PSU too good to be true?

King Damager · 2 Sep 2011 at 19:25

Just been looking at this PSU
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-002-LA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057

Now knowing the one rule of building a PC is not to buy a cheap PSU, this has confuzzled me...

Enermax based PSU, 600W... £43... Where's the catch?

Thinking of using it to power a C2D/C2Q with a 260 equivalent GPU... Would it be capable?

kd

King Damager · 2 Sep 2011 at 19:31

stulid said:
Its made by CWT, apart from the cables having no braiding at all, its a good budget device.

Wouldn't bother me, would be re-braiding it myself anyway, so I'll keep a note of this

Thanks

kd

King Damager · 2 Sep 2011 at 22:18

TheMorningStar said:
Not a brand to go for if you are overclocking or approaching the 600w mark or the 500w for that matter. will be fine for a single gfx card PC so long as its not a duel card like a 6990 maybe with a mild overclock.

IMO if your going to be spending a chunk of your time braiding the cables on a PSU atleast get a good one and modular at that, generally take the braids with you when you upgrage then

Yeah this PC is never going to hit that kind of spec... As it's not majorly for me, the braiding is more a nice side effect rather than anything else!

To be honest, the PSU is lucky it's not going to be a cheap nasty thing that comes from a pre-build, so this is a pretty good upgrade for it

kd

King Damager · 2 Sep 2011 at 22:37

Would something like the BeQuiet 530W be a better choice then or? (definitely staying in the £40 budget)

kd