What PSU should i buy?

Seek54 · Aug 2, 2016

I want to buy a GTX 1060 or something from the 10XX series GPU. My Inter-Tech by some of You is a fire hazard so what PSU should I buy?

Im kinda on a tight economy so do not offer me above 150 euro if i can allow that mutch. TY.

Are any of these good? I mean the cheaper ones.

Inkiad · Aug 2, 2016

You don't need 150 euro for a descent power supply.

Get this EVGA G2 550w - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0141B21JG/?tag=pcp0f-21 one of the best in market right now. Comes with 7 years of warranty. Got 10/10 from JonnyGuru - http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=440

Any good 550w power supply is enough for single graphics card pc (well 99% of the time).

Seek54 · Aug 2, 2016

http://imgur.com/a/w39W5 my friend recommended these. My brother is in England so he could drive them back to me (talking about the EVGA).

Seek54 · Aug 2, 2016

And could you tell me if I should change this mobo? http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5244#ov

MrLehi99 · Aug 2, 2016

For the love of god, you will not need a Platinum or Titanium rated PSU. They're only really useful for extreme systems being pushed to the limit on power. Get a gold rated 500-650 watt PSU from EVGA, Corsair, Antec, or Seasonic. As with any power supply, once you find one in your range that you like, do research on it, look at personal reviews and I also highly recommend going to reviews at jonnyGURU. His review of the EVGA Supernova 1000 G2 is what prompted me to buy it.

plywrlw · Aug 2, 2016

For a GTX 1060 this is an excellent choice

https://www.varle.lt/maitinimo-blokai/corsair-cx550m-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-100-240v--1788396.html

Just don't go for the cheaper CX's with the green/black label as they're a different and inferior design

plywrlw · Aug 2, 2016

Seek54 :

Definitely not worth changing. Just stick with that CPU and mobo until you can afford to move to a newer platform.

Seek54 · Aug 2, 2016

plywrlw :

And all the cables will be correct for my current mobo/psu/other things?

Inkiad · Aug 2, 2016

^Agreed.

Get the gpu and power supply now. Change the cpu later when you have enough savings for cpu + motherboard + ram.

Also no need to get those enermax power supplies. Just get the EVGA G2.

plywrlw · Aug 2, 2016

Seek54 :

Yes this is a well -made PSU and will come with all the connectors you need and at a price that means you'll be one step closer to your next upgrade

Inkiad · Aug 2, 2016

As said, mobo/cpu/hdd connectors are standard. So yes, no need to worry it will fit.

Seek54 · Aug 2, 2016

Inkiad :

I have 12GB DDR3 1600mhz ram. Should i change that?
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3350P CPU @ 3.10GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.3GHz

plywrlw · Aug 2, 2016

No, keep the RAM. Nothing wrong with it. After the 1060 and PSU if I were you my next major purchases would be SSD and CPU + mobo but there's life in your current CPU + mobo yet so no hurry

Seek54 · Aug 2, 2016

plywrlw :

I'm not a big fan of SSD's they have not a lot of space. I used my 1TB and 40% were torrents so unless it would segnificently improve my pc I don't think i will be buying it. Never had one though, could be wrong.

plywrlw · Aug 2, 2016

They just make everything faster though they don't have much impact on gaming. Most people do what I have; install Windows on a 200-500Gb SSD and then put a bigger 2-4 Tb mechanical drive and use that as storage

Seek54 · Aug 2, 2016

Oh, and is it true that the corsair cx's are bad? A random person on twitch chat said he builds pc's and said that it hasn't got smooth power delivery?
Thanks for the help.

plywrlw · Aug 2, 2016

The new ones with the white labels are very good. The older ones with the green and black labels are not very good.

Inkiad · Aug 3, 2016

CX series is bad. Widely seen to fail left and right. New CXM is quite good, uses higher quality components. But as it has released not too long ago, we will see.

plywrlw · Aug 3, 2016

This is the cousin of the new CXM and has received a glowing review on Jonnyguru http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=475

In fact, as Lithuania is an EU country, why not buy the Vengeance from Amazon.de https://www.amazon.de/Corsair-CP-9020111--Vengeance-Teil-Modular-Netzteil/dp/B01CQ4AO3A/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1470210588&sr=1-1&keywords=corsair+vengeance

I live in the UK and bought a Vengeance 650M for a PC build not that long ago from Amazon.de and it was way cheaper than the CXM in the UK - got to make the most of being an EU member whilst it lasts

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