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GotNoRice
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I'm considering making the jump to skylake when availability picks up. I have 3 power-supplies that I could use for my new build, and I'm not sure which way to go.
1. Antec Truepower Quattro 1000w - This is the powersupply that I've been using in my system for at least 5 years now. I got it back when I was using a Q9650 @ 4.4Ghz and 2x 4870x2 in Quad Crossfire which both used tons of power. The PSU has been fairly under-utilized since 2012 since my two 680's use considerably less power than my two 4870x2's did. It uses a single 80mm fan which doesn't bother me since I have a noisy system anyway and it gets the job done. This PSU has worked great for me so far, my only concern at this point is it's age combined with almost 24/7 usage since I began using it. This PSU is based on a design by Enhance.
2. Thermaltake Toughpower 1000w - I got this for a good deal (new) in 2012 for a secondary system. I had just upgraded to 2x GTX680 in my main system and wanted to re-use my 2x 4870x2 in my secondary system. This was for that system to make sure it had enough power for those cards. The system didn't see much usage (off most of the time) since it was just a secondary system. About 6 months later I ended up selling the CPU and motherboard in that system and the PSU has sat unused ever since. This PSU is old also, but has a very low number of hours actually used. This PSU is based on a design by CWT, the PUC platform, same as the Corsair HX1000W and others.
3. Seasonic X-Series X-650 (newer F3 model) - This is a PSU that I put into a system that I built for someone. The only requirements really was that it was a reliable model and as quiet as possible. The unit was powering an easy load (not overclocked, only using integrated GPU, only SSDs as drives, etc) in a practically dust-free environment where the AC is set to the low-60's. It died after less than a year... Simply stopped working one day. I swapped it out with a spare PSU that I had, and ended up RMAing this unit back to Seasonic. Now I have an essentially new unit back from Seasonic. I've heard only good things about this unit, which is why I selected it for that build in the first place. It's also 80Plus Gold whereas the other two are 80Plus Bronze IIRC. The fact that it died so quickly in an almost ideal operating environment however makes me a bit uneasy. Also, i'm not totally sure, but at 650w I think that I would probably be pushing this PSU near it's limits, if it's even enough at all.
Buying a different PSU won't be an option, at least in the short term, as a Skylake upgrade is going to be pushing the budget already, especially having to get DDR4 also.
1. Antec Truepower Quattro 1000w - This is the powersupply that I've been using in my system for at least 5 years now. I got it back when I was using a Q9650 @ 4.4Ghz and 2x 4870x2 in Quad Crossfire which both used tons of power. The PSU has been fairly under-utilized since 2012 since my two 680's use considerably less power than my two 4870x2's did. It uses a single 80mm fan which doesn't bother me since I have a noisy system anyway and it gets the job done. This PSU has worked great for me so far, my only concern at this point is it's age combined with almost 24/7 usage since I began using it. This PSU is based on a design by Enhance.
2. Thermaltake Toughpower 1000w - I got this for a good deal (new) in 2012 for a secondary system. I had just upgraded to 2x GTX680 in my main system and wanted to re-use my 2x 4870x2 in my secondary system. This was for that system to make sure it had enough power for those cards. The system didn't see much usage (off most of the time) since it was just a secondary system. About 6 months later I ended up selling the CPU and motherboard in that system and the PSU has sat unused ever since. This PSU is old also, but has a very low number of hours actually used. This PSU is based on a design by CWT, the PUC platform, same as the Corsair HX1000W and others.
3. Seasonic X-Series X-650 (newer F3 model) - This is a PSU that I put into a system that I built for someone. The only requirements really was that it was a reliable model and as quiet as possible. The unit was powering an easy load (not overclocked, only using integrated GPU, only SSDs as drives, etc) in a practically dust-free environment where the AC is set to the low-60's. It died after less than a year... Simply stopped working one day. I swapped it out with a spare PSU that I had, and ended up RMAing this unit back to Seasonic. Now I have an essentially new unit back from Seasonic. I've heard only good things about this unit, which is why I selected it for that build in the first place. It's also 80Plus Gold whereas the other two are 80Plus Bronze IIRC. The fact that it died so quickly in an almost ideal operating environment however makes me a bit uneasy. Also, i'm not totally sure, but at 650w I think that I would probably be pushing this PSU near it's limits, if it's even enough at all.
Buying a different PSU won't be an option, at least in the short term, as a Skylake upgrade is going to be pushing the budget already, especially having to get DDR4 also.
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