Looking for an efficient, reliable PSU

darael

darael

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Right I am looking for an efficient, reliable PSU which won't break the bank either. It will be powering the below:
i5 4570 stock
Asus Z97-K
2x4GB DDR3 1.5v
GTX 660
3 x 120mm fans
SSD drive
Harddrive
Blu-ray drive

I'm looking at 350w PSU, perhaps 400w. More specifically, I was looking at this: BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in

I'm not sure how reliable Be Quiet PSUs are, but the reviews for them seem decent. Enermax PSUs are quite what they used to be, apparantley, otherwise I'd consider another one of those.

I'm going to limit my budget to £75 for a PSU. Not fussed if it's modular or not - to be honest, I'll probably leave all the connectors plugged in if it was modular. :D
 
darael said:
Right I am looking for an efficient, reliable PSU which won't break the bank either. It will be powering the below:
i5 4570 stock
Asus Z97-K
2x4GB DDR3 1.5v
GTX 660
3 x 120mm fans
SSD drive
Harddrive
Blu-ray drive

I'm looking at 350w PSU, perhaps 400w. More specifically, I was looking at this: BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in

I'm not sure how reliable Be Quiet PSUs are, but the reviews for them seem decent. Enermax PSUs are quite what they used to be, apparantley, otherwise I'd consider another one of those.

I'm going to limit my budget to £75 for a PSU. Not fussed if it's modular or not - to be honest, I'll probably leave all the connectors plugged in if it was modular. :D
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I would look at the SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-003-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463

this will put you around the 60% to 70% load point which is were IMO you should be on a PSU and well within your budget plus give you some head room if you decide to put some PC on your CPU etc.
 
The Bequiet isn't a particularly good psu. The OEM is FSP who have been rather hit or miss over the years and it only has 360w on the all important 12v rails. The Superflower suggested by anthony566 is a vastly superior unit plus it's also gold rated. Yes, it's £14 more expensive but that money would be well invested in that unit.
 
It's a better unit than the Bequiet and has 348w on the 12v rails so is only losing 2w which is very good. A decent modern psu should be able to deliver all of it's stated power on the 12v. It's gold rated too compared to the Bequiet only being bronze. It should be ok with the components you have now which I reckon would be somewhere around 200-220w loaded but if you stick a better card in there in the future you would need a bigger psu. I was playing Anno 2070 today and was shocked to see over 400w being drawn by my pc. No other game has come near that!!
 
Ok after researching the 350W unit more, it seems it isn't as good as the 450+W units and has had corners cut. So I'm looking at this Superflower 450W model, only to realise it's out of stock! :(

Is it worth me holding out for, or are there equalivant brands for the same money? Still looking at about 350W units, but getting a 450W would give me a little freedom when I need to plug USB devices and eSATA drives in.
 
Apparantley they won't be in stock until next week. But after reading people's opinions of Super Flower, I think I'm prepared to wait.
 
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