Is the thermaltake Tr2 500 or 600 watts enough?

Pizzair · Mar 7, 2014

Hi! i'm currently looking forward to building my first pc. but i'm kinda worried that the power supply i chose won't be able to handle my build. i thought at first it might be "ok" enough but after reading on a few forums about the psu i'm not sure anymore.
my question is: Will the 500watt be able to handle my pc or will the 600watt be able to handle my pc?

Specs:
Intel i3 3220
Asrock h61m-vg3
8gb Kingston hyperXblu
Sapphire AMD Radeon Hd 7850 1gb
(hdd not sure yet but probably 500gb caviar blue)

now the reason for these specs (and the psu) is because of where i live. Shipping is not an option for me and the only other PSU that they have is Coolermaster Extreme 600w. if i could pick anything else i would've gone for Antec, Corsair, EVGA or any of the other good psu brands out there.

Dark Lord of Tech · Mar 7, 2014

thermaltake Tr2 500 or 600 < Very very poor power supplies.

Tier 5 - Other than the units listed above for any of these brands, NOT RECOMMENDED. Replace ASAP if you have one.

A-TOP Technology
Apevia
APEX (SUPERCASE/ALLIED)
Aspire(Turbo Case)
ATADC
Athena Power
ATRIX
Broadway Com Corp
Coolmax
Deer
Diablotek
Dynapower USA
Dynex
EagleTech
FOXCONN
FSP Everest
HEC Orion
Hiper Type-R
Huntkey
I-Star Computer Co. Ltd
In Win
JPAC COMPUTER
Just PC
Kingwin Inc.
Linkworld Electronics
Logisys Computer
MGE
MSI
NMEDIAPC
Norwood Micro/ CompUSA
NorthQ
NZXT
Okia
Powmax
Q-Tec
Raidmax
Rocketfish
Rosewill
SFC
Shuttle
Skyhawk
Spire Coolers
Star Micro
STARTECH
Thermaltake Purepower NP
Thermaltake Purepower RU
Thermaltake TR2 (and TR2-RX)<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
TOPOWER TOP
Ultra X-Connect
Ultra X2 >greater than 700 watt
Ultra LSP
Wintech
XION
YoungYear
Zebronics

Dark Lord of Tech · Mar 7, 2014

Get the CX600 if they are your only options.

Pizzair · Mar 7, 2014

Yeah i've seen this. but other than this i don't think i have any other choice :/ so it's no for sure?

Dark Lord of Tech · Mar 7, 2014

Get the Corsair CX600 if you can.

Pizzair · Mar 7, 2014

can't not available anywhere where i live

Dark Lord of Tech · Mar 7, 2014

Corsair Extreme 600w

Pizzair · Mar 7, 2014

What would be my major problem if i end up building this pc with that psu anyway?

Dark Lord of Tech · Mar 7, 2014

Thermaltake TR2 supplies are very poor and if they fail they could damage other components.

Pizzair · Mar 7, 2014

Oops just noticed i wrote Corsair, i meant Cooler master x-x sorry. so if i have to pick between Cooler master extreme 600w or the Thermaltake Tr2 600w?

Dark Lord of Tech · Mar 7, 2014

Coolermaster not much better.

Tier 4 - Not Recommend for stressful situations. May not be able to put out full rated power above room temperature, and may slightly fail to meet ATX specs.

Aerocool
Asus Atlas
BFG 1000 watt
Cooler Master eXtreme (only use 75% of labeled wattage)
Cooler Master GX (except 450w)
E-Power
Futurepower
Hale82n 650w
Hiper Type-M
HIPRO
Masscool
MGE XG
Mushkin HP
NorthQ 4775-500S/BU
OCZ Modstream (if manufactured before December 2007)
OCZ GameXStream <1000 watt (if manufactured before December 2007)
OCZ StealthXStream (if manufactured before December 2007)
OCZ GameXStream 1010 watt (essentially a 850watt power supply)
Scythe Kamariki
Sigma Shark
Sintek
TTGI/Superflower
Ultra Xfinity
Ultra X2 <less than 700 watt
Ultra XVS
Xion Real Power PowerReal

Dark Lord of Tech · Mar 7, 2014

Pick one if they are your only choices , but i DON'T recommend those power supplies.

bignastyid · Mar 7, 2014

Honestly both are not good power supplies. Are there any others available? Any 500w or greater Unit from tier 3 or higher in this link(http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/323050.aspx) should work.

Pizzair · Mar 7, 2014

Well i'm going to do my best trying to figure out what else i can do, Shipping isn't an option for me cause of bad experience (i ordered 2 micro-sd cards on ebay about 2 months ago and they never came) but amazon might be a different experience. i'll see if i can maybe order a good psu from amazon. Thanks for all the help! this was my 1st post on the Tomshardware forums and i really appreciate the help!

bignastyid · Mar 7, 2014

What part of the world are you in?

Pizzair · Mar 7, 2014

Netherlands Antilles

bignastyid · Mar 7, 2014

Amazon does list the Netherlands, but not sure about Netherlands Antilles. If you can't find anything better locally, it maybe worth asking Amazon if they ship there.

Pizzair · Mar 7, 2014

I will ask them, if they do not ship i think i might be able to use like a US address to ship it.

Is the thermaltake Tr2 500 or 600 watts enough?

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