Worried I got a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ PSU

[NewDayNewGender]

Im worried the PSU I got is not worth the worry, and might fail. I placed my order on the 6th of December, and it is still sitting at "order received" so its processing still, I confirmed that this morning. I didnt do as much research as I though I guess, and tonight I found out that the PSU I got might be a bad one to have. Here is my pc specs and the PSU is 800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready. I am also a little concerned about the ram being listed as high performance major brand, too, not nearly as concerned as the PSU, but no brand makes me a little worried. As of now I'm planning on calling in the morning (12th) to change my PSU to a brand name and just spend another 20$ or so. Should I do this as planned?.. and should I just change my ram to be safe as well? Thanks, any feed back is really f**king appreciated. Im pretty smart with computers but I dont have a CS degree. Be easy on me. For anyone interested as well, I got this build for about $1,430 and I dont want to drop another 100$. I ordered from cyberpower pc.

CAS: NZXT Source 340 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0, Side-Panel Window [+11] (Black/Orange Color)
CASUPGRADE: None
CC: None
CD: None
CD2: None
COOLANT: None
CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i7-8700K 3.70GHZ 12MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Coffee Lake)
CS_FAN: Default case fans
ENGRAVING: None
EVGA_POWER: None
FA_HDD: None
FAN: CyberpowerPC Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
FLASHMEDIA: None
FREEBIE_HD1: Free 256GB WD Black Series PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD for Desktops [+0]
FREEBIE_VC: None
HD_M2SSD: None
HD_PCIE1X_SSD: None
HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [-79] (Single Drive)
HDD2: None
HEADSET: None
IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
KEYBOARD: None [-5]
MEMORY: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR4/3000MHz Dual Channel Memory [-130] (Performance Memory by Major Brands)
MONITOR: None
MOPAD: None
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS PRIME Z370-P ATX w/ RGB, USB 3.1, 2 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 6 SATA3, 2 M.2 SATA/PCIe [Intel Optane Ready]
MOUSE: None [-3]
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS: Windows 10 Home (64-bit Edition)
OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
POWERSUPPLY: 800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
PRO_WIRING: Professional Wiring for All WIRING Inside The System Chassis - Minimize Cable Exposure, Maximize Airflow in Your System [+19]
RUSH: 5% Instant Rebate on all orders over $999 for NO-RUSH Delivery, order will ship in 2 to 4 Weeks. Must Enter Coupon Code "NORUSH" during checkout.
SERVICE: 3 Years FREE Service Plan (INCLUDES LABOR AND LIFETIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT)
SLI_BRIDGE: None
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS: None
USBHD: None
USBX: None
VIDEO: GeForce® GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X (Pascal)[VR Ready] (Single Card)
VIVE_HEADSET: None
WARRANTY: STANDARD WARRANTY: 1 Year Parts WARRANTY
WNC: None
WTV: None

[Snapjak]

It'll work but if you don't want to worry toss it and get a 650w gold PSU from Seasonic/Corsair/EVGA/be Quiet

[NewDayNewGender]

Thanks, I appreciate your feedback!

[Arya]

Cyberpower have a reputation for using low-grade parts, particularly power supplies. But you never know until it arrives.

If the PSU is crap, I would recommend getting something expensive to replace it. Preferably a gold or platinum from the brands Snapjak listed. PSUs are something you only need to buy once, a good one will lasted you through many builds. You can just unplug it from one machine and fit it into another.

Theoretically a top PSU can last 15 years or more. ATX cables will probably be obsolete before the PSU dies of age.

[ugafan]

if you can upgrade to something like evga or corsair for $20 go ahead and do the upgrade.

[Monk]

If you can upgrade the PSU I would, along with the motherboard, the prime P, is really cheap and the vrm may cause some issues if you want to overclock, if you can swap it out for the prime A, on the same note a single 120mm aio isn't really gong to let you overclock the beast of a CPU, hell, even at stock it might be pushing it, again, if possible see if you can upgrade it to a 240mm or ideally 280mm, both of these changes will significantly improve the performance f you want to overclock and with an 8700k it should be overclocked at some point to really get the most out of it.

[John Doe]

The question here should be which exact PSU he has. Just saying 800W 80 Plus doesn't mean jack.

As for the cooling, the Asetek should be suffice for anything but a heavy OC. The 8700K has a TDP of 90W and those Asetek units cooled chips with higher TDPs like i7 920.

[Monk]

Yes but it can produce alot more heat overclocked a 120 is really small for 6 cores, 12 threads capable of 5GHz.

[John Doe]

I know that the H50 did an OK job at cooling Westmere 6-core chips from the old days.

Like I said, "anything but a heavy OC". 5 Ghz is pretty much a heavy OC. For mild overclocking it'll be just fine. Adding a second fan to it for push-pull would help since it has dense fins.

I'd also suggest changing the Z370-P with a Z370-A, since the P doesn't have cooling for the whole row of CPU VRMs.

[Midnight Fawn]

My 8700k @ 5.0Ghz with an NZXT Kraken x62 can and does hit the mid/high 80's under full load in a push/pull config

[John Doe]

For stock or mild OC without overvolting, the Asetek will be enough.

[Monk]

Yes, but he's spending all this, it wouldn't cost much more to go from bare minimum to really good, hell did even say the PSU is ok if it means the motherboard or cooling got an upgrade (in that order as the cooler is far easier to do later, same with a PSU technically).

[John Doe]

We don't know what PSU he has, given that it says SLi / CF capable, it could be a decent unit. I know that some OEMs like Dell use high end Delta units in their expensive machines.

But yes, both the board and the cooler are better replaced for OC'ing. If he's going to run all stock though, I'd suggest just buying couple vRAM cooling sinks and put those little sinks onto the VRM area that's not cooled.

[NewDayNewGender]

Thanks all for the input! I plan on keeping stuff stock for now, its all brand new to me and a really big upgrade. I called this morning and got a corsair 750 bronze PSU. Cost me 50$ more but worth not worrying imo. Kept the same Ram, not super worried about that as I was the psu.

[sumoki]

Just keep it stock, if you are buying a prebuilt all the wiring will already be tied down requiring you to cut them risking the wires to be snipped on accident as well. If you change the PSU you might as well just cancel that order and build your PC from scratch. It’s gonna be a pain the butt

[Mossy Snake]

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PRO_WIRING: Professional Wiring for All WIRING Inside The System Chassis - Minimize Cable Exposure, Maximize Airflow in Your System [+19]

I laughed at this harder than I should have...

Prebuilt PSUs are normally poor, but as long as you don't overclock or do any major component changes you should be fine.