Best £100 psu

matthew2456 · 2 Apr 2007 at 08:20

As above really, ideally as futureproof as possible?

what feautures are required for the newest gfx cards etc??

Thanks

hai · 2 Apr 2007 at 09:39

Corsair 620W, unless you want to stretch over £100.

kmistry · 2 Apr 2007 at 10:11

I believe 6pin PCI-E connectors for the new 8800 cards (iirc you can get a molex adaptor to accomodate for these but most new PSU's have these) and for the new R600 (ATI's next gen cards) they are going for 8 Pin I think. Yeah as mentioned the Corsair is probably your best bet...

Kiz

mishima · 2 Apr 2007 at 10:18

I'd be looking at something with quad rails, and that has a good rating on the +12v's. Something like this - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-032-EN. What are you going to be powering by the way?

matthew2456 · 2 Apr 2007 at 10:32

At the moment nothing too demanding, but I need a new PSU and just want one that will be able to run a C2D and a pair of gfx cards, 2 hard drives and a single DVD.

richjs · 2 Apr 2007 at 10:55

matthew2456 said:
At the moment nothing too demanding, but I need a new PSU and just want one that will be able to run a C2D and a pair of gfx cards, 2 hard drives and a single DVD.

Its been linked a few times that the Corsair 620w is more than capable of 2 GTXs and quad core, so you should be fine

matthew2456 · 2 Apr 2007 at 11:02

what about hiper? would 530w be enough for 2xgtx's?

Will_3rd · 2 Apr 2007 at 11:04

matthew2456 said:
what about hiper? would 530w be enough for 2xgtx's?

big no no, would stay away from hiper's, even though the 580w is the one with bad quality control

gurusan · 2 Apr 2007 at 11:13

Corsair 620w for sure.

too bad ocuk doesn't stock thermaltake psu's as they are quite good for the money as well.

matthew2456 · 2 Apr 2007 at 11:21

whats wrong with hiper?

gurusan · 2 Apr 2007 at 11:34

matthew2456 said:
whats wrong with hiper?

Quality Control or something has been funky as of late and a significant number of the hipers have been blowing up.

-Nick- · 2 Apr 2007 at 11:38

corsair!

semi-pro waster · 2 Apr 2007 at 12:20

gurusan said:
too bad ocuk doesn't stock thermaltake psu's as they are quite good for the money as well.

If memory serves they used to stock Thermaltake PSUs, not sure why they stopped, perhaps demand wasn't there in sufficient quantities.

matthew2456 if you want to spend around £100 on a PSU then why pick a Hiper at ~£50 particularly one at 530w? Obviously not all Hipers are dodgy but the Type-R 580w (modular) appears to have a worse record than most PSUs available. The Corsair 620w as has been mentioned a few times now is one of the best, fits within the budget and has been demonstrated running quad-core with SLi'd 8800 series cards.

james.miller · 2 Apr 2007 at 12:20

C-C-C-C-Corsair.

-Ad- · 2 Apr 2007 at 12:27

james.miller said:
C-C-C-C-Corsair.

best psu's around and if i remember correctly their power rating is actually higher than most as they are soo damn efficient !

matthew2456 · 2 Apr 2007 at 12:51

going to order the corsair!

thanks guys