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is an silverstone st50f-230 500W PSU ok to use with i3 4130?

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July 11, 2014 5:34:16 AM

as the title says..

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July 11, 2014 5:55:52 AM

That PSU is listed as Haswell Compatible and has enough power for any single graphics card system, there should be no problems running that combination
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July 11, 2014 6:04:33 AM

ohhhh..this one I have is not the essential series, so is this still compatible?
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July 11, 2014 6:49:03 AM

Thank you for pointing that out - I did miss that it is a Strider and not a Strider Plus or Essential. The SevenTeam built ST50F-230 does not show Haswell compatibility which basically means in may not be able to handle the low power states of Haswell. There should be no issues running it but it may go "catatonic" if the PC is put into a hibernate or low power state. I would suggest looking to budget a newer PSU (perhaps a little higher quality also) but wouldn't push it as a necessity right away (just don't enable sleep states)
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July 11, 2014 3:07:16 PM

im looking into getting HEC cougar SL 500W, is that any good?
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July 11, 2014 3:34:25 PM

About the only objective thing I can say about HEC is that they do design and build their own PSU's but, they do not supply those PSU's to independent reviewers (HardwareSecrets, JonnyGuru, [H]ard|OCP and the like). Most discussions I've found go something along the lines of "they are stable PSU's" but again these are not electrical engineers explaining what is going on inside nor measuring deviations from the ideal values. I really don't know what to say about it's quality other than owners seem to be contnet
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July 11, 2014 4:02:18 PM

wow..thanks a lot for answering my questions dude! :D 
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