Product Description
Your power supply converts AC power from your wall outlet into DC power that your components draw. In most corporate prebuilds that you'd use at an office, you'll probably find 250-350 watt power supplies, which is enough to power the CPU, two fans, and a storage device. However, when a graphics card can pull almost 400 watts all on its own, you'll want something a bit beefier. This page lists a wide range of reputable and reliable power supplies. However, everyone has different PSU (power supply unit) needs:If you're using your PC for business or general use (i.e. watching videos, checking your email, or very basic gaming), 400 to 600 watts should be plenty.
If you're using your PC for gaming, we advise 800 watts if you're using less than a $700 graphics card. To accomodate even the pricier graphics cards on our store, you'll want to step it up to 1000 watts.
We don't offer less than 400 watts, and anything more than 1200 watts usually uses more than two graphics cards, which isn't utilized by anything other than some benchmarking programs and a handful of games.
Each PSU also has a rating, which is how efficient it is. The more efficient, the more power gets converted into a DC current instead of being kicked out as heat. This also generally means your power supply will last longer. Also, power supplies lose the ability to provide large amounts of power as time goes on, so a 1000 watt power supply might not provide more than 900 watts after 6-7 years without shutting down, so don't be afraid to get a little more power than you think you'll need. We'll contact you if we think your power supply choice is cutting your requirements a little too close.
Note: Power supply companies tend to put the rated wattage of each power supply in the product name, so you should be able to tell how many watts each unit can deliver without us specifying it. Also, any PCIe 5.0 ready power supply can connect to Nvidia graphics cards without adapters needed, resulting in a cleaner build.
XPG Core Reactor: All power supplies here are rated Gold.
Thermaltake Smart: All power supplies here are rated White.
Thermaltake Toughpower GX1/GX2: All power supplies here are rated Gold.
Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3: All power supplies here are rated Gold. These are also all PCIe 5.0 ready.
Thermaltake Toughpower: The one non-GX or -GF power supply here is rated Gold. This is effectively an older model of the GF A3, but it still performs like a Thermaltake Gold-rated power supply, so we included it.
Redragon: Known for peripherals, we haven't seen them make power supplies yet. However, we feel confident introducing them here. All power supplies are rated Gold.
MSI MPG AG: The number is the wattage. All power supplies are rated Gold. This series is PCIe 5.0 ready.
MSI Ai1300P: This PSU is rated Platinum. This is also PCIe 5.0 ready.
NZXT C-series: Rated Gold. Also PCIe 5.0 ready.
G.Skill MB: The 650B is Bronze rated, while all the others are Gold.
SilverStone Strider: All power supplies in this series are rated Platinum.
Corsair RMX: All power supplies are Gold rated. The Shift series is PCIe 5.0 ready.
(Pictured: NZXT C1200)
