Best Bang For Your Buck PSU?

Tech_Greek · Post by **Tech_Greek** » Tue May 29, 2007 9:42 pm

I've been looking at the reviews of some PSUs and they are all great but this leaves me with the question.

What PSU should I get? I need something that will be able to handle (let's say, dual 8800 GT Ultra or Cross Fire) but nothing like Quad SLI or anything like that.

Maybe something efficient, in terms of being on the electricity bill...

It needs to fit my Gateway GT5014 until I get my new case and mobo, so it's got to be a standardish ATX size one as this case is picky for some reason...but I had an Antec TruePower 430w and I know now that probbaly wasnt enough (pent d 2.8ghz, 2gb ram, 7800gt, Xfi Plat, ATI TV Tuner, all USB filled)...after seeing the perofmrance in game without a good psu, I know it probbaly hurt me somewhat even with the 430w.

Post by **dicecca112** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:38 am

Corsair 520W It'll handle all that fine. Its not just the wattage you have to look it, its the Amps on the 12V rail

tomato · Post by **tomato** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:41 am

Whatever you do, DO NOT CHEAP OUT and buy a no-name PSU... The PSU is one component that most people seem to take for granted and purchase a whatever PSU, which would be a huge mistake... a bad PSU could potentially cause much damage to any of your other components that would draw power from said PSU...

Like dicecca112 said, it's not the overall wattage of the PSU that matters, but rather the amps on the 12V rails ;)

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:57 am

FSP make quality PSU's at a cheap price!

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:38 pm

i got a 600W PSU from a company called JustPC it was cheap but has been running great... not all unknown companys are crap.

Post by **dicecca112** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:46 pm

get me the UL number off the side of the PSU. Its under the UR logo. I guarentee its crap.

Post by **Apoptosis** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:50 pm

please give him the UL number and I hope it's from a good company ;)

Post by **dicecca112** » Thu May 31, 2007 4:03 pm

Yup, I just want to help you guys out. There are a lot of terrible PSU manufacturers out there. And if I could run all the bad ones out of business I would

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:06 am

i will try to locate that for you - i guess it would be good to know if it is "crap".. thanks for the guarantee, what do i get if i actully did some research- read some reviews before i bought it and it turns out to be not "crap"
here is what i have with me-not sure if that means any thing
JUST PC JPC-FP600S ATX12V / EPS12V 600W Power Supply
+3.3V@30A, +5V@54A, +12V1@20A, +12v2@20A, [email protected], [email protected]

Post by **dicecca112** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:31 pm

look for this logo, its usually on the side

odie2190 · Post by **odie2190** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:30 pm

now i wanna open my computer and look for mine.... i have a ultra 500 w x-infinity

Tech_Greek · Post by **Tech_Greek** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:11 pm

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I think I'm going to go ahead and go with the Corsair purely for the Module Cable system and the great reviews!

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:37 pm

ok here is what i got on mine- sorry it took so long E175472

jtrain · Post by **jtrain** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:31 am

People, people, why spend $$ on parts and put sh8tty PSU's in between the wall and mobo? Do you guys like buying parts 2x?
Try this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817153042

zachig · Post by **zachig** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:46 am

Spire are also known for their high-quality PSUs and they're not "that" expensive.

If you can afford it, buy a PC Power & Cooling one, but actually any OCZ, Mushkin, Enermax, Antec, Spire, Ultra, FSP (sorry if I forgot to mention some of the well-known brands

) Dual-Rail PSU above 550W/600W will be just fine!

Just do yourself a favor, and like already said, DON'T buy a no-name cheap PSU or you'll regret it.

GOOD LUCK with your purchase...

Sapientun · Post by **Sapientun** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:35 pm

dicecca112 wrote:Corsair 520W It'll handle all that fine. Its not just the wattage you have to look it, its the Amps on the 12V rail

The Corsair 520W would handle that? I never knew.
Thanks for your suggestion, it will greatly help me to recommending a system for my friend

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