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Oct 24 2015 01:11pm

Quote (NumbSouls @ Oct 24 2015 02:47pm)
but youre telling me to get a psu like this for my single GPU build :( (maybe its because im buying better GPU that use more watts? )

/edit nvm you told me to get 550w or 600w never 750 :)

but gold certified 550-600, not copper/bronze tho ^^ that probably mean something.....

It means it runs at a higher efficiency so in theory it will save you money on electricity. however, please do the math. studies have shown that the difference in electricity usage is somewhere about 10% .... meaning once you spend 100 dollars in electricity, you have saved 10 dollars. Yet it would take you many years to use 100 dollars in electricity on a vast majority of pcs. So never bother spending more on gold/platinum, etc. unless it costs the same as bronze, because it would probably take about 10 years of use to recoup the difference.

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Oct 25 2015 06:48am

Quote (Rapture @ Oct 24 2015 02:11pm)

It means it runs at a higher efficiency so in theory it will save you money on electricity. however, please do the math. studies have shown that the difference in electricity usage is somewhere about 10% .... meaning once you spend 100 dollars in electricity, you have saved 10 dollars. Yet it would take you many years to use 100 dollars in electricity on a vast majority of pcs. So never bother spending more on gold/platinum, etc. unless it costs the same as bronze, because it would probably take about 10 years of use to recoup the difference.

no reliability difference or whatever?

or heat? (would make sense since bronze or whatever have more resistance than gold )

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Oct 25 2015 08:41am

Quote (NumbSouls @ Oct 25 2015 08:48am)

no reliability difference or whatever?

or heat? (would make sense since bronze or whatever have more resistance than gold )

Ive heard that generally the higher efficiency PSUs use higher quality components so maybe they are a little more reliable

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Oct 25 2015 01:13pm

Quote (NumbSouls @ Oct 25 2015 05:48am)

no reliability difference or whatever?

or heat? (would make sense since bronze or whatever have more resistance than gold )

Not much,

Like evga 750w b2 bronze made by superflower> random gold 550-750w psu.

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