CIT PSU 700w- any experience?

[Yazyaz1]

Hi all,

I recently purchased this psu, and after reading up online about lower priced psu's having tantrums and blowing up I am now incredibly paranoid to be putting this PSU to the test, does anybody have any info on this PSU in particular?

I've found reviews online vary, from absolutely terrible to good, so any light anybody could shine on this topic would be mahoosively appreciated.

Thanks all,
Rob

 

[Yazyaz1]

They're that bad?

 

[Yazyaz1]

Well i wouldn't chance using one in a decent set up. If you have a cheap basic set up then it will probably be fine.

Palit GeForce GTS 450 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99 1 £79.99
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 445 3.10GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £49.99 1 £49.99
ASRock M3A770DE AMD 770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £44.16 1 £44.16
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £34.99 1 £34.99
Western Digital RE2 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000YS) £26.66 1 £26.66
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.82 1 £10.82
TP-Link Wireless 54g PCI Card (TL-WN350G)

That cheapy? In total that adds up too 300

 

[Yazyaz1]

Right thanks for the comments guys, now I have to figure out how to find an extra 40 quid, which is gonna be impossible!

 

[Yazyaz1]

Return the CIT

Receipt has pulled a houdini

-Lots of helpful stuff-

Payed for it all today, first comp build so I just wanna know what goes where really.

@Chuggerboom- Couldn't I ask for compensation from Cit if it does mess up?

 

[Yazyaz1]

I am going to get a better quality PSU, but i'm gonna have to sell my booty on the corner to get fundage!(Or just a lot of begging and chores)

 

[Yazyaz1]

For the system you have i don't think £40 - £50 for a decent quality psu is asking too much. Sell your booty on that street corner lol

Hmmm, i'm gonna need a unique selling point...

Pretty male ginger nerd with, errrr, errrrm. A bad choice in PSUs!

 

[Yazyaz1]

Damn...........I only do tall dark and handsome. Forget the street corner and try the chores is your best option

To be serious: For the set up you have you need a good quality psu.

I'm tall too!
Ok, i'm not...

Chores it is.

 

[Yazyaz1]

Yet another case of someone trying to save money on the single most important part of a pc. There's been too much of this lately and people end up paying twice when they should have got a decent one in the first place. Does'nt anybody do any research before they buy anymore?

I can't say I did, I was just like "oooh shiny box!"

 

[Yazyaz1]

To be fair - it's easy to get confused with PSUs. GPU manufacturers don't help people by saying a particular card needs a "600w PSU" or whatever. What they should be saying, very clearly, is that the GPU (or CPU for that matter) needs a PSU with a xx amp 12v rail.

Your 700 watt CIT has 2 x 20 (or 21) amp rails. This is about the same that can be found in a decent brand 400 to 450w PSU. The extra watts you are getting are on the 3v and 5v rails; these are of limited use in modern PCs.

Yup, the psu seems to be of fair quality though

 

[Yazyaz1]

while it will fail sooner compared to something like a corsair one, since its so much more wattage than you need for your system, its real continuous use wattage should be around the 4-500w mark, so it should power your system. Then as soon as you can afford it (next pay check?) stick in a branded one. Other than more stable power etc, the branded ones have much more protection so that if/when a PSU does blow, hopefully it wont take everything else with it.

If youd gone one step up in the GPU line, I would retract the above and say not to even power it up. As long as youve got contents insurance itll be fine .

Haha, only got these parts because it was all i could afford