Hey! This is my first post, so any practical orientation/information would be appreciated
- Well, I've been geeking PC components for half a year, planning my first custom gaming rig. This question is about the PSU: Does it harm anything to have too many watts? My plans so far is just a single GPU (custom watercooled), and I've figured I am going for a 850W fully modular PSU. But I am from Norway, and we don't have any Norwegian websites (good ones) who sells custom watercooling parts, so I'll order from frozencpu.com . Then I saw I could get a 1200W PSU there for the price of the 850W version in Norway (as it's far more expencive here :| ) - about 270$ . Is it a problem to have way too many watts? I'm hoping the PSU can stay alive for a while, and I am guessing future components will require more wattage. I really don't want to get a whole new PSU every time I upgrade my GPU(s) or something like that.. As mentioned, it's a 1200W psu instead of 850W for the same price, same brand (SilverPower), so even if there's a tiny performance-increase on the 1200W version I'll go for it. However my friend told me the other components might take damage from way too many watts. 80% efficiency if it matters..
I see it's become a wall of boring ***, but I'll appreciate serious responce!
The 1200W PSU http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7232/psu-356/SilverStone_Strider_ST1200_1200W_Modular_Power_Supply_-_SLI_Ready_SST-ST1200.html?tl=g11c26s213
awZomePIG
f.o. PIGware
- Well, I've been geeking PC components for half a year, planning my first custom gaming rig. This question is about the PSU: Does it harm anything to have too many watts? My plans so far is just a single GPU (custom watercooled), and I've figured I am going for a 850W fully modular PSU. But I am from Norway, and we don't have any Norwegian websites (good ones) who sells custom watercooling parts, so I'll order from frozencpu.com . Then I saw I could get a 1200W PSU there for the price of the 850W version in Norway (as it's far more expencive here :| ) - about 270$ . Is it a problem to have way too many watts? I'm hoping the PSU can stay alive for a while, and I am guessing future components will require more wattage. I really don't want to get a whole new PSU every time I upgrade my GPU(s) or something like that.. As mentioned, it's a 1200W psu instead of 850W for the same price, same brand (SilverPower), so even if there's a tiny performance-increase on the 1200W version I'll go for it. However my friend told me the other components might take damage from way too many watts. 80% efficiency if it matters..
I see it's become a wall of boring ***, but I'll appreciate serious responce!
The 1200W PSU http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7232/psu-356/SilverStone_Strider_ST1200_1200W_Modular_Power_Supply_-_SLI_Ready_SST-ST1200.html?tl=g11c26s213
awZomePIG
f.o. PIGware