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That specific unit should be avoided. It has low quality capacitors and, well, just a low quality in general. Plus, it has a weak +12V rail capacity of 324W which means this is just a low-quality 350W PSU. Stay away.I think ill give it a shot on that PSU-- it seems like a good option, BUT-- what do you think about this?If you can afford $89.99 shipped, then get this and you'll never have to worry ever again:
The 550W SeaSonic G Series (for $89.99 shipped)
I mean, here's what I said before:
GeForce GTX 670 2 and 3-way SLI review - Power Consumption
With one GTX 670 under full load in their system, their PSU pulled 279W from the wall outlet. Their CPU was idling during this test, so I have to add 77W for the 3770K under full load (at stock). That makes the PSU pulling 356W from the wall outlet. So if the PSU is 85% efficient while pulling 356W from the wall outlet, then that means the system is only pulling 303W from the PSU. However, this is an unrealistically high power draw because I'm saying that both the 670 and the 3770K are under full load at the same time in Guru3D's power-hungry system. The actual gaming power draw will be closer to about 250 to 275W at the most. Not only that, but I'm talking about the GTX 670 here when he's looking at the GTX 660 Ti.
So yeah, this means that even a quality-made 350W power supply is enough because the maximum power draw will only be reached when playing the most intense and demanding video games. This will result in the maximum efficiency for the PSU because again, the maximum power draw will only ever get up to 250-275W.
For future upgrades, well each new generation of GPUs and CPUs requires less power than the previous, so it's not really enough of a concern which is why I can say that a quality-made 400W PSU would be plenty for any system like his that has one video card in it. If he were to overclock his 3770K and also upgrade to a single HD 7970, then I would recommend a quality-made 450W power supply, but that's still not the minimum. The idea is to stay in the sweet spot for the sake of efficiency.
So yeah, I could recommend a quality-made PSU with a much smaller capacity, but the prices on such PSUs just aren't low enough in comparison to this to really justify it. I mean, I'm recommending a high-end 550W modular PSU and it's only $89.99 shipped.
Amazon.com: Cooler Master Elite 460W ATX +12V V2.31 SATA, PCI-E Power Supply RS460-PSARI3-US: Electronics
You said the max power draw of those 2 components was 303W, right? that PSU should do enough-- and its WAY cheaper
Is $89.99 way too much?
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