We’re getting on down the street from me (Atlanta suburb) I’m excited to get it for the first timeHad a whataburger for lunch today. First time having it in years. Just like I remember!!! This jobsite might not be that bad after all.
If I were to go on brand alone, Seasonic would be my pick. Unfortunately there's a lot of tomfoolery in the space of PSUs, to the point where a mid-grade Corsair (for example) might just be a rebranded Seasonic, and a higher-end EVGA might just be some sketchy third party nonsense.Mine is a Seasonic PSU and I haven't heard of them screwing people around. 2.5 years into a 750W 80+ Platinum PSU... so, weird.
If I were to go on brand alone, Seasonic would be my pick. Unfortunately there's a lot of tomfoolery in the space of PSUs, to the point where a mid-grade Corsair (for example) might just be a rebranded Seasonic, and a higher-end EVGA might just be some sketchy third party nonsense.
I wish 80+ designation had any bearing on quality, but that doesn't appear to be the case in the slightest. Either way, PSU is probably the thing I most regret cheaping out on when I was younger, and now will spend the extra coin. It's not about if it will or won't go bad, but rather like you said, it's chances of going all murder-suicide on the other spendy parts of the PC.
rip it upSounds like we need to plan a Wang Chung outing at Mighty Squirrel.
My and my wife's computers are 11 and 12 years old. I had to give up gaming long ago and my Bluetooth module just failed, but otherwise it's chugging along. Still pretty good at Internet browsing and saving files.I started thinking about it and couldn't remember how long ago I built my PC. I had it in my head that it was 6 years ago and it was like holy shit, has it really been that long? I need to upgrade but I'm not ready!
I couldn't go that long. lolMy and my wife's computers are 11 and 12 years old. I had to give up gaming long ago and my Bluetooth module just failed, but otherwise it's chugging along. Still pretty good at Wynn browsing and saving files.
I wish 80+ designation had any bearing on quality, but that doesn't appear to be the case in the slightest. Either way, PSU is probably the thing I most regret cheaping out on when I was younger, and now will spend the extra coin. It's not about if it will or won't go bad, but rather like you said, it's chances of going all murder-suicide on the other spendy parts of the PC.
I rarely play games, but I don't know that I could give it up 100%. I definitely have too many computers in the house, but it'd be too costly to move everything to the cloud exclusively. At some point I'll look at my options for consolidation/moving some of the data offsite, but for the time being it's easier just to keep up with it myself. It's also been a real fun learning experience, though someday I'd like to be free enough to just have a laptop and a phone.I've been thinking of getting rid of mine, to be honest. I never have time nor desire for video games anymore and all I do on it is photo editing. I could get a laptop to do the same and save on desk space.
I started thinking about it and couldn't remember how long ago I built my PC. I had it in my head that it was 6 years ago and it was like holy shit, has it really been that long? I need to upgrade but I'm not ready!
I got a big fuckin case that I was planning on doing a full water cooling loop with. Then I ended up only watercooling the CPU. Now I think my case is way too big and my next computer will definitely be smaller. I'm not sure I'd go as small as ITX, but I'm going smaller on the next one. I really like some of the ITX cases though.