Good 600 watt power supply

itstopsecret · Jan 13, 2016

I am looking for a 600 watt power supply, but i do not know what one to get. I keep seeing everywhere that "everything by corsair, xfx, seasonic, and thermaltake are good, but every PSU i look at has bad reviews. Can someone please tell me what 600w is good.

turkey3_scratch · Jan 13, 2016

Lots of Thermaltakes are quite poor quality. Some Corsairs are low quality. XFX and Seasonic can always be trusted. EVGA makes great power supplies, also some bad ones.

Never go just by brand name. What are your system specs?

Dark Lord of Tech · Jan 13, 2016

BEST 550W on the market.

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Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $89.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-13 12:49 EST-0500

It's the best 550w PSU on the market based on the award winning Super Flower Leadex Gold series with a 7 year warranty.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=440
550W G2 review.

Performance (40% of the final score) - you probably already know what I'm going to say here. Voltage regulation was excellent, averaging 0.9% in the hot box. No points deducted. Efficiency was a pass for Gold both times. No deduction. Ripple control was amazing, and probably the best I've ever seen, so definitely no deduction there. I saw no issues with anything else, so this unit gets a 10 here.

Functionality (20% of the final score) - this unit gets everything right. Even the CPU cable, which I thought was terrible on the 650W, is done right here today. Semi fanless mode works well, the manual is decent, we got lots of connectors to power anything a 550W unit should power, and the box came with more goodies than I tend to expect with such a small unit. 10.

Value (20% of the final score) - you can get one of these for $84.99 at Newegg right now. That's a fair bit for a unit this size these days, but as always EVGA is right at the bottom of the cost pile when it comes to 80 Plus Gold and full modularity. The nearest competition is their own 550W GS unit at one dollar more money. This is nuts. How are you making any money on these, EVGA? 10.

Build Quality (20% of the final score) - oh, snap... EVGA just got another perfect total score. There's nothing wrong with this unit. Nothing. 10.

turkey3_scratch · Jan 13, 2016

@Blackbird: Have you considered going into marketing?

itstopsecret · Jan 13, 2016

turkey3_scratch :

Current
AMD FX 6120 3.5 GHZ
10 GB (I know, 10gb is strange) DDR3 RAM
Radeon HD 7450
1TB HDD
300W PSU

I'm looking to upgrade to an R9 380, so i will also need a bigger power supply than the 300w that i have now

turkey3_scratch · Jan 13, 2016

What Blackbird recommended above would be perfect.

Dark Lord of Tech · Jan 13, 2016

If you want the best , the G2 is , is at the top of the 550w class.

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