Old PSU fried,need help picking a new one.

PsychLight · Aug 6, 2014

After installing an R9 270 on my rig my corsair CX500M PSU fried despite meeting the requirements.Playing The Witcher 2 seemed to particularly stress it.Previous thread detailing the problem:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2247172/psu-problem.html#13896472

Quite dissapointed as I expected better from corsair,but like others say I guess this particular line just isn't very good.

I'm now looking for something to replace it,I'm assuming 500W would normally be enough for this card and that this was just a bad PSU/fluke.

I have a budget of £65.I'm thinking:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-003-SF&tool=3
as I've heard nothing but good about superflower but I'm wondering if this cheaper model still maintains quality.

Any suggestions/advice appreciated.Thanks.

Specs:

Z87X-UD3H
250GB EVO SSD
SAMSUNG LITEON OPTICAL DRIVE
I3-4130(STOCK COOLER)
8GB HYPERX RAM
CORSAIR CX500M
DEFINE R4 CASE
R9 270

blue_smoke · Aug 6, 2014

PsychLight :

After installing an R9 270 on my rig my corsair CX500M PSU fried despite meeting the requirements.Playing The Witcher 2 seemed to particularly stress it.Previous thread detailing the problem:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2247172/psu-problem.html#13896472

Quite dissapointed as I expected better from corsair,but like others say I guess this particular line just isn't very good.

I'm now looking for something to replace it,I'm assuming 500W would normally be enough for this card and that this was just a bad PSU/fluke.

I have a budget of £65.I'm thinking:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-003-SF&tool=3
as I've heard nothing but good about superflower but I'm wondering if this cheaper model still maintains quality.

Any suggestions/advice appreciated.Thanks.

Specs:

Z87X-UD3H
250GB EVO SSD
SAMSUNG LITEON OPTICAL DRIVE
I3-4130(STOCK COOLER)
8GB HYPERX RAM
CORSAIR CX500M
DEFINE R4 CASE
R9 270

Antec VP-450. Only around 30 Euro and will get the job done with that stuff

Bluemoon_9 · Aug 6, 2014

This
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094

And this

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

And the one you picked is very good too

Alex Kelly · Aug 6, 2014

That's a great PSU that you've picked out! Go for it.

Super Flower are the best PSU manufacturer out right now, in my opinion.

sourodip · Aug 6, 2014

Get this:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-120pb0750kr
OR
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550gts3x

PsychLight · Aug 6, 2014

Thanks for the suggestions everyone.I'm glad the superflower's liked so I'll probably end up going with it as I have to account for delivery on my budget.If anyone has more feedback or can think of something better i'd like to hear it though.

Alex Kelly · Aug 6, 2014

Great! You'll be really happy with it.
Enjoy!

sourodip · Aug 7, 2014

Super Flower are the best PSU manufacturer?

PsychLight · Aug 7, 2014

sourodip :

They're the guys that make a lot of PSUs for EVGA and a few other famous brands.I think they've just been using their own name more recently so they're becoming more well-known.

They're usually very conservative in how powerful their PSU's are (I heard their high end 1000w can pull something like 1500w)
and just make high quality stuff in general.

sourodip · Aug 7, 2014

uh-oh,i didn't knew that,thanks man.

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