New PSU Needed

d3moliti0n · 18 May 2009 at 23:33

Hi

I'm looking into upgrading my graphics card to a GTX 260 (216) and I will also need to upgrade my PSU aswell. The PSU's I'm looking at are:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-012-HP&tool=3

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-010-SS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1099

I understand that I need something as powerful as possible but I only want to spend around £50-£60.

I also want to upgrade my memory from 2x 1GB to 2x 2GB soon aswell, and maybe my CPU to a quad-core at some point in the future.

Are any of those two PSU's any good? Which one is best?

Thanks for your help.

icey_haj · 18 May 2009 at 23:37

I would spend a little bit more and get this Coolermaster.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-150-CM&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1103

If not, that Seasonic would be good.

d3moliti0n · 18 May 2009 at 23:39

Will the Seasonic be powerful enough?

icey_haj · 18 May 2009 at 23:57

d3moliti0n said:
Will the Seasonic be powerful enough?

Yes.

Sasahara · 19 May 2009 at 12:46

Please bear in mind it's not a Seasonic brand, it's a Silverpower which is made by Seasonic to Silverpowers design & spec.

They use 85C primary capacitors instead of 105C's, so it's decent budget PSU.
Probably better than the Hiper.

wrayvon · 19 May 2009 at 12:58

icey_haj said:
I would spend a little bit more and get this Coolermaster.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-150-CM&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1103

If not, that Seasonic would be good.

+1 for the coolermaster

jbloggs · 19 May 2009 at 13:05

You could also have a look at:

Antec EarthWatts 500w

Corsair VX 550W

A few more £s than the two you have linked to, but they are very good PSUs...