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Gold is right below platinum in efficiency, it would take a long time to recoup $79.99AR with that tiny increase.
Gold is right below platinum in efficiency, it would take a long time to recoup $79.99AR with that tiny increase.
Not to mention there's other things you can do in your home to save that extra dollar or two a month
But otherwise it's a great deal on a silent, modular, extremely efficient power supply imho.
Already have a 4790K, lots of RAM, a 980ti, and a 1TB 850 Evo, nowhere I could really improve on lol, especially for $80. The power supply will be at five years of use in April, so it would have lost some of its efficiency. [H] actually did a retest of a power supply they've had for 7.5 years. It wasn't near the build quality of these Seasonic units, but the results from new to used were pretty different and have me leery of keeping even a high-quality for 'too long'. I realize that this supply will most likely last another several years and still be within tolerances for probably bronze or silver and is unlikely that it will change as drastically as the Silverstone unit did, but I do think I would rather go ahead and swap it out either now or some time soon.
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015...000w_power_supply_7_year_redux/6#.VpUD1xUrLIUAlready have a 4790K, lots of RAM, a 980ti, and a 1TB 850 Evo, nowhere I could really improve on lol, especially for $80. The power supply will be at five years of use in April, so it would have lost some of its efficiency. [H] actually did a retest of a power supply they've had for 7.5 years. It wasn't near the build quality of these Seasonic units, but the results from new to used were pretty different and have me leery of keeping even a high-quality for 'too long'. I realize that this supply will most likely last another several years and still be within tolerances for probably bronze or silver and is unlikely that it will change as drastically as the Silverstone unit did, but I do think I would rather go ahead and swap it out either now or some time soon.