New Build on Cyberpower: Xtremegear (sli/xfire) 850W or major brand?

mojorisin23

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i'm doing a build... i've already reached my budget with everything i want (i5 2500k, 560 2gb gpu..etc). looking at the usually overlooked power supply. i dont plan on SLI'ing anytime soon but want to leave that option open for the future (upgrade).

they have an 850 xtremegear sli/xfire compatible defaulted. however, for $50 more i can change it to a Corsair CMPSU-750TXV2 750W 80 Plus Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready.

obviously its 100W less, not sure its a needed 100W, but nevertheless does the gains outweight the loss of 100W??

thanks

 
If you are going to go that route and not build a pc yourself save yourself some dough.
What other psu choices are offered?
A 500W psu will power your present specs.
I'd buy the lowest power good quality unit offered.
If everything costs more then the default unit = stick with it.
It cheaper and quite easy to replace a psu later on if you decide to SLI.
Just had a look a generic 500W is the default unit.
Buy something decent later on from NCIX or Newegg.
 

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The default is actually a 700W Xtremegear. The jump from that to the next best "name" brand (not XtremeGear) is an 850W Raidmax RX 850AE for $60 or the previously mentioned Corsair 750W TX for $80.

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