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September 10, 2014 7:47:28 AM

I have been lookig a PSU and searching up forums etc to be able to determine which psu is best for my bulid but I havent found any simliar one's. I have a choice between to PSU's that are on sale, the Corsair 500W Builder Series CX 80+ Bronze and the EVGA 500W 500B 80 Plus Bronze. All help and suggestions are welcome.

My build

CPU: i7 3770k not O/C'd w/stock fan
GPU PCS+ R9 270x
RAM: 12gb DDR3 1333MHz
HDD: 1x 320GB + 1x 640GB
DVD Drive x1

Thanks again

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a b ) Power supply
September 10, 2014 7:48:51 AM

I would choose EVGA 500B but i wouldn't really overclock the R9 270X with either psu.
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September 10, 2014 7:50:51 AM

Suztera said:
I would choose EVGA 500B but i wouldn't really overclock the R9 270X with either psu.


im not planning on overclocking anything inside of my build just looking a good solid trusting PSU, is there a reason why you choose one over the other? prices are similar so not worried on that.
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a b ) Power supply
September 10, 2014 7:52:38 AM

Corsair CX 500 is just a standard unit. EVGA 500B's internal quality is a a bit better but not a lot.
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a c 2489 ) Power supply
September 10, 2014 7:52:45 AM

The CX500 and 500B are pretty close in terms of quality , the 500B has a slight edge and is also Haswell certified .

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=...

Nice review from jonnyguru for the 500B.


Read the review the 500B is worth the purchase price.
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September 10, 2014 7:55:38 AM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
The CX500 and 500B are pretty close in terms of quality , the 500B has a slight edge and is also Haswell certified .

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=...

Nice review from jonnyguru for the 500B.


Read the review the 500B is worth the purchase price.
:D 


Thanks for the help!!
will have a look at that review and i guess ill try make up my mind :) 

Appreciated!!!
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a c 2489 ) Power supply
September 10, 2014 7:56:34 AM

Anytime , thanks for posting . :D 
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a b ) Power supply
September 10, 2014 2:54:08 PM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
The CX500 and 500B are pretty close in terms of quality , the 500B has a slight edge and is also Haswell certified .

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=...

Nice review from jonnyguru for the 500B.


Read the review the 500B is worth the purchase price.
:D 


it did fail the haswell test tho. but he says the cert is not even public yet and it is also overly stringent

update with sauce:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/500B/11.html

hardOCP passed the power supply also, it looks to be a very good at that value category
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