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SovietNik · 10-13-2011, 02:27 PM

Thanks for this guide, very informative and well-organized.

I do have 2 questions though:

1) I've checked out 3 PSU wattage calculators - eXtreme, Newegg, and automatic PSU calculator on CyberPowerPC.com when using a build customiser. For a build with i5 2500k CPU and GeForce GTX 570 SLI GPU the results were varied, but I'm particularly worried about the results NewEgg calculator showed me:
eXtreme: ~750w
CyberPower: 700w
NewEgg: ~880w
So I'm wondering if NewEgg's results are valid or completely absurd. :S

2) This is the PSU I'm getting: COUGAR SX850
It's on sale with a nice discount if I buy it in a combo with GTX 570. Customer reviews are nice so far, and so is a more thorough professional review. However this is an unheard of brand and isn't even mentioned in your guide. I'd be curious to hear your opinion on this PSU.

10-13-2011, 02:27 PM	#8
SovietNik Member (1 bit) Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 1	Thanks for this guide, very informative and well-organized. I do have 2 questions though: 1) I've checked out 3 PSU wattage calculators - eXtreme, Newegg, and automatic PSU calculator on CyberPowerPC.com when using a build customiser. For a build with i5 2500k CPU and GeForce GTX 570 SLI GPU the results were varied, but I'm particularly worried about the results NewEgg calculator showed me: eXtreme: ~750w CyberPower: 700w NewEgg: ~880w So I'm wondering if NewEgg's results are valid or completely absurd. :S 2) This is the PSU I'm getting: COUGAR SX850 It's on sale with a nice discount if I buy it in a combo with GTX 570. Customer reviews are nice so far, and so is a more thorough professional review. However this is an unheard of brand and isn't even mentioned in your guide. I'd be curious to hear your opinion on this PSU.