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I've been looking at 3 different ones, and I can't choose.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
That one is $9 over budget, but has great reviews.

http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=59616&vpn=P1650SNLB9&m...
Great reviews on this one as well, but 100w less than the other.

http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=35456&vpn=OCZ700MXSP&m...
Right in the middle, and is modular. Have heard that cords are short, so with a Haf 912, I'll probably need to get an extension right?

I've checked everything, and at most, I'll be needing less than 600w. But the deal is just too much to give up easily.

So, which do you think? If you have another PSU in mind, I'm all ears.

Will be running an i5 2500k, 1 500gb hdd, a regular motherboard(AsRock), and a HD7950.

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Looks like a good deal. 9$ out of whatever your whole budget is isn't much. 2 things to think about:

1) The psu is the only thing in your computer likely to damage other parts
2) It has a 7 year warranty. In 7 years everything else, even the case, will be obsolete.

You don't need 750w for that system, a good 520w would do if you don't plan massive upgrades. Any of the three you've picked are going to be better than 99% of what people have in the systems.

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The ModXstream has insufficient power connectors for your planned SLI upgrade. Both the XFX and the PC P&C have are electrically sufficient with 53A on the 12V rails and sufficient power connectors. Both are good quality and I recommend either one for your use assuming you are definitely going to SLI. If you're not going to SLI, then I would recommend the Seasonic M12II-520: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... It's more than sufficient and is a great PSU; I'm using one for my more power-hungry HD 6950.
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Modular is really a personal preference; it is easy enough to hide extra cables. The reason that I mentioned the M12II-520 is that it's such a great deal right now and it's a top tier PSU.

Am I being paranoid? If I decided to get an SSD later, would the 520 still be able to handle it? And can I get some good overclock on it? Sorry, I just want to make sure I don't screw up something.
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DarthScabrous said:
Am I being paranoid? If I decided to get an SSD later, would the 520 still be able to handle it? And can I get some good overclock on it? Sorry, I just want to make sure I don't screw up something.

A good kind of paranoid, but yes you're being paranoid. An SSD has a minimal power draw; less than 10W at max load. For a system with a single HD7950, the M12II-520 will have sufficient headroom for significant OC of the CPU/GPU.
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the 520 is about perfect for your system
HIS Radeon HD 7950 review
Quote:
Our test system is based on a power hungry Core i7 965 / X58 system.
Measured power consumption
System Wattage with GPU in FULL Stress = 300W
Subjective obtained GPU power consumption = ~ 138 Watts


its fine.

Don't tell me to do that one, as you have seen, I second guess my decisions quite frequently lol. I've never heard of that website, but they are apparently in Florida, which is quite close to me.

Not actually modular, that seems to be the one big complaint, but I have plenty of room behind my mobo to situate cables if needed.

They are both great psu companies, right?
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DarthScabrous said:
Don't tell me to do that one, as you have seen, I second guess my decisions quite frequently lol. I've never heard of that website, but they are apparently in Florida, which is quite close to me.

Not actually modular, that seems to be the one big complaint, but I have plenty of room behind my mobo to situate cables if needed.

They are both great psu companies, right?

The TPN is built by Seasonic
Provides a little more power
Is less expensive ( shipping may be less for you, I'm in NJ )
No brainer in my book
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The M12II-520 is around $3 more. Same warranty but the TP-550 gets you 5A more while the M12II-520 is modular....you don't really need the extra amperage or the modular cables so choose based on which mfr you like better and whether or not you want the modular cables or the extra amps.
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