thanks again for your help. looking at some reviews for the Seasonic, i came across the chart that set me in the direction of the EVGA. if you look at the noise chart here: https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/seasonic-focus-plus-gold-850-psu,review-34107-11.html you can see that the EVGA fares really wel...

thanks for the help to both of you - that pretty much confirms my own research in that the Nexus running a 2nd card is borderline and a 3rd GPU will need around 850w to run with a bit of headroom. the suggestions made are priced higher than i was intending on spending... is there anything that prior...

forgot to add, my case is a Silverstone FT02.

not sure i've explained well enough. there are 2 scenarios i'm considering: add a single 1070 ti to my current system i7 980x = approx 130w GTX 1070 = approx 150w as existing, i need approx 280w for the CPU and GPU both under load. if i add a 1070 ti (another approx 180w), then the power draw under ...

i do a lot of 3D rendering and would like to add a 2nd GPU to my system, possibly a 3rd in the near future so would like to make provision for that too. the rendering software uses both CPU and GPUs so power requirement needs to take that into account. i currently have a Nexus RX-5300 that was recom...

thanks Luca, that makes a lot more sense now. regarding the Nexus, i received and installed it today and so far, so good. it is much quieter than the Corsair (they're not even in the same ball park) and in fact, the loudest fans in the case are now the CPU cooling Noctuas :) (when on full power). th...

ok thanks everyone. i had to make a quick decision as i need to get my pc working again and went with the Nexus. i managed to find the RX-5300 and figured that that will be more than enough for a single GPU setup, and allows plenty of headroom to upgrade the CPU or GPU or both in future. if i do upg...

thanks again for the detailed reply. i have one last question. i may wish to add a 2nd GPU at some point to take advantage of GPU rendering. the Nexus seems to have only 2 PCI leads, where the X660 has 4. does this mean i can only power 1 GPU with the Nexus (my 560ti for example would require both P...

thanks for the replies. i had a look at the recommended power supplies and have narrowed it down to either the Nexus or a Seasonic, but still have some doubts. i can't seem to find the Nexus RX 5300 in the UK, though i can find the 6300 - anything known issues with this one?. alternatively, i could ...

i've had a really bad run lately with a Corsair 650TX (versions 1 and 2). to cut a very long story short, i bought the PSU just before discovering this site, and within a week of my fourth replacement, the PSU has just died. so i have had enough and don't want another replacement as i have wasted en...

thanks for the replies guys. I've had the same problem, and I've replaced the original Yate Loon fan with Scythe Kama Flex 135mm 1200 rpm; yes, the original fan is 135 mm, which heavily restrict your choices. One more observation: the original fan use a different connector than the Scythe fan, so so...

following a recent graphics card upgrade my PSU started to make coil whine (high pitched noise when GPU was in use). I got in touch with Corsair and they replaced the power supply. all great so far but i did have to pay for delivery to return the old PSU which was half the cost of a new one. the old...