Which of these PSU will work for me? - Page 2

Originally Posted by qwan456 

PSU calculators doesn't provide power draw, but an approximation of what you should buy with a large leeway to take into account lower-end PSUs. Most likely those calculators aren't as good as the OCN's PSUCalc, nor is it as reliable as the knowledgeable users who not only give you a more realistic power draw, but is capable of give you input of each PSU out there - either about the build quality, electrical performance, the technology that is used in it, the power reserve that the PSU has (many of the higher-end power supply are capable of delivering more than what it is rated for). None of the PSU calcs are able to do this, and the only one that close to doing this is the one that I had linked that is made by our previous PSU Editor, Phaedrus2129, and FiX.

Originally Posted by qwan456 

I for one don't care too much on how you spend your money, as long as what you aren't getting something that is crap or ridiculously priced (like two units that base on the same PSU and spend up to $100 more over the other). The advice given to you here was to provide a cheaper and yet probably "better" (which you may argue) alternative than what you are looking at to power your system especially when you aren't planning on CFX. If you still insist on getting something of higher capacity despite what had been said, someone may step up and give you a recommendation base on what you want. Like I would probably had suggested the Xcilio Stablepower Gold (which is base on the same high-end Enhance platform that the Silverstone Strider Gold units are) or the Roswill Capstone 750w Modular or NZXT Hale90 750w over the mainstream SS-850AM unit (the NZXT Hale82 is also base on that unit, btw).
I didn't recommend anything at the time because when you said your Zalman was almost running at 100% load due to a calculator or that the power draw went over 700w during gaming, you made it sound like a 550w recommendation like the Kingwin LZP-550w will not work, and it is making you stray away from anything lower. It's ~500w max load; while gaming load is <350w; idle/normal usage: <150w. While that unit is a high-end 550w Platinum, it also could have been labeled as a 650w Gold unit, so that's <80% during stressing condition; <~55% during gaming condition; <25% under normal usage. Quite honestly, I would say that's a more of a optimal operating condition for ALL loads. It is not just going to burned out, as we are talking about a high-end unit here. If you were running F@H a budget lower end unit like the Corsair CX600v2, then I would probably agree.
But like I said, the decision is up to you. If you happy with what you had bought, then I guess it doesn't matter too much, especially since you have the option of CFX if you ever change your mind I guess.