What's the best sub €50 500W PSU?

AesisVanex · Feb 5, 2014

I'm building on a budget and I need a PSU of atleast 500W for my GPU, perferably I'd like to get 550 or 600. And I'd like to avoid going any higher than €50 if I have to. Of course, there are plenty of PSUs that sell for €20 and are 700W, but anyone with half a brain knows to avoid them.

These are the two PSUs that caught my eye.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500w-silverstone-strider-essential-sst-st50f-es-230-85-eff-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx-psu

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500w-cooler-master-elite-rs500-120mm-quiet-fan-eps-12v-fan-atx-v23-psu

Any opinions or suggestions?

HiTechObsessed · Feb 5, 2014

What GPU do you have? I would recommend this XFX one, as it is much higher quality than those listed above.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/450w-xfx-pro-core-edition-p1-450s-x2b9-85-eff-80-plus-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-fan-atx-v231-psu

aevm · Feb 5, 2014

There's an XFX 550W too. It can handle up to GTX 770.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/550w-xfx-core-edition-p1-550s-xxb9-85-eff-80-plus-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx

HiTechObsessed · Feb 5, 2014

Yeah, the 550 is out of budget though

The 550 can handle a 780 Ti... lol

AesisVanex · Feb 5, 2014

HiTechObsessed :

I have an MSI R9 270 Gaming edition, coupled with an FX-6300.

HiTechObsessed · Feb 5, 2014

The 450w would be powerful enough. Your system would need a max wattage of around 300-325, and amps around 26-30, and the XFX 450 has that covered enough. Quality is more important than quantity in regards to PSU

AesisVanex · Feb 5, 2014

HiTechObsessed :

Are you sure? This is my first build, so I'm pretty cautious around a lot of the things as you can imagine, and the minimum wattage on the 270 was 500W.

HiTechObsessed · Feb 5, 2014

That's not the minimum wattage, suppliers overstate that extremely much. An i7-4830x and 780 Ti running on a 2011 board only draws 375w at full load.

If you had a lower quality PSU, 500w would be minimum, but the XFX is a solid unit, and has plenty of power for your build, with room to overclock

toyftw · Feb 5, 2014

AesisVanex :

Hi - Yes, the 450 is enough. The r9 270 is not high power draw card. A good quality 450 will run your
system. Also, there is nothing wrong with the Silverstone you linked, it is a discontinued model tho.

Stay away from the Coolermaster elite & extreme series PSU's.

AesisVanex · Feb 5, 2014

HiTechObsessed :

Thank you very much then.
And you too, toyftw.
Much appreciated ~

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