PSU check on a couple of budget builds please.

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As per title, rebuilding two of the kids pc's trying to use spares that I have.

One lads i3 build is to replace an old Q9550/Maximus II Gene/8gb DDR2 1033.

Wondering if the power supplies I have will be enough, they seem to be on the limit on the PSU calculators conclusions.

1st system.
Intel i3 4130
Gigabyte Z97 wifi mini itx
Patriot Viper DDR3 2x4gb 2400mhz
Noctua NH L9i cooler
240gb SSD
1tb HHD
DVD drive
Asus Cerberus 1050ti no pci-e cable needed
Silverstone TJ08B-E case
Noiseblocker 120 exhaust fan
Corsair VS350 psu

The 2nd system.
Intel i7 4770k
Gigabyte Z97 SOC
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2x8gb 2400mhz
CoolerMaster 240M Neptune
PNY 240gb SSD
PNY 960gb SSD
WD Green 1.5tb HDD
PowerColor RX 570 8gb
NZXT S350
2x 120mm exaust fans and an RGB controller and 30cm RGB led strip.
Corsair HX Pro 450w psu

The RX570 states a minimum 450w for the psu.

Any advice or opinions welcome.
Both are in progress but not set in stone, both will be on Windows 10.
 
The Corsair VS series are terrible units and even lower quality than the older CX series. The VS 350 only has 300w on the 12v rail although it should manage that pc, I wouldn't be happy with it though. It's low quality and is only basic 80+ white so is not very efficient at all and I would be looking to replace that.

The second pc should be ok although that psu is getting on a bit now. The HX 450w launched in 2009 and is a Seasonic built unit based on their S12 II platform with 396w on it's single 12v rail. I powered a 4790k @4.6Ghz, Asus Maximus Hero VI Z87, 16Gb Samsung Green @2133mhz 1.5v, GTX1070, plus drives, custom watercooling etc from my current 550w psu and saw absolute max load at the wall of 322w. Your RX570 has a lower power draw than my GTX1070 plus you don't have watercooling and I was also powering 4x 200mm fans and 12x 120mm fans so your peak power draw will be much less than mine was. I would say your peak power would be somwhere between 180-200w, more if overclocking so the HX450 should manage just fine. Just be mindful of it's age, if it's over 7 years old I would probably be replacing that as well.
 
Both were lightly to rarely used, the VS has just had occasional use quite literally. Probably a handful of times as i built a junk pc out of junk then junked parts.

It was noticed on a shelf in a high street retailer reduced to £15 years ago and bought for a spare.

The HX was from a HTPC back before we all streamed lol. Rarely used also. Both spent most of their time in storage.

I may use the 450w in the mini itx, there is a 630w bronze bequiet psu here too along with the bequiet advanced cooler. Both from the Q9550 build.
Also a CoolerMaster V series 1000w, but that will be replacing my 1st generation Seasonic X series 650w that was pre Haswel.

May look at a new psu. The 350w has been niggling me hence this post. Just not sure what to aim for.
 
Any of these would be a much better replacement:-

My basket at Overclockers UK:
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The BeQuiet Pure Power 11 400w has 384w across dual 12v rails and is gold rated although for just £3 extra you can get the semi modular version which would be my choice of the two as you don't have a mass of cables to hide. The Bitfenix Formula Series is also gold rated and has the full 450w available across triple 12v rails. The downside is that all cables are fixed. All three have 5 year warranties.
 
To be honest, if buying a new PSU I would be looking at something to run my PC or my other lads 4770k/RX580 with the over provision to cover any future upgrade.

Would want fully modular, with the option of braided cables at some point. My lad loves orange.

Not sure how good the BeQuiet 630w is, or how past it my old Seasonic X-650 is though.

The 450w modular Corsair I have will go into the ITX.

So i guess at least as good as that X-650.
Corsair, EVGA, Seasonic, Superflower, I guess.
 
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It's a shame you didn't post this a couple of weeks ago as there were some amazing deals on the new revised Corsair RM series. These are all excellent psu's and you can't really go wrong with any of them:-

My basket at Overclockers UK:
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The Phanteks AMP series are rebranded Seasonic Focus Plus Gold units. The two Superflower units have 7 years warranty while all of the others have 10 years warranty.
 
Think thats bad, few months back the Seasonic snow platinum was down to £99.99, amost half price, and I was going to buy it as a spare, but bought a couple of budget SSD instead
 
maklabouhlel said:
It still is, not at OcUK though. Available for preorder.
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Not the end of life Seasonic Snow 1050w platinum?

Pretty sure that was the model at £99.99

Anyway, currently I will finish my eldest lads Mini ITX build with the HX Pro 450w psu.

My younger lad mentioned changing his AIO cooler to an air item.
We have a 630w bronze BeQuiet psu and BeQuiet Advanced cooler sitting spare from an old build, though cooler wont fit in my younger lads NZXT S340.

So will wait n see if he wants to change to a new case witg BeQuiet items.

Still wondering if its the pre Haswell Seasonic X-650 thats causing my pc to rarely go into C5 or reboot when I shut down. Been an occasional occurence since the system was built.
 
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