PSU - any good?

Jvella · 31 May 2014 at 22:09

Hey looking at getting a PSU for a first time build.

PSU -

Coolermaster 500W Silent Pro Semi Modular PC PSU 80 Plus Bronze

My build will be -

Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Case

GIGABYTE NVIDIA GTX 750Ti 2GB PCI-E Graphics Card

Kingston Technology 240GB Solid State Drive 2.5-inch

WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive

Intel Core i5 4670K Quad Core

GIGABYTE Z97-HD3 Intel LGA1150 Z97 ATX Motherboard

G-Skill 8GB Ripjaws X DDR3 2133 Dual Kit - Red

Is the power supply enough and is this psu any good? Thanks guys.

RJC · 31 May 2014 at 22:12

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
Total : £59.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

tamzzy · 31 May 2014 at 22:13

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £31.99
Total : £41.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

more than sufficient to run a 750ti
and solidly build
and so cheap its insane!

Jvella · 31 May 2014 at 22:14

RJC - That's just out of my budget... I'm on a tight one and need good value but good quality.

Jvella · 31 May 2014 at 22:16

tamzzy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £31.99
Total : £41.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

more than sufficient to run a 750ti
and solidly build
and so cheap its insane!

I'm looking for a modular psu, Is 450w not too close to full load as I will use a lot for long time periods?

RJC · 31 May 2014 at 22:17

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR) £35.99
Total : £45.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

2nd go

edit:

Whats your total build budget?

dacads · 31 May 2014 at 22:21

You won't pull a lot with that graphics card fella

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-115-CS

tamzzy · 31 May 2014 at 22:22

Jvella said:
Is 450w not too close to full load as I will use a lot for long time periods?

not at all lol.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1130
scroll near the bottom, you'll see that a system with a 750ti draws less than 200w at full loads.
450w is plenty.

tamzzy · 31 May 2014 at 22:23

dacads said:
You won't pull a lot with that graphics card fella

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-115-CS

agree, if op wants modular, that's the one to get

Jvella · 31 May 2014 at 22:32

tamzzy said:
not at all lol.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1130
scroll near the bottom, you'll see that a system with a 750ti draws less than 200w at full loads.
450w is plenty.

The information given from another website(That shall not be named(South American Rain Forest)) Tells me it will pull 400w? Ive been shopping around for 450-550w because of this. I am new to a lot of this so I'm really unsure, Is the GPU the only significant pull on power?

tamzzy · 31 May 2014 at 22:34

the 750ti draws max 75w, the cpu draws approx 90w. rest of the system is negligible say ~20-30w max

RJC · 31 May 2014 at 22:35

Jvella said:
The information given from another website(That shall not be named(South American Rain Forest)) Tells me it will pull 400w? Ive been shopping around for 450-550w because of this. I am new to a lot of this so I'm really unsure, Is the GPU the only significant pull on power?

Some sites put recommended PSU rather than actual power absorbed.

Jvella · 31 May 2014 at 22:39

tamzzy said:
the 750ti draws max 75w, the cpu draws approx 90w. rest of the system is negligible say ~20-30w max

Only 75w? are you sure? I plan on eventually getting an after market cpu cooler for overclocking and also a fan controller will either of these require me much more power?

tamzzy · 31 May 2014 at 22:40

Jvella said:
Only 75w? are you sure? I plan on eventually getting an after market cpu cooler for overclocking and also a fan controller will either of these require me much more power?

yes.
not too much more.
no.

dacads · 31 May 2014 at 22:40

Nvidia states minimum 300w PSU is required, 450w is more than enough.

Jvella · 31 May 2014 at 22:47

tamzzy said:
yes.
not too much more.
no.

Okay thanks, I was under the impression of needing around 500-550w I will be able to stick to my budget now!

pastymuncher · 1 Jun 2014 at 19:28

Just to give you a idea of power consumption, my rig (in siggy) pulls 290-320w at the wall while gaming. People often massively over estimate how much power they actually need.