seasonic focus gx550w gold or corsair cx650m bronze
hi peeps, i' a bit of a noob when it comes to psu, and i'd like to know your opinions here.

currently i'm looking at seasonic focus gx-550 gold and corsair cx650m bronze, which in my local shop are about the same price.

honestly i prefer seasonic, but since i will probably oc, im not sure if 550 w is going to be enough. guy at the local shop keeps telling me to get the corsair cm650w, but a friend thinks the seasonic focus gx 550w is the way to go.

so assuming i will oc in future, is the seasonic focus gx 550w gold the wrong choice?

mobo:b85m-p33 v3
ram: kingstom hyperx fury 16gb (2x 8192mb) - ddr3, 1600mhz
hdd: seagate baracuda 1tb 7200 rpm
cpu intel i7 4790k
gpu gigabyte gtx1080 g1 gaming

thanks for your opinions.
both brands are very reputable, but i would recommend checking the ltt forum psu tier list to compare them from a scientific perspective.

although, if all else is equal, i would recommend the 650 one (much better upgrade lifespan).
stick with the 2500k but still use your lower end mid-range 5770. the gaming performance is not any better when one looks at them side by side http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/288?vs=287 . when only 100mhz separates the two overclocking the 2500k makes up the negligible difference and can then be pushed up 1ghz more just on air. continue saving for a better card. the 6870 is still settling for mid range located smack dab in the center of mediocreville. wait for a 670 or 680 keplar series gpu's from nvidia or invest in the 7970. any of those cards with 3gb of vram is going to add a huge future proof cushion. buy a z68 http://www.techpowerup.com/161073/msi-s-entire-z68-(g3)-h61-(g3)-series-motherboard-supports-intel-s-22-nm-processors.html or http://www.gigabyte.com/press-center/news-page.aspx?nid=1048 which will support their newer pci 3.0 system requirements.after you have your next generation keplar or southern islands video cards like the 7970 it's time to save up for the ivy bridge upgrade along with the necessary bios revision. you are going to be saving $100 off the top by going for a 2500k instead of the 2600k that you can immediately apply to your stash for your better gfx card in the future. i would skip right over the 6970's, 580's and 90's and well anything except the newest cards. while your saving it also gives the newly released cards or processors time to show any bugs like sandy had. if you are thinking about overclocking like a science lab it is simply

enter bios via delete, f1 or whatever your default key is to enter "setup"/bios, click huge button that says overclocking, change the multiplier from 33 to 44 and then f10 to save and exit. no, the top one is not worth it.

the core i7 990x is a very expensive cpu that's ideal for hardcore number crunching, 3d design/rendering and media encoding. but it's not future-proof by any stretch of imagination, that socket is already obsolete.

for everyday use and gaming, the core i5 2500k is the best bang/buck processor on the market. 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/20

if you're building a rig for movie editing or working in maya/3d studio max/blender, you're probably still better off with the core i7 2600k than the 990x because of the huge price disparity. the $700 difference in price corresponds to a small difference in overall performance. for that money you could have a professional workstation graphics card, triple the ram etc.

for gaming, the most important component in your build is the graphics card, and i don't see one listed? roughly 70% of gaming performance is determined by your graphics card. for gaming, even a core i5 2400 with a radeon hd 6970 or gtx 570 is far superior to the more expensive 990x with some $110 graphics card like a radeon hd 5750 or geforce gts 450.

http://www.techspot.com/review/359-nvidia-geforce-gtx-560ti/page7.html

anyway, it's not possible to buy any computer hardware that will still be considered "great" 5+ years later. you want something great by today's standards, on a socket which provides good upgrade options a couple of years down the road. you may not need to upgrade so quickly, but you'd be able to- that's how you get a system to last 5+ years.

ivy bridge will be released in the next few months, and that will outperform sandy bridge. neither of them. much higher specs than you actually need. core i3 with 8 gb ddr ram and an ssd hd all for less than $500 should be more than enough for your uses. just normal use may be a bit of light to mid gaming and small projects with photoshop i also want to try and work with adobe video editors i'm a student after all

honestly, all of these laptops are really just designed for web browsing and office. none of them are going to be able to play current aaa games. some indie games, but not current high end games. 

i would go with this one:

hp i5-7200u 8gb ddr4 1tb amd radeon r7 m440 4gb ddr3 760.52 usd

mainly, they are all about the same and it is cheaper. but this one has enough ram and dedicated gpu to do some light gaming. the 7500u model just has a higher clock cpu, it is not worth an extra $120. it is a dual core cpu, so video editing will be a challenge.

the 8250u is a 4 core/8 thread cpu. but with integrated graphics and 4gb of ram, those will be your bottlnecks in most cases. the extra threads will help with video editing, over the other cpus, but you may have issues due to limited ram. nitendo = family console

ps3 = amazing game console with better graphic than xbox 360, free internet unique games... : killzone,uncharted,grand turismo,little big planet...

xbox 360 =not a great console. not worth buying: 60$ a year, xbox 360 unique games: halo,gears of war 

i prefer ps3 hey, i posted that...yesterday!
hey!
i work in the music industry.
so i would recommend sennheiser hd800 i own and costs 1000 usd...
otherwize, for open back headphones, there is a wide range from akg, sennheiser, grado which are optimized for home use and do not cancel noise from outside. the disadvantage being the people around you also get a fair degree of spill from your headphones. they are also usually more builky and heavy, but most of them very comfortable to use.
i recommand cheaper headphones as well:
koss porta pro (is unbelievably cheap for its audio quality and easy to transport)
akg k142hd
akg k702

akg has a tendency to have less bass, sennheiser rather a bit too much subbass... opinions...
for sennheiser consider hd588 <https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000006685/server-products.html>

 

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