PSU recommendations

[elbib00]

Looking for the best bang for buck PSU (400W - 500W).

Any recommendations?

 

[KeYoKe]

Looking for the best bang for buck PSU (400W - 500W).

Any recommendations?

Seasonic m12ii 520w, fsp aurum 500w, superflower golden king 550w

 

[Maeda_Toshiie]

FSP Raider, FSP Hexa (only for systems with light weight GPU), Seasonic G series (on the higher end side but not very cheap), Super Flower Amazon, Silver Stone. Antec has good PSUs as well.

 

[elbib00]

Thanks KeYoKe & Maeda_Toshiie!!

Is Gigabyte PSU good? Someone just offered their Gigabyte 570W to me.

 

[JasK]

Looking for the best bang for buck PSU (400W - 500W).

Any recommendations?

Budget? bang for bucks i assume inexpensive

if around 50-60, probably fsp hexa 500
70-80, fsp raider silver or Seasonic m12ii

 

[elbib00]

Yup, Budget of around $80 for brand new.

Thanks! Looks like FSP is strongly recommended.

 

[fungamer]

fsp hexa 500 no stock right?

 

[shawntyq]

Thanks KeYoKe & Maeda_Toshiie!!

Is Gigabyte PSU good? Someone just offered their Gigabyte 570W to me.

just take seasonic and ur safe enough already.

 

[elbib00]

Thanks for the suggestion, shawntyq!

 

[quekghi]

Corsair CX500M? just brought one, nice sleeve for main cables with flat modular cables.

 

[shawntyq]

Corsair CX500M? just brought one, nice sleeve for main cables with flat modular cables.

i also got corsair CX series too

 

[KeYoKe]

Try to avoid gigabyte and coolermaster psu ba. Thou i nv use it before. But the brands i trust are still seasonic, fsp, superflower

 

[Maeda_Toshiie]

i also got corsair CX series too

I dun like the older CX ones. Too little amps on the 12V. Most regarded them as a downgrade from the earlier VX line. The newer versions are somewhat unknown.

Try to avoid gigabyte and coolermaster psu ba. Thou i nv use it before. But the brands i trust are still seasonic, fsp, superflower

Seasonic is good but I see more complaints on coil whine than other OEM made units. Maybe due to their PSUs being too quiet...

FSP remains a cheaper (and consequently lower quality) option compared Seasonic, Corsair, Antec for the same features in my book. Not that FSP can't make better units. They just don't.

Corsair HX, TX and AX are good, but Corsair is shifting away from Seasonic, so quality may be in flux. The new AX i units seem to be getting complaints.

Antec is pretty good, with Seasonic as their OEM for at least some of their PSUs. More found in the UK than in the US.

Silver Stone is generally ok.

For those in the US, the Rosewill Capstone series are made by Super Flower and are excellent.

Kingwin is also made by Super Flower and currently occupy a place in the top tier.

Enermax seems to be better these days.

 

[elbib00]

Decided to get a 2nd hand Cosair HX PSU. Hope everything works out well.

Thanks for all the suggestions again.