Corsair RM750 and GTX 970 SLI

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Please let me know if this is in the wrong section as this is my first post in the forums.

I'm looking for a subject matter expert on PSUs, particularly the Corsair RM750. The RM750 received a lot of backlash due to the faulty PSU that were delivered on lot <1341 (2013 below lot 41). I've read on numerous forums that the RM750 uses cheaper parts, but sells as a PSU for enthusiast, which has turned a lot of the PC enthusiast to go for more competitive products with better quality like the EVGA G2 and Seasonic.

With that being said, even though the RM750 uses cheaper parts, is it still a good PSU for GTX 970 sli? I already own the RM750 and have little to no problems; however, I recently learned of the negative press after researching its possibility to sli gtx 970s

Current Specs:

i5-4670K
Asus Z87-Pro
G.Skill 2x4 (8GB) Ram
Gtx 660
Samsung 500 GB SSD
Corsair RM 750w

The Goal:

Gtx 970 Sli
 
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There are PSU's that use higher quality components (particularly capacitors), but I used an RM750 for my SLI 770 for quite a while including OCing CPU and GPUs with no issues, and the 970s don't draw nearly as much power. According to Tom's PSU Tier List, linked below, the RM750 ranks in Tier 3, for which the description is:

"Tier Three - Meets standard ATX specifications, though closer to the edges than Tier two units. These are still solid units, which still supply stable power to your system, though not ideal for serious overclocking."

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html
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There are PSU's that use higher quality components (particularly capacitors), but I used an RM750 for my SLI 770 for quite a while including OCing CPU and GPUs with no issues, and the 970s don't draw nearly as much power. According to Tom's PSU Tier List, linked below, the RM750 ranks in Tier 3, for which the description is:

"Tier Three - Meets standard ATX specifications, though closer to the edges than Tier two units. These are still solid units, which still supply stable power to your system, though not ideal for serious overclocking."

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html
 
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I came across that list during my research as well, but you provided exactly what I needed as far as using it to SLI. I don't plan to do much overclocking so I guess I should be fine. Thanks for the help.
 
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De nada. I've still got mine, although I shifted it to my graphics build and am currently using an AX860. The shift was because I've added a bunch of power-hungry peripherals to my daily-driver, not because I was concerned about it's ability to handle the base system and SLI.
 
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