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    Which Seasonic X-series for new build?

    I'm collecting parts for a new build, and am looking for advice regarding which Seasonic X-series PSU I should get. NOTE: Please do NOT give me suggestions on other brands of PSUs.

    I'm looking at the following parts:

    - Mobo - yet to be determined
    - Intel Core I7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
    - HSF - yet to be determined
    - Corsair Performance Pro Series CSSD-P256GBP-BK SSD
    - Two - 2 TB Western Digital hard drive
    - Plextor PX-LB950SA burner
    - HT Omega Claro Halo sound card
    - Gigabyte GV-R7970C-3GD Radeon 7970 graphics card
    - AFT Pro-57U card reader
    - Seasonic X-series PSU - specific one yet to be determined
    - Cyberpower UPS - specific one yet to be determined
    - 16-32 GB of memory (haven't decided how much yet)
    - Corsair 550D case
    - 3 Noctua NF-P12 case fans

    Given the above, which Seasonic X-series would people recommend?

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    Overclocked, if you were to consider that MB, a couple of fans and an HDD or two falls around 200w and the designed max for the vid card is 300w ish You might get away with a 560 but my recommend would be the x660. Buying an x750 or (760?) would do no harm and would mean that you may be running a little more efficiently at full load if you expect to be doing that a lot.


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    Quote Originally Posted by OldChap View Post
    Overclocked, if you were to consider that MB, a couple of fans and an HDD or two falls around 200w and the designed max for the vid card is 300w ish You might get away with a 560 but my recommend would be the x660. Buying an x750 or (760?) would do no harm and would mean that you may be running a little more efficiently at full load if you expect to be doing that a lot.
    I probably will do some overclocking. I'll take a look at the x-750 (haven't seen the X-760 available much). Thanks!
    Last edited by Salamander 2; 05-20-2012 at 10:09 AM. Reason: forgot to add my thanks!

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    x-850 like mine...

    the best psu i ever had.

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    You could go with the x-660 and be fine as the other poster stated. X-760 is a great choice too. I have owned it since last year and it is very steady. I admit they are someone tougher to find now.

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    I'm leaning towards the X-650 (X-660 doesn't seem to be available).

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    platinum 1000w. so much win

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