Good PSU for around £50

Nuclear Fusion · 22 Jul 2013 at 20:24

My brother is building a new PC with a 2500k and a 6850. What would people recommend as a suitable PSU around the £50 range?

Explosivo · 22 Jul 2013 at 20:29

There isn't any for that price.

Nuclear Fusion · 22 Jul 2013 at 20:43

I find that hard to believe, I'm not talking about super demanding components here, surely a 500W or so would suffice? Are CX 500 or XFX 550W PSUs not decent enough for this?

RJC · 22 Jul 2013 at 20:45

A few options below:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Thermaltake Smart M550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Thermaltake Smart 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
Total : £267.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Nuclear Fusion · 22 Jul 2013 at 21:58

Thanks, similar to what I was looking at.

linktoinsanity · 23 Jul 2013 at 11:17

Explosivo said:
There isn't any for that price.

Eh?

You can get fair PSUs for £35 (well I got one for that, a Coolmaster 450W a couple of years ago) and they will be fine for a budget system.

The ones RJC listed are all perfectly fine, as long as someone isn't wishing to run SLI/Crossfire and a top end Sandybridge E system with lots of HDDs...

For most PCs though they will be fine.

snips86x · 23 Jul 2013 at 11:22

Explosivo said:
There isn't any for that price.

Not looking hard enough mate!

RJC said:
A few options below:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Thermaltake Smart M550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Thermaltake Smart 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
Total : £267.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).

That's about it!!

Nuclear Fusion · 23 Jul 2013 at 11:33

Thanks all, just picked up an Antec Truepower New 650W off the MM which looking at the reviews seems to be a decent PSU