Good PSU for Asus Geforce GTX 960 Strix?

anthonycarman32 · Dec 13, 2015

Is my PSU good for Asus Geforce GTX 960 Strix?

My pc specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5 4670K
CPU Cooler: Xigmatek Dark Knight Nighthawk SD1283
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87-HD3
RAM: 8GB Corsair 1600mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
Hard Drive: 2TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 10x Blu-Ray RW S-ATA
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB
Sound Card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
PSU: 450W Corsair VS

if the PUS is not good could you recommend one.

Luminary · Dec 13, 2015

This would be a perfect unit for the specs above:

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $55.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-13 08:45 EST-0500

If you can afford about $20 more this EVGA unit below would also be a great choice for a fully modular PSU (easier cable management). The XFX is a quailty unit so you don't need to upgrade to the PSU below for great power, but if you can afford the extra cost the GS would be a fantastic choice:

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $74.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-13 08:46 EST-0500

anthonycarman32 · Dec 13, 2015

Luminary :

Is this one any good Corsair VS550 ATX/EPS Vs Series 550 W 80 Plus Power Supply Unit.
i what to keep cost to a minimum if i can

Luminary · Dec 13, 2015

The Corsair VS series isn't a good line of PSU's. Corsair has come out with a few rather cheap lines recently, including both the VS and CX series.

This is the least expensive quality unit I can currently find, $50 from Seasonic. It really is worth either getting the Seasonic below or the XFX I posted above, the PSU is one of the worst places to try and buy a budget unit when building a rig. Either the XFX or Seasonic are very good long-term investments:

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($50.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $50.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-13 09:07 EST-0500

anthonycarman32 · Dec 13, 2015

Luminary :

is this the same one http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00390P1NO/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=NCGQSHIOSOBN&coliid=I3INIWUFLL0QXM

sizzling · Dec 13, 2015

Here, VS are considered low quality units http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

Luminary · Dec 13, 2015

anthonycarman32 :

Yes, that would be very good choice.

anthonycarman32 · Dec 13, 2015

Luminary :

so that would diffidently work with this http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00UJLDVJC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=NCGQSHIOSOBN&coliid=I1NZPZQIG6M6G3

Luminary · Dec 13, 2015

Yes, the Seasonic S12II 520 has plenty of wattage for the ASUS GTX 960 and the correct PCIe power connectors. It also uses quality internal components so it should last you a good long time.

anthonycarman32 · Dec 13, 2015

Luminary :

thanks for all the help

Luminary · Dec 13, 2015

You're most welcome, cheers.

Quinn Hargraves · Dec 13, 2015

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438016&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Power+Supplies-_-N82E16817438016&gclid=CjwKEAiAy7SzBRD_lv7quOnr6XUSJAAOLkW6mICQetfRUCRA6HIaofoPKnnZJUuZMgIGE6dt0-NCqhoCX9nw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds I would go with this, a lot cheaper and a very reliable unit. NVIDIA recommends at lease a 400w unit so the Seasonic one is a great option also, very reliable as well.

Luminary · Dec 13, 2015

No, the EVGA 500w isn't a good unit: http://www.overclock.net/t/1500086/why-you-should-not-buy-an-evga-400-600-and-500b-700b

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