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I'm looking for a ~750 W power supply. I currently have a cheapie 750 W that I bought long ago from Esquire, but it is extremely noisy, and I doubt the quality.

I can safely go down to 650 W, but 750 W is quite future-proof for my needs.

What would you guys recommend? I'm not up to date with the quality of the various brands, so I don't know which one of Thermaltake, Corsair, or the numerous others currently manufacture the best quality PSUs.
 
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Tacet said:
I'm looking for a ~750 W power supply. I currently have a cheapie 750 W that I bought long ago from Esquire, but it is extremely noisy, and I doubt the quality.

I can safely go down to 650 W, but 750 W is quite future-proof for my needs.

What would you guys recommend? I'm not up to date with the quality of the various brands, so I don't know which one of Thermaltake, Corsair, or the numerous others currently manufacture the best quality PSUs.
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Could you list system specs?

Going dual GPU/SLI/Xfire soon?
 
+1 for Corsair

OR

The Antec High Current pro 750W I got one it's very silent.And I have not read one bad review about it.
 
PostmanPot said:
Could you list system specs?

Going dual GPU/SLI/Xfire soon?
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I was hesitant to list system specs in the OP, as I want it to be somewhat future-proof.
Current system is a 3 GHz Core2Duo, 2 GB RAM, Nvidia GTX9800+, so I'm really not worried about the current system's consumption.

I'm not planning on going dual GPU soon - my current MB doesn't support it. The next replacement will be GPU (my 9800+ is buggy, different topic), and I will then buy something that could be configured in a dual configuration, again to future-proof the solution. So I want the PSU to be able to cater for that, even though I'm not going to use it soon.

Seems like the overwhelming feeling here is pro Corsair. I'll have a look at them then.

Thanks people! :D
 
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Tacet said:
I was hesitant to lust system specs in the OP, as I want it to be somewhat future-proof.
Current system is a 3 GHz Core2Duo, 2 GB RAM, Nvidia GTX9800+, so I'm really not worried about the current system's consumption.

I'm not planning on going dual GPU soon - my current MB doesn't support it. The next replacement will be GPU (my 9800+ is buggy, different topic), and I will then buy something that could be configured in a dual configuration, again to future-proof the solution. So I want the PSU to be able to cater for that, even though I'm not going to use it soon.

Seems like the overwhelming feeling here is pro Corsair. I'll have a look at them then.

Thanks people! :D
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Well the only reason you'd ever need as much as 750watt would be for dual graphics card setups. A good quality 500watt PSU is enough for the highest end Core i7 system, 16GB RAM, 5 HDDs, and a high end single GPU graphics card.

Just saying, you can save money if you don't need dual GPU potential.
 
I'd say stick with your current power supply, until the day comes that you buy a whole new system that requires about 500W from the wall (eg. 750W PSU with dual high end graphics card setup).

The only reason that I can recommend you do a PSU upgrade now would be if your current one is so crap that you think it can damage your components due to too high noise ripples. If its fan is making a noise and it isn't under warranty any more, simply open it up and lubricate the fan or replace the fan.
If the fan was noisy from the start or noisy when under load, then that would probably be another good reason to upgrade - but not really necessary in my opinion ;)
 
PostmanPot said:
Well the only reason you'd ever need as much as 750watt would be for dual graphics card setups.
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Pada said:
I'd say stick with your current power supply, until the day comes that you buy a whole new system that requires about 500W from the wall (eg. 750W PSU with dual high end graphics card setup).
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Yep, a smaller PSU should be adequate, but knowing myself, I will go dual graphics in the long run. The only real reason that I want to replace the PSU now, is because I want something that I absolutely know that I can trust. I'm slowly going to start replacing the rest of the system, and before I want to put anything new in, I want to know that it's going to get clean power. Probably an unnecessary precaution, PSU is the one component I'd rather over-spec.
 
Pada said:
I'd say stick with your current power supply, until the day comes that you buy a whole new system that requires about 500W from the wall (eg. 750W PSU with dual high end graphics card setup).

The only reason that I can recommend you do a PSU upgrade now would be if your current one is so crap that you think it can damage your components due to too high noise ripples. If its fan is making a noise and it isn't under warranty any more, simply open it up and lubricate the fan or replace the fan.
If the fan was noisy from the start or noisy when under load, then that would probably be another good reason to upgrade - but not really necessary in my opinion ;)
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+1
 
Tacet said:
Yep, a smaller PSU should be adequate, but knowing myself, I will go dual graphics in the long run. The only real reason that I want to replace the PSU now, is because I want something that I absolutely know that I can trust. I'm slowly going to start replacing the rest of the system, and before I want to put anything new in, I want to know that it's going to get clean power. Probably an unnecessary precaution, PSU is the one component I'd rather over-spec.
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Right then, if you're definitely going dual card graphics (and understand, particularly the negatives) then you will need a 750watt...
 
When I upgraded my PC the 1st thing I got was my psu as well. It just makes sense:thumbup:
 
I tend to avoid PSU's with less than 5-year warranties as well, just as a heads-up. Corsair, Antec and Coolermaster are decent makes IMO
 
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