Picking a Power Supply

Andreas.96 · 2 May 2015 at 12:16

Hey all,

I'm currently looking to purchase a power supply for around £50, what do you think of this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0600-KR) £53.99
Total : £63.59 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

It will be used to power a 4690k with a mild overclock and a 290.

Thanks for any help

pastymuncher · 2 May 2015 at 15:38

It's nothing special but will do the job. The oem is HEC, it has 588w on the 12v rail and is only bronze rated. It's not where my money would go as you can get far superior gold rated units for just a little more.

EVGA Supernova GS 550w £64.99 Gold rated fully modular unit built by Seasonic (based on their own G series) and has 540w on the 12v rail.

Antec Truepower Classic 550w £59.99 Another Gold rated Seasonic built unit with 540w on the 12v rail. Not modular though. A further £9 gets you the 650w version with 648w on the 12v rail.

ValiantUK91 · 2 May 2015 at 16:45

Ide put abit more towards a psu tbh and get a gold rated one its the one part you should never scrimp on

dacads · 2 May 2015 at 20:11

pastymuncher said:
It's nothing special but will do the job. The oem is HEC, it has 588w on the 12v rail and is only bronze rated. It's not where my money would go as you can get far superior gold rated units for just a little more.

EVGA Supernova GS 550w £64.99 Gold rated fully modular unit built by Seasonic (based on their own G series) and has 540w on the 12v rail.

+1 for that unit.

Andreas.96 · 3 May 2015 at 12:04

Thanks for all the help guys, really appreciate it.

As per your advice I'm going to go with the EVGA Supernova unit

pastymuncher · 3 May 2015 at 14:27

Good choice, especially while it's on special. If it was full price I would have recommended the 650w unit as it would only be a extra fiver.

BRIGGBOY81 · 3 May 2015 at 20:09

Yeah good choice, the evga units are certainly some of the best you can buy

EVGAdominik · 4 May 2015 at 15:59

+1 for all supporter

At the following link you can see all information about the PSU you purchased http://eu.evga.com/articles/00912/EVGA-SuperNOVA-650-550-GS-Power-Supplies/
if you have any question or face issues with the PSU just let us know!

JaseUK · 6 May 2015 at 10:42

EVGAdominik said:
+1 for all supporter
At the following link you can see all information about the PSU you purchased http://eu.evga.com/articles/00912/EVGA-SuperNOVA-650-550-GS-Power-Supplies/
if you have any question or face issues with the PSU just let us know!

I am also thinking about purchasing one of these psu's but I noticed on that link it shows the GS 650w as having an eco mode. I was under the impression it didn't have this facility. Just my two penneth

EVGAdominik · 6 May 2015 at 14:29

Both GS models 550 and 650 do have the ECO mode available

pastymuncher · 6 May 2015 at 14:51

JaseUK said:
I am also thinking about purchasing one of these psu's but I noticed on that link it shows the GS 650w as having an eco mode. I was under the impression it didn't have this facility. Just my two penneth

The GS 650w is on this week only for £69.95 at the moment and is actually cheaper than the 550w version. Snap it up while on offer as that's a very good price. Review here at Jonnyguru.

JaseUK · 6 May 2015 at 16:01

pastymuncher said:
The GS 650w is on this week only for £69.95 at the moment and is actually cheaper than the 550w version. Snap it up while on offer as that's a very good price. Review here at Jonnyguru.

Nice. I thought they changed weekly offers on a Thursday

EDIT: Ignore me its Wednesday. Come on Jase do keep up lad

pastymuncher · 6 May 2015 at 18:56

Wednesday to Wednesday, usually around lunch time. With the bank holiday this week I have had trouble keeping track of the days as well.