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Other than that, it is not going to perform any better than the same platform with Gold efficiency. It might shave a few pennies, or dollars, off the electric bill over the course of a year. It's likely the unit will create less heat, it will probably have better performance in regard to ripple, noise and voltage regulation. In a case like that, it might be worth it. For example, a Seasonic Prime platinum unit is going to be a better product than a Seasonic Prime Gold unit, because we already know the Prime platform is very good, and platinum efficiency along with it shows there are some improvements internally to account for the higher efficiency. Higher 80plus certification doesn't mean anything, UNLESS it is a PSU platform that we already know is good anyhow. If the platform isn't good to begin with, how many watts or amps it says it can support is irrelevant. There are plenty of 750-1000w units out there that I wouldn't trust to power a string of LED lights and might in fact be a much worse choice than a unit with a significantly lower listed capacity. It's also very much untrue to try and say that if a unit carries a certain brand name then it has to be good. Let's start with a couple of the biggest PSU misconceptions out there.įirst, that if a power supply has a lot of watts, then that is all that really matters. If instead you are looking for model recommendations, then below are my (somewhat) short list of recommended ATX power supply models If overclocking the graphics card or CPU is on the menu, it would be advisable to ADD about 100w to the recommendations found on RealHardTechX, for the purpose of padding things a bit for safety, noise and cooling considerations. RealHardTechX PSU Capacity(Watts) Recommendations If you are looking for CAPACITY recommendations, I advise you to avoid "calculators" and stick to the recommendations at the following link: You can use your own judgement, along with taking the time to read actual reviews, in order to determine which are better than others or which are "good enough" for your usage. These are models that I know are good, and you won't go wrong by purchasing one of them. To be clear, this is NOT a Tier list, does not include EVERY model out there that might be a good unit (And there are definitely some other units out there worth using which are not mentioned here, but probably most of them are either niche models, very limited regionally or older platforms) and should not be considered as any sort of be all, end all reference. If it's related to power supplies then somebody here likely can offer some insights or look into it. Below you will find MY standard list of recommended power supplies and beyond that this thread is intended as a landing place for questions or discussions regarding specific units, platforms or related PSU tech, all of which are all welcome to be discussed here.