Power supply

pparks1 · 21 Oct 2019

Agree with everybody here. Get a good power supply, and get a fully modular power supply.

I go with Seasonic, Corsair or EVGA.

CountMike · 24 Oct 2019

Fully modular is kinda useless unless you need custom cables, 24pin has to be used anyway and I don't like another set of contacts which can go wrong and make everything bulkier.

sygnus21 · 24 Oct 2019

I find them rather useful as they don't clutter up the place with "useless cables" not in use. And the ability to use custom cables is a huge plus. Also replacing a damaged / cut cable(s) is cheaper than replacing the PS.

But I guess one's useless is another's useful

swarfega · 24 Oct 2019

CountMike said:

Fully modular is kinda useless unless you need custom cables, 24pin has to be used anyway and I don't like another set of contacts which can go wrong and make everything bulkier.

Fully modular is certainly not useless, particularly for small ITX cases where you need every available space. Besides it generally looks nicer not having un-used cables everywhere.

CountMike · 24 Oct 2019

swarfega said:

Fully modular is certainly not useless, particularly for small ITX cases where you need every available space. Besides it generally looks nicer not having un-used cables everywhere.

Modular 24 pin actually takes more space because of it's plug but yes can make installation somewhat easier.

swarfega · 24 Oct 2019

I don't see how it takes up more space.

CountMike · 24 Oct 2019

swarfega said:

I don't see how it takes up more space.

Plug on the PSU side.

swarfega · 24 Oct 2019

Still don't see it. All my PSUs since I've been building my own PCs have been modular.

sygnus21 · 24 Oct 2019

The plugs are the same. And the EVGA isn't much bigger than the Antec. And the EVGA is a 1000watt unit!

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And BTW EVGA and others now make smaller fully modular units.

CountMike · 24 Oct 2019

Ad a 24 pin plug to that EVGA and see how longer it is than that Antec, On my Raidmax it ads another 2 -2.5" to PSU's length, Good thing I have giant Raidmax case.