New cheap PSU

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Hey,

I'm after a new PSU as my old one has blown. I'm unsure though weather it has damaged any of the other internals. The PSU blew from me turning the computer on from cold if that helps. I'm looking to buy a cheap PSU incase it does turn out that it damaged other parts.

Ok, so I only need a cheap PSU as my rig is accent :P

AMD 3400+ (socket 754)
ASUS K8VSE Deluxe
Nvidia 7600GT (AGP)

So I've been looking at-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-026-OP&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Would this have all the connectors etc?


Cheers
 
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Orcvader said:
I wouldn't risk it with that sort of PSU. This would be more reliable: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-000-LA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Best to pay a bit more for a safe reliable PSU instead of a cheap one that can blow up your PC. This 400w should be enough for your system.
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To be honest although they are shunned a cheap PSU should suffice. A cheap 400/500w has been running my mums PC (a Core 2 Duo with a NVIDIA Quadro FX, 2GB RAM and a HDD) for years now without a single hiccup.

Even when I have had one blow up (which was entirely my own fault as I was heavily overclocking and stress testing with a power hungry graphics card) the power supply protected components and didn't destroy anything.
 
richb93 said:
To be honest although they are shunned a cheap PSU should suffice. A cheap 400/500w has been running my mums PC (a Core 2 Duo with a NVIDIA Quadro FX, 2GB RAM and a HDD) for years now without a single hiccup.

Even when I have had one blow up (which was entirely my own fault as I was heavily overclocking and stress testing with a power hungry graphics card) the power supply protected components and didn't destroy anything.
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if you go for a cheap PSU, it may be able to put out a small amount of the watts it claims to be able to, but its more than likely it will have so much variation in the power it gives that it will kill the components before it dies. also, when it does die theres a 90% chance it will kill something.

personally i'd spend £20 more on a PSU now and get a more energy efficient PSU (lower electric bill) that wont kill any components, even when it dies.

for your computer, something like this will be great and should last for many years: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-059-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

if you still dont believe me, take a look at these reviews:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=123
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=154

and this video:
 
I used a 700W which powered a Q6600 @ 3.2GHz with a heavily overclocked 9800GT and it barely broke a sweat. It's been in there for about 2 years now.

The 400W/500W mentioned that is in my mums PC has been fine for years.

A handful of other machines that have been cheap builds haven't blown up.

As the PC the OP has isn't particularly power hungry one of these PSUs should be adequate. That said I'm not bashing branded PSUs as of course you will get quality, I just believe that cheaper PSUs get a bad rap when they are great for low powered machines :)
 
Reaper 392 said:
whats more worrying is a lot of big PC sellers (including the purple shirt place) will happily use PSU's like that to power their systems simply to bring down costs
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Yeah defo, i mean is it really worth risking your rig for the sake of saving 10 quid, i know id prefer to spend the little extra.
 
Has anyone actually looked at the spec the psu needs to power. Its probably only worth less than the psu being specced. whats the point in spending loads of money on a decent psu when you can make do with a cheap one.
 
Entropy said:
Has anyone actually looked at the spec the psu needs to power. Its probably only worth less than the psu being specced. whats the point in spending loads of money on a decent psu when you can make do with a cheap one.
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The Lepa is £7 more than the OcUK value one...
 
The Lepa has been designed by Enermax, I would trust that more over a no brand PSU. It's best to be on the safe side, true the Swift PSU may be enough, but there still is a risk that it could take down the other components with it if it goes wrong. In the long run that would cost more for the OP if that ever happens.
 
Entropy said:
its still £7 more than needs to be spent. Id hardly trust the lepa to be more reliable than the ocuk one.
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Lepa is enermax's house brand, this isn't some fly-by-night company.

The existing components may not be worth much, but system reliability and low noise are worthwhile to someone who uses the computer a fair bit.
 
Id hazard a guess that the system has a 250w power consumption. and is roughly 5/6 years old. Surely any new PSU however cruddy will be sufficient to power this for the next few years. Its only when the rubbish supplies are under high loads that they tend to pop. And if when powered up and something has been taken with the old power supply sure the £8 saving will come in handy then
 
Entropy said:
Id hazard a guess that the system has a 250w power consumption. and is roughly 5/6 years old. Surely any new PSU however cruddy will be sufficient to power this for the next few years. Its only when the rubbish supplies are under high loads that they tend to pop. And if when powered up and something has been taken with the old power supply sure the £8 saving will come in handy then
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Your entitled to your opinion as is everybody else. :) I’m not here to have an argument just put my view forward. For the sake of £7-8 i don’t think it would be worth risking the other components.
 
has everyone forgotten that the corsair one i suggested is far more energy efficient than the OcUK value and lepa ones also suggested.

the money 'saved' by the crappy PSU's will have gone straight into the electric companies pocket after a year or so

the OcUK value and lepa PSU's are certainly not going to be more than 75% efficient, whereas the corsair one i mentioned will be a minimum of 81% efficient because of its 80+ bronze rating
 
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