How does PSU efficiency affect me and do I really need an 80 Plus Gold Power Supply?

SadisticWaifu · Feb 4, 2021

Things I really wanted to know, really nice read.

Nater · Feb 8, 2021

*listens to Seasonic 80+ Titanium*

I think I paid about an extra $70 or so to not hear anything. So there's that part of the equation as well.

Hardcore Games · Mar 4, 2021

I went from bronze to platinum and using the power monitor suggests the HX1000i has paid for itself a few times over now

the payback is accelerated every time i play a game

System Name	"Good Boy" / Hp z400
Processor	Intel i7 8700k / Intel Xeon w3520
Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-P II / OEM motherboard
Cooling	Be Quiet Dark Rock 4 Pro / OEM cooler
Memory	32 gb Corsair VENGEANCE LPX at 3000 mhz / 8 gb ECC OEM memory at 1333mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus Rog-Strix GeForce GTX 1080ti / AMD SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 380 NITRO Dual-X
Storage	1TB of sata 3 SSD and 3TB of HDD / 240 gb of SSD and 1TB of HDD
Display(s)	Legion Y25f-10 144Hz / LG Flatron W1934S
Case	Aerocool P7C1 non-pro / Hp z400 case
Audio Device(s)	Beyerdynamics DT 770 Pro 80 ohms and HyperX Cloud 2 / nothing ig
Power Supply	Xilence Performance X XN073 XP750MR9 750w / OEM PSU 475w
Mouse	HyperX Pulsefire Surge / some random office mouse
Keyboard	Razer Blackwidow 3 / some random office kb
Software	Win 10 Pro / Win 10 Pro

System Name	Fractal
Processor	Intel Core i5 13600K
Motherboard	Asus ProArt Z790 Creator WiFi
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Liquid Freezer II 360
Memory	16GBx2 G.SKILL Ripjaws S5 DDR5 6000 CL30-40-40-96 (F5-6000J3040F16GX2-RS5K)
Video Card(s)	PNY RTX A2000 6GB
Storage	SK Hynix Platinum P41 2TB
Display(s)	LG 34GK950F-B (34"/IPS/1440p/21:9/144Hz/FreeSync)
Case	Fractal Design R6 Gunmetal Blackout w/ USB-C
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis 7 Wireless/Klipsch Pro-Media 2.1BT
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 850w 80+ Titanium
Mouse	Logitech G700S
Keyboard	Corsair K68
Software	Windows 11 Pro

How does PSU efficiency affect me and do I really need an 80 Plus Gold Power Supply?

SadisticWaifu

Nater

Hardcore Games