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I have read everything and all sites I could find about the best PSUs between 500-700 W range and still can't decide what to choose. I will buy one in the next couple of hours and need final thoughts of you.
I am willing to pay a premium price for good quality and quiet operation. And after reading so far Sea Sonic and Super Flower seems to make the best ones. I wanted to buy a fanless 500 W platinum model from Super Flower, but after rethinking I may need one with more power in the future.
My current favourites are following (in that order):
1. Super Flower Golden Silent Fanless Platinum 500W
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/SuperFlower/SF-500P14FG/9.html
Price I would pay: around € 135
500 W platinum rated
600 W gold rated operation possible
fanless passiv silent operation
The Super Flower Leadex Gold 650 W gets recommendation in review: http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/6081/9/600-650-watt-power-supply-round-up-25-models-put-to-the-test-conclusion
2. Super Flower Leadex Gold schwarz 650W
Price I would pay: around € 115
650 W gold rated
extremely quiet and normally inaudible
3. Sea Sonic Platinum Series 660W
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/02/04/seasonic_platinum660_660w_power_supply_review/9
Price I would pay: around € 145
660 W platinum rated
quiet operation under low load (with a switch for hybrid and normal operation)
Most importantly is good quality of build and very silent operation (under low load). Reading here and there, one gets better performance, one is more quiet, another gets better temperatures or have better build quality. And one big problem is, I just don't know if and when I do upgrade to probably to a second graphics card for sli operation. And then, there is the price difference between them. Questions are, is Platinum so much better than Gold? Is Fanless really needed for quiet operation? Will be 600 W enough? Also, I am afraid of coil whine.
In the future, I probably want a second graphics card for sli and more ram. I am also thinking about future (4 years or later), if I put the psu in a new build with overclocking sli cards and processor.
My current pc configuration
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 @ 3.30GHz
Graphics card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G
PSU: be quiet! Straight Power E9 400 W
Calculation if everything is under full load:
80 (processor, non overclocking)
+ 145 (gpu)
+ 8 (ram)
+ 20 (hd+ssd)
+ 17 (bd recorder)
+ 20 (usb)
+ 35 (mainboard)
-----------------------
= 325 W
Sorry for long posting. What are you recommendation and thoughts?
I am willing to pay a premium price for good quality and quiet operation. And after reading so far Sea Sonic and Super Flower seems to make the best ones. I wanted to buy a fanless 500 W platinum model from Super Flower, but after rethinking I may need one with more power in the future.
My current favourites are following (in that order):
1. Super Flower Golden Silent Fanless Platinum 500W
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/SuperFlower/SF-500P14FG/9.html
Price I would pay: around € 135
500 W platinum rated
600 W gold rated operation possible
fanless passiv silent operation
The Super Flower Leadex Gold 650 W gets recommendation in review: http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/6081/9/600-650-watt-power-supply-round-up-25-models-put-to-the-test-conclusion
2. Super Flower Leadex Gold schwarz 650W
Price I would pay: around € 115
650 W gold rated
extremely quiet and normally inaudible
3. Sea Sonic Platinum Series 660W
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/02/04/seasonic_platinum660_660w_power_supply_review/9
Price I would pay: around € 145
660 W platinum rated
quiet operation under low load (with a switch for hybrid and normal operation)
Most importantly is good quality of build and very silent operation (under low load). Reading here and there, one gets better performance, one is more quiet, another gets better temperatures or have better build quality. And one big problem is, I just don't know if and when I do upgrade to probably to a second graphics card for sli operation. And then, there is the price difference between them. Questions are, is Platinum so much better than Gold? Is Fanless really needed for quiet operation? Will be 600 W enough? Also, I am afraid of coil whine.
In the future, I probably want a second graphics card for sli and more ram. I am also thinking about future (4 years or later), if I put the psu in a new build with overclocking sli cards and processor.
My current pc configuration
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 @ 3.30GHz
Graphics card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G
PSU: be quiet! Straight Power E9 400 W
Calculation if everything is under full load:
80 (processor, non overclocking)
+ 145 (gpu)
+ 8 (ram)
+ 20 (hd+ssd)
+ 17 (bd recorder)
+ 20 (usb)
+ 35 (mainboard)
-----------------------
= 325 W
Sorry for long posting. What are you recommendation and thoughts?
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