Which PSU is best for my budget rig?

[axsmith234]

CPU Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core... $200.99

Motherboard ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155... $95.99

Video Card SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870... $159.99

PSU N/A $50.00-60.00

CASE LOGISYS Transparent Computer Case... $59.99

Memory Pareema 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600... $21.69

Add On 4x Logisys 15n cold cathode $30.00

Total=... Final W/o GPU $428.55
Final w GPU $548.45

Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182200

Antec BP550 Plus 550W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016

I want modular because of my case but dont know if its worth it.... will these power supplies also be able to crossfire later in the future?

 

[devilofdeaths]

please take off the cathodes amd put the money into a psu because would you want a colorful computer with lights and fried parts because you decided to skimp the psu to make your case/computer look pretty

 

[axsmith234]

whats cheap about these psu's the rosewell has 50amps on 12v...

 

[bigcyco1]

A good 650W PSU will be plenty for a system with two 6870s. However such a system also needs four PCIe connectors, unfortunately most 650W PSU only come with two. You could use peripheral to PCIe adapters if you are happy to use them.

Assuming you are in the USA and buying from newegg
Antec HCG M Series HCG-620M 620W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371059#top



Rosewill HIVE Series HIVE-750 750W Continuous @40°C, 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified, Modular Design, Single +12V Rail, ATX12V v2.31/EPS12V v2.92, SLI Ready, CrossFire Ready, Active-PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182133#top

 

[axsmith234]

I love how everyone bleeds money at tomshardware.... I cant pay 80 for a power supply...the most i can spend is 65 MOST.

 

[dosdecarnitas]

power supply is one of the most important components you dont need to be cheap on

 

[bigcyco1]

Well then you can't afford a Power supply that will run x2 6870 in crossfire however you can afford a PSU that runs one and nobody bleeds money these are the prices the things cost this will run your system http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CFcQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FXFX-ATX-550-Power-Supply%2Fdp%2FB004RJ8EKI&ei=pRANUIvxJMO-2gWZmZgd&usg=AFQjCNHXLzpgBxwWql76TK2RF4iILUvUGQ&sig2=FX9u_lvMT_4iPb-rQPE0-w $63.99 & this item ships for FREE

 

[manofchalk]

Good hardware before bling. Lose the cathodes and get a proper PSU. It is the one component in the rig with the potential to fry the rest, you don't want to get a crap one.

Also, your rig is unbalanced. In a $600 rig, a Core i5 will take up too much of the cash and force you to skimp everywhere else. Case in point, the generic brand 4GB of RAM, a novelty case, an old graphics card, no HDD (you need one) and this current problem of the PSU.

This is a much more balanced, budget rig.

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 965. $109
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

Case: Zalman Z9. $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811235026

PSU: Corsair Enthusiast 650W. $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

Mobo: Asrock 970 AM3+ Extreme3. $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157280

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB) 1600Mhz CL9. $46
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

HDD (Which you forgot about): Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB. $75
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD7750. $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969

Total: $555

 

[bigcyco1]

The Antec BP550 Plus 550W you listed will run your system with a single 6870 but not two A single HD6870 requires a 500W psu with 32A on the 12V rails and (2) 6-pin 75W PCIe power connectors. Two HD6870s in CF require a 600W PSU with 44A on the 12V rails and (4) 6-pin 75W PCIe power connectors.Then you half to factor in other things like OC and breathing room.

 

[devilofdeaths]

Good hardware before bling. Lose the cathodes and get a proper PSU. It is the one component in the rig with the potential to fry the rest, you don't want to get a crap one.

Also, your rig is unbalanced. In a $600 rig, a Core i5 will take up too much of the cash and force you to skimp everywhere else. Case in point, the generic brand 4GB of RAM, a novelty case, an old graphics card, no HDD (you need one) and this current problem of the PSU.

This is a much more balanced, budget rig.

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 965. $109
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

Case: Zalman Z9. $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811235026

PSU: Corsair Enthusiast 650W. $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

Mobo: Asrock 970 AM3+ Extreme3. $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157280

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB) 1600Mhz CL9. $46
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

HDD (Which you forgot about): Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB. $75
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD7750. $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969

Total: $555

+1 and if he wants to spend a bit more he can get a 7770 instead of a 7750

 

[axsmith234]

Good hardware before bling. Lose the cathodes and get a proper PSU. It is the one component in the rig with the potential to fry the rest, you don't want to get a crap one.

Also, your rig is unbalanced. In a $600 rig, a Core i5 will take up too much of the cash and force you to skimp everywhere else. Case in point, the generic brand 4GB of RAM, a novelty case, an old graphics card, no HDD (you need one) and this current problem of the PSU.

This is a much more balanced, budget rig.

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 965. $109
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

Case: Zalman Z9. $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811235026

PSU: Corsair Enthusiast 650W. $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

Mobo: Asrock 970 AM3+ Extreme3. $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157280

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB) 1600Mhz CL9. $46
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

HDD (Which you forgot about): Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB. $75
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD7750. $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969

Total: $555

HAHA $600 RIG build, my original price was suppose to be 300 then 400 then 500 now its 600....I love you tomshardware...making people broke one component at a time =/

 

[axsmith234]

Good hardware before bling. Lose the cathodes and get a proper PSU. It is the one component in the rig with the potential to fry the rest, you don't want to get a crap one.

Also, your rig is unbalanced. In a $600 rig, a Core i5 will take up too much of the cash and force you to skimp everywhere else. Case in point, the generic brand 4GB of RAM, a novelty case, an old graphics card, no HDD (you need one) and this current problem of the PSU.

This is a much more balanced, budget rig.

