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8/28/12 at 3:22am

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Will I notice a difference?

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel i7 3770k	Gigabyte G1. Sniper 3 Z77	EVGA GTX 670 2GB	EVGA GTX 670 2GB
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 Mhz	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SATA III (OS and BF3)	Corsair Force GT 120GB SATA III (Game's and Pro...	WD Caviar Black 2TB SATA III (Main Game Drive)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive
WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA III (Fraps and other P...	WD Caviar Black 500GB SATA II (Non-urgent Progr...	Combo	LG Super Multi Blue
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Corsair H100 Push-Pull	x4 Xigmatek XAF-F1256 120MM Fan with Copper Bus...	Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit	Samsung 27" 1ms Response time 1920x1080
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
1440x900 Data Monitor	1024x768 Data Monitor	Corsair K60 Mecanical Keyboard	Corsair AX1200i Platinum Full Modular
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Themaltake Level 10 GT Snow	Logitech G700	Razer Goliathus Extended Edition-Speed Edition	Logitech G930
Audio
Logitech G35 (For LAN Events)
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel i7 3770k	Gigabyte G1. Sniper 3 Z77	EVGA GTX 670 2GB	EVGA GTX 670 2GB
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 Mhz	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SATA III (OS and BF3)	Corsair Force GT 120GB SATA III (Game's and Pro...	WD Caviar Black 2TB SATA III (Main Game Drive)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive
WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA III (Fraps and other P...	WD Caviar Black 500GB SATA II (Non-urgent Progr...	Combo	LG Super Multi Blue
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Corsair H100 Push-Pull	x4 Xigmatek XAF-F1256 120MM Fan with Copper Bus...	Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit	Samsung 27" 1ms Response time 1920x1080
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
1440x900 Data Monitor	1024x768 Data Monitor	Corsair K60 Mecanical Keyboard	Corsair AX1200i Platinum Full Modular
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Themaltake Level 10 GT Snow	Logitech G700	Razer Goliathus Extended Edition-Speed Edition	Logitech G930
Audio
Logitech G35 (For LAN Events)
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8/28/12 at 4:35am

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no one knows?

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel i7 3770k	Gigabyte G1. Sniper 3 Z77	EVGA GTX 670 2GB	EVGA GTX 670 2GB
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 Mhz	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SATA III (OS and BF3)	Corsair Force GT 120GB SATA III (Game's and Pro...	WD Caviar Black 2TB SATA III (Main Game Drive)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive
WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA III (Fraps and other P...	WD Caviar Black 500GB SATA II (Non-urgent Progr...	Combo	LG Super Multi Blue
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Corsair H100 Push-Pull	x4 Xigmatek XAF-F1256 120MM Fan with Copper Bus...	Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit	Samsung 27" 1ms Response time 1920x1080
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
1440x900 Data Monitor	1024x768 Data Monitor	Corsair K60 Mecanical Keyboard	Corsair AX1200i Platinum Full Modular
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Themaltake Level 10 GT Snow	Logitech G700	Razer Goliathus Extended Edition-Speed Edition	Logitech G930
Audio
Logitech G35 (For LAN Events)
View all

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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel i7 3770k	Gigabyte G1. Sniper 3 Z77	EVGA GTX 670 2GB	EVGA GTX 670 2GB
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 Mhz	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SATA III (OS and BF3)	Corsair Force GT 120GB SATA III (Game's and Pro...	WD Caviar Black 2TB SATA III (Main Game Drive)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive
WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA III (Fraps and other P...	WD Caviar Black 500GB SATA II (Non-urgent Progr...	Combo	LG Super Multi Blue
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Corsair H100 Push-Pull	x4 Xigmatek XAF-F1256 120MM Fan with Copper Bus...	Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit	Samsung 27" 1ms Response time 1920x1080
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
1440x900 Data Monitor	1024x768 Data Monitor	Corsair K60 Mecanical Keyboard	Corsair AX1200i Platinum Full Modular
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Themaltake Level 10 GT Snow	Logitech G700	Razer Goliathus Extended Edition-Speed Edition	Logitech G930
Audio
Logitech G35 (For LAN Events)
View all

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8/28/12 at 4:40am

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Very doubtful, unless you use a power meter to check.

There's not a difference in quality, just electrical efficiency. If the computer is using 100W, you'll draw a couple less from the wall (depending, of course, on where exactly in the respective "gold" and "platinum" efficiency ranges they fall). If the computer is using 300W, you'll draw several watts less from the wall. You'd have to crank the overclocks and work your computer hard to get it to use over 300W.

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8/28/12 at 4:43am

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ok, thanks. I'm gonna go with a gold ceritified Corsair PSU instead of a Platinum

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel i7 3770k	Gigabyte G1. Sniper 3 Z77	EVGA GTX 670 2GB	EVGA GTX 670 2GB
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 Mhz	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SATA III (OS and BF3)	Corsair Force GT 120GB SATA III (Game's and Pro...	WD Caviar Black 2TB SATA III (Main Game Drive)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive
WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA III (Fraps and other P...	WD Caviar Black 500GB SATA II (Non-urgent Progr...	Combo	LG Super Multi Blue
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Corsair H100 Push-Pull	x4 Xigmatek XAF-F1256 120MM Fan with Copper Bus...	Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit	Samsung 27" 1ms Response time 1920x1080
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
1440x900 Data Monitor	1024x768 Data Monitor	Corsair K60 Mecanical Keyboard	Corsair AX1200i Platinum Full Modular
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Themaltake Level 10 GT Snow	Logitech G700	Razer Goliathus Extended Edition-Speed Edition	Logitech G930
Audio
Logitech G35 (For LAN Events)
View all

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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel i7 3770k	Gigabyte G1. Sniper 3 Z77	EVGA GTX 670 2GB	EVGA GTX 670 2GB
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 Mhz	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SATA III (OS and BF3)	Corsair Force GT 120GB SATA III (Game's and Pro...	WD Caviar Black 2TB SATA III (Main Game Drive)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive
WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA III (Fraps and other P...	WD Caviar Black 500GB SATA II (Non-urgent Progr...	Combo	LG Super Multi Blue
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Corsair H100 Push-Pull	x4 Xigmatek XAF-F1256 120MM Fan with Copper Bus...	Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit	Samsung 27" 1ms Response time 1920x1080
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
1440x900 Data Monitor	1024x768 Data Monitor	Corsair K60 Mecanical Keyboard	Corsair AX1200i Platinum Full Modular
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Themaltake Level 10 GT Snow	Logitech G700	Razer Goliathus Extended Edition-Speed Edition	Logitech G930
Audio
Logitech G35 (For LAN Events)
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