Best PSU for under £50 for a gaming PC.

GilaSomper · Nov 11, 2013

So my PSU is faulty and I need a new one problem is I'm a lil tight on cash so I want to know what's the best under £50 PSU I can get. My specs are CPU: AMD 6100 3.3gHz. GPU: AMD 7770 1GB GDDR5 VRAM. RAM: 16GB DDR3 MOBO:ASUS not sure what model. I need it to be reasonably reliable and cheap thx!

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 11, 2013

Both will work and are good units made by SEASONIC.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£48.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £48.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-11 18:33 GMT+0000)

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Power Supply: XFX 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£34.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Total: £34.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-11 18:34 GMT+0000)

GilaSomper · Nov 11, 2013

K are you sure 550 WATTS will be enough for my PC?

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 11, 2013

Yes it's more than enough , get the 550w for the extra power at a great price.

GilaSomper · Nov 11, 2013

Okay thanks man I need it to be reliable and able to power a PC like mine got any other suggestions for cheaper?

Onus · Nov 11, 2013

The 450W unit would be enough for what you have now, easily. The 550W unit gives you more upgrade room, for example if you ever decide on a significant graphics card upgrade.

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 11, 2013

I posted a 450w unit above that will also power your specs and is cheaper and a very solid unit.

rolli59 · Nov 11, 2013

Only other 550 OCZ ZS550 http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/ocz-power-supply-oczzs550w but with the price difference the XFX would be my choice.

Onus · Nov 11, 2013

Don't go cheap on the PSU. You can buy a cheap "600W" PSU that will turn out to be good for no more than 300W cleanly, and at a 350W-400W load will blow electronic chunks, possibly killing attached parts. XFX PSUs are made by Seasonic, and as far as I know, they don't know how to build a bad PSU.

GilaSomper · Nov 11, 2013

Onus :

yes I am thinking of getting the 550 one I want a good one as mine is dying shuts off my PC if I do anything too intensive like play BF4! still like to see as many suggestions as possible so I can choose the best one!

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 11, 2013

Here it is .

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Power Supply: XFX 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£34.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Total: £34.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-11 18:42 GMT+0000)

GilaSomper · Nov 11, 2013

Thanks you've been very helpful I think I might go with a 550Wpower supply as I plan to upgrade some of my parts in a year or 2!

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 11, 2013

It's a solid PSU made by SEASONIC , good choice , and thanks for posting on the forum.

GilaSomper · Nov 11, 2013

Yes Toms hardware is extremely useful for my PC problems hell ive lost count how many you guys have solved anyway im probably going with the 550 THANKS!

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 11, 2013

Your very welcome and stop back again!

GilaSomper · Nov 11, 2013

4give me but is it the 550 that's seasonic or 450 or both? I've heard it's a very good brand.

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 11, 2013

Both are made by SEASONIC, All XFX supplies are made by Seasonic.

GilaSomper · Nov 11, 2013

Thanks im not so good on PSU's hell I didn't know it was my PSU causing me problems till Sunday after reading my event viewer.

sora · Nov 11, 2013

GilaSomper :

Nope unless you stick with your PSU.

Best PSU for under £50 for a gaming PC.

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