Power supply makes noise while gaming,maybe the watts aren't enough?

lalamen01 · Mar 27, 2016

My power supply is Cooler Master Elite V2. the power supply is 550 watts.i know that while gaming the pc is in need for more power.

my cpu is Intel core i5-4590 and my gpu is AMD Radeon r9 280 dual X.
could the power supply make noises because he tries to supply more power for this components?
should i buy a 650 watt psu?

thank for help!

Archaic59 · Mar 27, 2016

550 watts is enough power. A little more won't hurt but that's not the problem here. What you need is a better quality PSU. The CM Elite V2 is not very good.

sizzling · Mar 27, 2016

The problem isn't the wattage, its the fact its a low quality unit that's not really good enough for gaming builds http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

A tier 1 or 2 550w would be plenty. Quality is more important than wattage

sizzling · Mar 27, 2016

Archaic59 :

Beat me to it

Puposbali · Mar 27, 2016

Yes it could! Guess what! Some Power supplies make strange noises, when you open a program. For example my Chieftec CTG 550W power supply is usually slient. But when I open the Sony Vegas, and switch the Preview to big screen, the PSU make some strange noise. But it takes about 6-12 sec, and then everythink is OK! Someone of my friends has an FSP Hexa 550W and when he open the Sims2 and switch the menus the PSU make very-very strange noises. If he go to settings it make 200 Hz sounds. If he goes to the Carrer menu it makes an other type of sound! It's really interesting. The PSU the whole time make sounds when you play with a game, or it's just about a few minutes?

lalamen01 · Mar 27, 2016

Archaic59 :

Thanks for your fast reply could you advice me some good Power Supplies? i mean not expensive ones i mean good for the price to solve my problem.

thanks

Archaic59 · Mar 27, 2016

lalamen01 :

It depends on where you live to see what is available there.

Puposbali · Mar 27, 2016

Hy! FSP HEXA 550W / Chieftec CTG Series, Be Quiet, Zalman 600W ZM600-TX black. The Zalman's effiency is over 80%, excatly is 86%! It's worth to buy!

lalamen01 · Mar 27, 2016

Archaic59 :

i live in israel and as i see from the retail websites we dont have zalman here.could u suggest some corsair thermaltake or coolermaster?

Puposbali · Mar 27, 2016

Corsair CX Series it's so good, and they have a good effiency!

Archaic59 · Mar 27, 2016

Seasonic is high quality and is available online in Israel-

http://www.goldtop.co.il/show_details.asp?prod_id=42441&catid=

They also have a Seasonic 620 watt unit you could use if you want a little extra power.

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