Do I need a new PSU or not?

UnicornGasm · Aug 28, 2014

Would my Corsair VS550 support:

Gigabyte Nvidia GTX760 OC 2GB WF3 PCI-E Graphics Card
AMD Athlon X4 760k Black Edition Quad Processor (Socket FM2, 3.8GHz, 4MB, 100W, AD760kWOHLBOX, Richland, Turbo Core 3.0 Technology, Virtualization Technology)

If it doesn't can you please reccomend me a new PSU thats good quality and preferably under £50 that could supply this setup, thanks.

volcanoscout · Aug 28, 2014

The VS550 will work fine.

Dark Lord of Tech · Aug 28, 2014

Yes that power supply is poor quality.

VS series uses poor capacitors.

Here's a good Seasonic made PSU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.93 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £46.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-28 20:12 BST+0100

Conor17777 · Aug 28, 2014

UnicornGasm :

ignore the dude down below, you will be fine with your current Power Supply, of course an upgrade couldn't hurt

volcanoscout · Aug 28, 2014

Here's a good list to use for referencing PSUs. As you'll see, the Corsair VS series is a Tier 3 PSU. There are better ones available, but if you already own the VS550, it's a decent PSU and meets the minimum wattage and amperage requirements for your CPU and GPU.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

Dark Lord of Tech · Aug 28, 2014

Corsair VS series is dead last in the Corsair lineup in terms of quality.

volcanoscout · Aug 28, 2014

That may be so, but I think it probably stacks up pretty well against all of the PSUs encompassed by Tier 4 and 5, as well as all of the no-names that didn't rate mention. More importantly, the OP already owns it.

If it's as bad as you seem to be implying, why is it listed at T3 instead of lower?

UnicornGasm · Aug 29, 2014

Thanks I will trust you and when I eventually get it I hope it works out

volcanoscout · Aug 29, 2014

Do you already own the VS550? If not, I would purchase the PSU linked by Blackbird SR-71. I was under the impression that you already have the PSU.

UnicornGasm · Aug 29, 2014

volcanoscout :

Yeah I already own it

volcanoscout · Aug 29, 2014

UnicornGasm :

Okay, just wanted to make sure I hadn't misunderstood

UnicornGasm · Aug 29, 2014

volcanoscout :

UnicornGasm :

Okay, just wanted to make sure I hadn't misunderstood

Okay, thanks

UnicornGasm · Aug 29, 2014

volcanoscout :

Would my PSU support an R9 280X?

volcanoscout · Aug 29, 2014

It's possible, but I wouldn't recommend it. You could skim by with a good quality 600W but a 750W would be better.

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