New cheap PSU

Stone22uk · 18 Aug 2011 at 13:06

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

+1 to this

Orcvader · 18 Aug 2011 at 13:08

Reaper 392 said:
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

Have to agree with this. Honestly the cheapest one I would get with be the Corsair one. Infact I'm using it for my sister's PC and it's been fine with a quad core Athlon and a 5670

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Reaper 392 · 18 Aug 2011 at 13:13

Entropy said:
Good point Reaper, didn't even think about efficiency. I got too caught up in describing different levels of polishing a turd.

dorodango is the best your gonna get for that
(and you can thank mythbusters for that incredibly useful piece of information)

Tokin · 18 Aug 2011 at 13:15

richb93 said:
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

You maybe correct but id rather be safe than sorry

Tokin · 18 Aug 2011 at 13:17

Entropy said:
its still £7 more than needs to be spent. Id hardly trust the lepa to be more reliable than the ocuk one.

I wouldn't have a problem putting a lepa PSU in my system,But id never use a no brand

Entropy · 18 Aug 2011 at 13:43

Tokin said:
I wouldn't have a problem putting a lepa PSU in my system,But id never use a no brand

Do you have a review on any of these lepa-n series power supplies? I am struggling to find any.

Wizzfizz · 18 Aug 2011 at 13:47

Thanks for the comments,

Ok so I'm looking at this power supply:-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-001-LA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

As the rig is old (8 years) will the above PSU have all the connectors needed to power everything? What I mean is, I'm sure most of these newer PSUs have different connectors than what the PSUs had back 8 years ago.

Cheers

Entropy · 18 Aug 2011 at 14:01

That power supply looks pretty backwards compatible to me as it has split connectors 20+4 and 4+4 for the mother board so should be good to go with your motherboard

ExecutorKevin · 18 Aug 2011 at 14:12

Get the Lepa 400w for £25 quid, you can't go wrong, silent, heavy, but prepare to pay the extra £10 delivery, do look elsewhere on the net for the coolermaster elite 500w for £25 incl delivery, more than enough to power your rig and is of decent quality.

edit: And by the way why has that 500w lepa increased by a pound o.O
theres no need to get the 500w for your system, get the 400, more than enough.
Lepa is an enermax brand, heres a review for one of their psus:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/LEPA-G-500-W-Power-Supply-Review/1199/10
And I have one, and it quiet, And powers a Athlon II x2 Overclocked to 3.8Ghz and a 460gtx overclocked.