(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I decided against a PC build a couple years ago and now I want to build one... Are either of these builds any good?

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Also any updates/changes would be awesome Not sure on the PSU in all fairness... I don't know what to pick :p.

it's just the fact theres 1000000's of parts with similar names lol

So for conclusion i would go for the build i supplied you. You can always add an aftermarket cooler so yeah

you say that will run games comfortably?

I'm waiting to see if my budget increases off my parents haha. If it does i'll drop you a notification

Appreciate the help man :p

Its easy once you've built a few. I've built around 4 to 5 rigs. Also, there are so many different types and factors that play in. A good well looked at built for a first timer with 2 people is probably 4 to 6 hours.

Yeah

the second time I built a pc I bent the pins on the cpu thank god I bought warranty

not filling me with hope here guys

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Supernova NEX is whack. Don't recommend them. Their build quality is decent; they use Japanese caps, which is pretty much standard for any PSU that's competitively priced. Don't assume just because it uses Japanese caps that it's a god-tier PSU. Build quality is not the problem, the problem is that it's based off of FSP's Aurum platform; not the platform you would want to base a high-end PSU off of. The Aurum platform clusters all their voltage regulators into one, fat mess, rather than grouping them into independent regulated rails. Voltage regulation is worse than Corsair CX PSUs. If I'm paying $70+ on a power supply, I don't want something that's worse than Corsair's CX series.The NEX 650W model, in particular, failed to reach the 80+ gold certification. It just goes to show, not how terrible this PSU is, but how much money consumers are wasting for stats on paper when they don't even know what's going on behind the scenes. "I bought a EVGA NEX PSU. It's 80+ gold and it's fully modular! It's also packed with top-notch Japanese capacitors, so BOOYAH!" Pretty much any PSU that is competitively priced will have these features.

Now will it blow up your PC? No. Will it slaughter your high-end components? No. Is it extremely terrible like stuff from Logisys? No. Can you power an i7 + GTX 980 TI on it? Yes.

So what's the purpose of my post? I'm here to say that EVGA's NEX PSUs are overpriced and mediocre. It's like buying a prebuilt PC. Now what are some other power supplies that are competitively priced and offer better quality? I highly recommend XFX. Most XFX power supplies are based off of Seasonic platforms. Seasonic is high up there in terms of quality, extremely high up there. Possibly one of the best power supply manufacturers.