Is this a good PSU for my budget gaming PC?

TheBlueJellyBaby · Feb 19, 2014

Is this a good PSU for my budget gaming PC? http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500w-evga-bronze-100-b1-0500-kr-85-eff-80-plus-bronze-single-rail-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx-psu

Blubberykollis · Feb 19, 2014

What's your computer specs?

qbsinfo · Feb 19, 2014

it's OK, you could do a lot worse. but for a little more an XFX 550 core edition would be a much better choice.

and yes i am making that recommendation because "budget gaming PC" tells me your not getting a SLI/
Xfire set up or 290x, 780TI and whatnot.

TheBlueJellyBaby · Feb 19, 2014

Thanks I haven't got much more so I will probably go for this one.

xTamx420 · Feb 19, 2014

You can use PSU calculators online to figure out what power supply you need. Most PSU manufacturers have them.

My favourite one is on BeQuiet!'s webste: http://www.bequiet.com/en/psucalculator/quick

EDIT: That particular calculator will only recommend Be Quiet! power supplies so just look at the total Watts for what they recommend.

TheBlueJellyBaby · Feb 19, 2014

Yeh I know how much power I need I just need to know if its a good reliable power supply for its price, thanks anyway

qbsinfo · Feb 19, 2014

TheBlueJellyBaby :

how about cheaper? (if an EVGA 500 will work so will this)
XFX P1-450S-X2B9 Pro Series Core Edition 450W £34.14 Inc VAT
i was waiting to see if you posted your specs before i suggested it but, i'll bet a dollar to a doughnut this will work.

TheBlueJellyBaby · Feb 20, 2014

Well I have already got a PC but I am going to upgrade it already has 3 hard drives, and I would like to put AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor, ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard, Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory and a Zotac GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card in it.

qbsinfo · Feb 20, 2014

(account for PSU efficiency since it was measured from the wall 193*.9= ~174
a 760 uses ~170 watts [strike]so you're looking at ~344 watts.[/strike]

edit: oppsie forgot the 2 extra HDs - 8 watts each for ~360 watts

keeping the max load under 80% 360/.8= 450 watts as a minimum for the PSU.
FYI, it would not be wise to OC the 6350 with that motherboard since there are no heatsinks on the VRMs

the XFX 450 will be fine. (but the XFX 550 would be best if you can somehow). TBH, i would trust the XFX 450 over the EVGA 500, better quality components . .just saying.

TheBlueJellyBaby · Feb 21, 2014

@qbsinfo Is there any other motherboard you would recommend me buying?

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