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Gigabyte XTREME GAMING XP1200M PSU review
Posted by: on: 09/22/2016 08:40 AM [
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Today we peek at the XTREME GAMING XP1200M Platinum power supply series from Gigabyte. It's 1200W, Platinum certified, fairly silent, modular and can be spotted for just 225 EUR. Hell they even throw in a 5 year warranty. That just oozes value, features and lifespan for your enthusiast grade PC build.
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Solfaur
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Posted on: 09/23/2016 01:08 PM
Back when i got my 1200W PSU things were looking like they were getting more and more power hungry so i felt justified in spending the extra for it... i really wish i had not done that now... even when my system was running two GTX 570's and 4X 2TB WD Black HDD's with AIO water cooling with my current processor and motherboard my draw from the wall maxed at around 720W (that's with everything overclocked too).
I will be building a new system shortly after Christmas (sooner if my motherboard dies as it seems to be having issues lately, had to reduce my CPU overclock from 4.2Ghz to 4.0Ghz as it started to get unstable after years of running at 4.2Ghz).
The new system I'm building is going to have the Corsair RM750i or HX750i as i honestly cant see myself needing more then that even if i run SLI GTX 1080 eventually with it, power efficiency in parts like GPU's and CPU's and even motherboards has gone up so much since i bought this power supply back with my old i7 920, and my new system will most likely ditch the HDD's all together and just run with 2X M.2 1TB SSD's + the two 1TB M550 SATA SSD's i already have.
I kinda don't get "gaming" PSU's over 850W anymore, i could only see it being helpful if you are running some super over the top water cooling setup, hell Nvidia dropped support for more then dual card SLI now so don't need it for crazy 3x or 4x SLI setups now.
Maybe.... its for people who game on a server or over the top workstation? lol
I bought a Corsair RM1000i this summer and it's by far the best PSU I ever had, and since my system at full load (and oc'ed ofc) draws about 470-500W the efficiency is at about 93%, even in idle it's still at 90-91% according to C-Link. So yeah, very good stuff, the 750i should be the same.
As for this Gigabyte PSU, it looks pretty good, although that bright orange is not really my thing. Black with white/gray accents is the best option, since you can match it with everything.
Back when i got my 1200W PSU things were looking like they were getting more and more power hungry so i felt justified in spending the extra for it... i really wish i had not done that now... even when my system was running two GTX 570's and 4X 2TB WD Black HDD's with AIO water cooling with my current processor and motherboard my draw from the wall maxed at around 720W (that's with everything overclocked too).
I will be building a new system shortly after Christmas (sooner if my motherboard dies as it seems to be having issues lately, had to reduce my CPU overclock from 4.2Ghz to 4.0Ghz as it started to get unstable after years of running at 4.2Ghz).
The new system I'm building is going to have the Corsair RM750i or HX750i as i honestly cant see myself needing more then that even if i run SLI GTX 1080 eventually with it, power efficiency in parts like GPU's and CPU's and even motherboards has gone up so much since i bought this power supply back with my old i7 920, and my new system will most likely ditch the HDD's all together and just run with 2X M.2 1TB SSD's + the two 1TB M550 SATA SSD's i already have.
I kinda don't get "gaming" PSU's over 850W anymore, i could only see it being helpful if you are running some super over the top water cooling setup, hell Nvidia dropped support for more then dual card SLI now so don't need it for crazy 3x or 4x SLI setups now.
Maybe.... its for people who game on a server or over the top workstation? lol
I bought a Corsair RM1000i this summer and it's by far the best PSU I ever had, and since my system at full load (and oc'ed ofc) draws about 470-500W the efficiency is at about 93%, even in idle it's still at 90-91% according to C-Link. So yeah, very good stuff, the 750i should be the same.
As for this Gigabyte PSU, it looks pretty good, although that bright orange is not really my thing. Black with white/gray accents is the best option, since you can match it with everything.
Hnykill
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Posted on: 09/24/2016 02:25 PM
I have a EVGA Supernova G2 1300W. and only i7 5820K and a GTX 1070 card. i thought, why not just buy a powerful PSU and use it as long as it lasts ? ..its a important part of the computer build and most of the high wattage PSU's have high end part in them and power surge protection and likewise.
I have a EVGA Supernova G2 1300W. and only i7 5820K and a GTX 1070 card. i thought, why not just buy a powerful PSU and use it as long as it lasts ? ..its a important part of the computer build and most of the high wattage PSU's have high end part in them and power surge protection and likewise.
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Why there are PSUs with so much power ? I guess you forget watercooling enthusiasts..
(otherwise there is no way someone will need something more than 750W)
Well if you went balls out with quad cf 290x.