POWER SUPPLY

monster_munch · 15 Sep 2016 at 12:50

HELLO

My new PC is i3, 16gb, 3 fans, rx480 and non-overclocking simple ASUS £60 MOBO, 1 SSD. will be adding HD later. No CD drive.

Will this power supply be okay or should I have ordered a different one ?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/xfx-xt-series-500w-80-plus-bronze-power-supply-ca-022-xf.html

pastymuncher · 15 Sep 2016 at 13:23

It will be fine. Personally I would have paid a bit more for the better quality Superflower Golden Green HX450w but you shouldn't have any problems.

monster_munch · 15 Sep 2016 at 14:31

Sorry to ask a daft question but what does 'better quality' mean? I mean power is power isn't it?

LittleGreyCat · 15 Sep 2016 at 14:48

monster_munch said:
Sorry to ask a daft question but what does 'better quality' mean? I mean power is power isn't it?

Counter quote is "You get what you pay for".

Clean power, long term reliability, the ability to deliver the claimed output; all these depend on the quality of components used.

monster_munch · 15 Sep 2016 at 15:02

Yeah but "you get what you pay for" doesn't usually involve a tenner difference.

I mean difference between £400 PSU and a £40, yes but surely not £40 and the superflower 550 at £50?

"clean power" does that even mean anything?

Ace Modder · 15 Sep 2016 at 16:47

In terms of the XFX vs SuperFlower, the difference is marginal between them for quality etc.

pastymuncher · 15 Sep 2016 at 19:37

As a rough guide a gold rated psu tends to have better quality internals than a bronze rated psu. I wouldn't touch anything less than a Gold rated unit these days as the psu is one of the most affordable high end pc components available, not to mention probably the most important.

isitalex · 23 Sep 2016 at 14:56

Another good guide I always thinks is the warranty period offered on a PSU, the longer the warranty period usually means the better made the PSU

Akagi · 23 Sep 2016 at 15:11

HELLO

It will be fine, more than enough power, and more than adequate quality.

Doogles · 23 Sep 2016 at 16:13

As you've ordered it I'd just keep it now. Great price on it too. I had a XFX Core Edition 550w running my 3570k and Crossfire HD 7850's back in the day and had no issues until it broke, I hated XFX CS but it wasn't a bad unit.

lee32uk · 23 Sep 2016 at 22:25

Ace Modder said:
In terms of the XFX vs SuperFlower, the difference is marginal between them for quality etc.

The SuperFlower is much better than the XFX XT in terms of quality. The XT is probably the only XFX psu I would avoid.