Power Supplies
This section is also new and for a few reasons. While you should NEVER skimp on a power supply, understanding quality and needs is very important when budgeting. There is an 80+ Certification level that can be seen here. Basically, anything below 80+ Certified is not only guaranteed to be a crappy quality, but will add to your electric bill.
The General Rule
The general rule is a 650W PSU will power just about any single GPU system even when overclocks are factored in. Unless you plan on doing some crazy stuff or SLI, anything past 650W is not really necessary Since support for SLI/CF has really gone away, future proofing for a second GPU is not something that you need to really consider
What to look for?
Anything from this list here that is tier 4-5 for budget builds is fine. However, once you start to get into mid ranged builds, you should focus on anything from the tier 2-3 list. I probably would not focus on tier 1 because most of those are 850W+ which as discussed earlier is a waste.
Just give me a list!
All of these are either semi modular or fully modular and are at least tier 4 or better.
Under $60
The General Rule
The general rule is a 650W PSU will power just about any single GPU system even when overclocks are factored in. Unless you plan on doing some crazy stuff or SLI, anything past 650W is not really necessary Since support for SLI/CF has really gone away, future proofing for a second GPU is not something that you need to really consider
What to look for?
Anything from this list here that is tier 4-5 for budget builds is fine. However, once you start to get into mid ranged builds, you should focus on anything from the tier 2-3 list. I probably would not focus on tier 1 because most of those are 850W+ which as discussed earlier is a waste.
Just give me a list!
All of these are either semi modular or fully modular and are at least tier 4 or better.
Under $60
- EVGA B3 450-550W & BQ 500-600W
- CM MasterWatt 550 & 650
- Seasonic SS620 & M12II 520-620W
- Corsair CXM (Grey Units) 550-650W
- Corsair TXM & RMx 550-650W (2017)
- Seasonic Focus Plat (550W) & Focus Gold/G 550-650W
- EVGA G2/G3 550-650W
- Cooler Master V550 (Modular but NOT VSM)
- Seasonic Plat (650W), X, Prime 550-650W
- EVGA P2 650W
- Be Quiet! BN250 550W
- Silverstone SX700
- Enermax Digifanless 550W