RPM
CORSAIR VENGEANCE 4x2 GB 2133 MHZ DUAL CHANNEL
CASE FAN 120 MM x2
ASETEK 550LC 120MM WATERCOOLER
BLACK LG 14X BLU-RAY REWRITER
GIGABYTE Z97-D3H ATX W/ REALTEK GBLAN 6X SATA 6GB CRO
NVIDIA GTX970 4GB GDDR5 PCI-E
 
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BrandonYoung
If you're only going for a 120mm water cooler, just save yourself some dough and get a big air cooler. Most closed loops are pretty loud compared to the DIY 'big water' setups. Just be careful moving your PC around with a big block of copper on it, inertia is a motherboard cracker with 'big air'.

One advantage with water cooling, if your case airflow is weak you aren't really adding to the internal temperature with water coolers, as people typically use them as exhaust, which just blows that CPU heat outside the case.
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Darkbreeze

Darkbreeze

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Do you have a particular budget? The EVGA G2 750w is the best unit under 100 dollars currently available.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $79.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-19 03:12 EST-0500

If you budget doesn't allow for that, there are a couple of decent units more affordably priced, but they aren't near as good of quality or reliability.

Are you planning to overclock the CPU or GPU at any point or add a second GPU later on?
 
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Novuake

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Any reliable 500-600w PSU will do.

What is your budget for it?
Do you plan to SLI?
Overclock?

Some side notes on your build :
1. You chose a Z97 chipset motherboard, unless you plan to SLI or overclock, that is not necessary and can save cost by going H97 chipset.

2. Pretty sure you are paying too much for that Vengeance 2133MHz RAM? How much? You should be paying less than 90$.

3. Liquid coolers uaully are not worth it. Getting an air cooler would probably be cheaper AND perform better.

 
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Darkbreeze

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I agree with everything here. Especially the Corsair being overpriced.
 
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BrandonYoung

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If you're only going for a 120mm water cooler, just save yourself some dough and get a big air cooler. Most closed loops are pretty loud compared to the DIY 'big water' setups. Just be careful moving your PC around with a big block of copper on it, inertia is a motherboard cracker with 'big air'.

One advantage with water cooling, if your case airflow is weak you aren't really adding to the internal temperature with water coolers, as people typically use them as exhaust, which just blows that CPU heat outside the case.
 
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