PC Building Tips: NEVER Cheap Out On Your Power Supply ⚡️

[domiclips]

Never cheap out on your pow- *insert noises of a psu exploding*

[kylesadie]

My man i aint cheaping out on my power supply, im cheaping out on my entire fucking setup💀

[ModernSolarRBX]

Nobody

That one guy selling a 30 dollar power supply: it was made in a factory a bomb factory it's a bomb

[MXSZ]

Dont forget to check psu cultist list 80+ rating doesn't mean everything its just base off efficiency percent (this psu is rated Tier A highest tier)

[JerKKeR]

This Short is more of a "don't cheap out on your power supply, because pricy ones have more bling" instead of a real explanation of what makes cheap power supplies bad.
So let me break it down why it actually matters instead.

Let's start with 80+ Certification. The PSU should have at least 80+ Gold these days. If your PSU cannot reach that, chances are it's missing important protections and is built using low quality parts that won't last long. With that said, the 80+ Rating of a power supply is not the definitive factor of what makes a power supply good. It purely rates the power supply's efficiency (basically that means a higher rating means less power lost to waste heat).
Even PSUs with High 80+ Ratings can blow your system up. (Example: Gigabyte PG750M which has an 80+ Gold Rating)

So what do you need to look for actually?
Mainly Protections. You wanna make sure your PSU has all of them (OPP, OCP, OTP, OVP, UVP, SCP) if you wanna know what all of this stands for look up for the acronyms individually. But these things basically ensure that your PSU turns itself off safely before it gets damaged.

There's also something called Ripple. You want to make sure this is kept to a minimum. If you read somewhere that a PSU tends to Ripple out of spec, avoid that unit.

12V rails. Some PSUs have single, some multiple 12V rails. Most of your components like your GPU utilize this. So you wanna make sure the amperage of the 12V rail is really high, especially when using single rail PSUs. The Standard used to be 18A but you really wanna go much higher these days.

Now I know all of this makes the choice of buying PSUs look very complicated but luckily there are people willing to help.
Google for the Cultists Network PSU tier list. That list is pretty good and also tells you which units are good and which are bad, they also tell you which premium looking units are actually problematic and why.

[icneo]

PSUs have gotten expensive af recently 😭, also 80+ is not necessarily an indicator of power supply quality

[q]

best tip is don't follow any instructions given in any sort of short video format.

[nayoxd]

dude since you said you can replace the psu cables heres one major tip: NEVER MIX PSU CABLES FROM A DIFFERENT PSU PLEASE

[unexpectediteminbaggingare]

Be very careful! When he said “you don’t have to replace the power supply” when a cable breaks, do NOT mix and match cables from other power supplies, even from the same brand.

[nexo]

Heh, so I was challenging myself to do a $150 PC build, and after getting a used i5 3470, 16gb ddr3, and rx570, I only had $10 left for the power supply. Let's say the one I bought went pop.

[sythe]

Is that 3 intake fans at the bottom and seven exhaust fans? Holy moly set up is getting more air out than it is getting in to cool the parts lmao

[koitheboii]

i like how he’s giving us pc advice but doesn’t even have the right fan configuration

[cashdoo]

PLEASE, DO NOT CHEAP OUT ON YOUR POWER SUPPLY. I HAVE LEARNED THE VERY HARD WAY…

[hypewilkens]

I am running a Corsair RM1000 for the 9th year, still going strong.

[joshuaabucayon]

I'm staring at the Pikachu AIO screen 😭😭😭😭😭

[TomExtra]

Omg Ur pc looks amazing with that Pikachu and PSU wires lit up

[cmja]

Thanks for the advice, now my Athlon 200GE is powered by Seasonic Prime Titanium TX-1300 1300W 80+ Titanium Full-modular.

[madisongalvab]

I am looking to build my own PC, not soon but I will definitely be saving my money up to start one day and I loved this video so much!

[bingbongwost]

If a modular PSU cable fails please don't order Random modular PSU cable you'll kill your PC lol

[vroomvroom]

Be aware of your circuit the power supply is plugged into. An 800 watt power supply can draw 8 to 10 amps on a 120 outlet. Most loops are on a 10 or 15 amp breaker. This means that you can trip the breakers or have large power bills coming soon. Just go budget build with 650 watt power supply need