Looking for some advice on the best PSU to buy.

[Lokith]

Hey everyone; To start off, I'm running on an old system, but I don't have the means right now to just purchase a new one (That's been planned for down the road). As such I still want to bring mine a little closer to acceptable.

Right now I'm using an HP Pavilion: AMD Athlon[tm] 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ with 1.00 GB RAM.

It comes stock with one LightScribe DVD Supermulti Drive/ CD-W and a DVD drive.

Because I plan on trashing this system or selling it for quite cheap down the road I only plan on putting in a ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCI-E. As is my system runs rather well off of a 300W PSU but I tried the 5450 and that wattage is no longer enough.

So I was just wondering if anyone could give me an idea what a reasonable wattage would be and suggest some models for me.

Thank you.
(If anymore information is required about the system just let me know and I will do what I can to update the post.)

 

[The Halo Don]

300w should be enough, I suggest you just buy a quality 350w, what matters is the amps on the 12v rails.

My suggestion:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371003

I chose a cheaped price one just because you plan to trash the system anyways, and Antec is one of the best in PSU's.

 

[Ubrales]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026

 

[briansklein]

I use zalmans 850 watt psu

http://www.acousticpc.com/zalman_zm850hp_quiet_power_supply.html

been really good to me so far with no problems. Almost no noise at all also.

I know its probably over kill but from my experience upgrading a computer is just inevitable and with a good PSU you cant go wrong. Spend a few bucks if you can afford it and go with a solid PSU.

 

[Lokith]

Thank you for everyone who added in some advice; it was a big help as it gets me some models to compare and base my choice off of

 

[Lokith]

I use zalmans 850 watt psu

http://www.acousticpc.com/zalman_zm850hp_quiet_power_supply.html

been really good to me so far with no problems. Almost no noise at all also.

I know its probably over kill but from my experience upgrading a computer is just inevitable and with a good PSU you cant go wrong. Spend a few bucks if you can afford it and go with a solid PSU.

That is the type of PSU I'm going to run in a year or so when I build myself a brand new system for high performance gaming; I agree that it is better to get a solid high quality PSU but I don't plan on running this system for long enough to output that money right now.

 

[lilotimz]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371033&Tpk=antec%20ea%20380d

Antec ea 380d

But ubrales link to the corsair cx430w v2 which cost $25 after MIR is an excellent buy and I would get that one if i were you.

 

[Lokith]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371033&Tpk=antec%20ea%20380d

Antec ea 380d

But ubrales link to the corsair cx430w v2 which cost $25 after MIR is an excellent buy and I would get that one if i were you.

Yeah that is the one I ordered

 

[Ubrales]

Yeah that is the one I ordered

Yes, the V2s are fine!