Gaming System Question

[Ryios]

Wattage alone isn't indicative of quality. There are a ton of bad quality PSUs that can't output even half of what their labels claim before frying.
It's not uncommon for new PC builders to skimp on the PSU because they don't know any better, so I feel like I should mention this at least.

True,

I generally buy everything on new egg. They have a really good review system. My basic process for filtering parts is filter only parts with 4 stars or above, then by lowest price. Then I find the pest part for the lowest price with the best rating. Then I read through some of the reviews to see the cons people listed, which is generally where you will see someone mention "Not correct wattage rating" then I move on to another one until I find one where no one has much bad to say about it.

The downside to that process is I generally stay away from brand new stuff, I buy things that have been tried and tested with the exception of processors, graphics cards and motherboards because I trust Intel and asus/asrock/gigabyte, nvidia etc. But for RAM, Power Supplies, Cases, Hard Drives, etc etc (tried and tested).

Very important to check review count to, 8 reviews isn't really a good indicator of quality, but 1500 is.

It's also worth mentioning that black friday is around the corner. In 2011 I built a 1800$ rig for $1100 with black friday specials.... New egg has some CRAZY black friday/cyber monday deals. For example, I got 2 22" monitors that were originally 140 for 89.99 each. I got two ssd's that were 149.99 for $90 each, I saved about 50$ on ram, 100$ on a case, and 50% on a motherboard, etc etc.