XFX 550 Or CX500 ?!

Madbro235 · Jun 4, 2014

Hi, I'm about to buy parts for my first build. It is a budget gaming build and I'd like to compare to PSUs that I'd like to either buy.
Is the Corsair CX500 good enough for my build, I know the XFX is better quality but is really that worth it. The XFX will cost some more and be shipped

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HERE ARE MY SPECS
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£77.86 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£60.46 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card (£119.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: ????????
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.79 @ Amazon UK)

Fidgetmaster · Jun 4, 2014

XFX is really much better quality....Corsair's CX line anymore just are a bit lacking in quality....I would rather a good Seasonic unit over both.

maktovic · Jun 4, 2014

With 750 Ti CX500W will be more than enough

But XFX 550W will be more reliable and provide you an easy path for future upgrades

damric · Jun 4, 2014

Several times per week there is a thread here about a CX going out with a bang, sometimes killing the other hardware with it.

Madbro235 · Jun 4, 2014

I heard very good reviews and with little possible upgrades, the CX500 should be fine? It said to be reliable

maktovic · Jun 4, 2014

CX500W will be fine only with GTX 750 Ti

Don't add any higher power consumption GPU like R9 270x/GTX 760 if want reliabilty. Use only 50% of rated wattage of CX500W and you will be fine

damric · Jun 4, 2014

The PSU is the heart of your rig. Would you want a budget heart for your own body or the slightly more expensive quality heart? Would you pump 87 ethanol gas into your sports car, or premium 100% gas?

maktovic · Jun 4, 2014

The quality heart of heart also depends on size of body.
For a small body/budget PC, a small heart/budget PSU will do its work effectively.

His build won't go higher than 200W-220W at peak load and CX500W will be fine for a PC with such power consumption.

Though if OP can, XFX 550W is a better choice

Madbro235 · Jun 4, 2014

Alright I'm going with the CX500, since the XFX hased to be shipped and is more expensive. I don't plan on upgrading and hopefully my build turns out good. Thanks for the help if you can, for the answer tell me what you think of my build

maktovic · Jun 4, 2014

Nice budget build
Good for gaming @1080p + Medium settings

Fidgetmaster · Jun 4, 2014

Yeah lots of Corsair CX series blowing up haha.....just no way in hell do I trust Corsair anymore haha

Fidgetmaster · Jun 4, 2014

Seasonic and Antec all the way haha

Fidgetmaster · Jun 4, 2014

Oh and thermaltake and raidmax blow up too haha

Madbro235 · Jun 4, 2014

Does it .. I'm going with the CX500...?surely it won't blow up since it's enough
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Pondering · Jun 4, 2014

XFX 450

http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-Edition-Bronze-Wired-Supply/dp/B005FPT38U

£.23 cheaper and better components. The 50 Watts rating difference makes no difference.

I own one CX430 and two XFX 550s. The XFX 450 will be better than the CX500.

sora · Jun 5, 2014

The XFX because the CX has poor capacitors.

maktovic · Jun 5, 2014

Madbro235 :

XFX Pro Core 450W that Pondering has listed is a better deal.
Surely CX500W PSU won't blow up your system since your system's peak power consumption is less than 50% of rated power of CX500W and people who end up blowing up their systems with CX series PSU don't know this.

With that said, I would still strongly recommend XFX Pro Core 450W PSU

Fidgetmaster · Jun 5, 2014

That really doesn't matter the CX series has crappy capacitors Ltec/Teapo/Capxon/samxon regardless....they can self destruct randomly.... Capxon probably worst those are junk... Japanese electrolytic's are far superior.

XFX 550 Or CX500 ?!

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