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 965. $109
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

Case: Zalman Z9. $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811235026

PSU: Corsair Enthusiast 650W. $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

Mobo: Asrock 970 AM3+ Extreme3. $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157280

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB) 1600Mhz CL9. $46
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

HDD (Which you forgot about): Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB. $75
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD7750. $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969

Total: $555

I did the micrcenter deal and I got like 80 bucks off of the motherboard and cpu. I dont care if i have 4gb of memory, just want enough to play skyrim. i dont need a hardrive already have like 6 hdds. From everything ive researched about the 6870, I wanna marry it. "all I want is Skyrim ultra and I will die happy". Matter a fact, f the crossfire (1) 6870 and a cup of cocoa and im good. I need a good cpu because i want to run ps2 emulators on my computer. the cold cathodes werent even included in the build total just to let you guys know. I was going to run off of the Hd 4000 until i can save enough lunch money to buy the 6870 which is perfectly enough...i dont need anything better then that from what ive gathered from price performance bench marks. ummm what else....? I didnt skimp much on anything I think...i wanted that case.... I also wanted that cpu...dont really know whats wrong with generic ram if i am not overclocking the ram... the whole point of the case is for the cathodes....i dont even know what im saying anymore, I am still not realizing how getting a $65 psu is skimping...

 

[axsmith234]

*** it, we'll buy it live! I hope you guys are happy that I wont be having lunch for the next month...this is my final offer power supply!

OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W: definitely going to use the rebate...

http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-ModXStream-Modular-Performance-compatible/dp/B001EYV690/ref=pd_cp_e_2

 

[azeem40]

Crappy PSU. You might as well buy whatever you want cuz you're certainly not heeding our advice.

 

[manofchalk]

HAHA $600 RIG build, my original price was suppose to be 300 then 400 then 500 now its 600....I love you tomshardware...making people broke one component at a time =/

Well have fun trying to build a machine for $300 then. I can guarantee that it wont do what you want, and what it will do is going to be rife with problems.

You never state how high your willing to go, and the build you posted at the start was running at $548, I gave you a better system with quality parts for $7 more, hardly busting your budget. Also, if you have hardware already (Like 6 HDD's), F***** tell us! If you use the cash dedicated to the HDD in my build you can get your HD6870.

Also, we don't set the prices of hardware. You can blame Intel, AMD, Nvidia, manufacturers, international resource prices, differing tax's throughout countries,natural disasters and the whole capitalist economy for current hardware prices. We tell you whats good and whats not, and unfortunately bargain bin components are not good. To do what you wanted, you need to spend this much cash.

Quite simply, you came to us (The tech geeks, who know this stuff) for advice (multiple times, I'v read you'r other threads), and dismissed it each time. If you refuse to listen to us, do whatever you want. You can have fun playing Skyrim on your $300 machine.

That PSU will do, dont expect to crossfire on it.

 

[axsmith234]

Crappy PSU. You might as well buy whatever you want cuz you're certainly not heeding our advice.

What do you mean that's a 90 dollar power supply...WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!!?!? [cries]

 

[axsmith234]

Well have fun trying to build a machine for $300 then. I can guarantee that it wont do what you want, and what it will do is going to be rife with problems.

You never state how high your willing to go, and the build you posted at the start was running at $548, I gave you a better system with quality parts for $7 more, hardly busting your budget. Also, if you have hardware already (Like 6 HDD's), F***** tell us! If you use the cash dedicated to the HDD in my build you can get your HD6870.

Also, we don't set the prices of hardware. You can blame Intel, AMD, Nvidia, manufacturers, international resource prices, differing tax's throughout countries,natural disasters and the whole capitalist economy for current hardware prices. We tell you whats good and whats not, and unfortunately bargain bin components are not good. To do what you wanted, you need to spend this much cash.

Quite simply, you came to us (The tech geeks, who know this stuff) for advice (multiple times, I'v read you'r other threads), and dismissed it each time. If you refuse to listen to us, do whatever you want. You can have fun playing Skyrim on your $300 machine.

That PSU will do, dont expect to crossfire on it.

I didn't state those things because this thread wasn't to criticize the build but the psu...not saying your build was bad, it's just that I already have the build waiting to be built at my house beside the psu, ram, and gfx which i wasn't going to get anyway until i get the 150(that's why it says without gfx card).It also said at the psu part that its 50-60.

T_T what do you mean not crossfire its a 700W!?!?!?

 

[manofchalk]

Follow the link you posted, says 600W. You probably meant this Supply.
http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-ModXStream-Modular-Performance-compatible/dp/B001IZ7MHU/ref=pd_cp_pc_0

750W is required to dual Crossfire comfortably (especially on older cards). 700W will work but don't expect much headroom to overclock and add more hardware.

Again, if you already had hardware, you should have posted that you had it. Otherwise we assume that you have nothing and we have infinite freedom to suggest changes to the rig, you have to give us info when you want advice. And it is pretty confusing to put prices next to parts you already have, gives the impression you don't have it yet.

If you wanted advice on just the PSU, why did you iclude the rest of your rig? All you had to say was
"3570k, HD6870 rig, want to dual crossfire later. have $60, what PSU should I get?". The answer would have been the same, you need to spend more, but you would have gotten it a lot quicker.

 

[bigcyco1]

And you want fully modular psu those usually cost more

 

[axsmith234]

Follow the link you posted, says 600W. You probably meant this Supply.
http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-ModXStream-Modular-Performance-compatible/dp/B001IZ7MHU/ref=pd_cp_pc_0

750W is required to dual Crossfire comfortably (especially on older cards). 700W will work but don't expect much headroom to overclock and add more hardware.

Again, if you already had hardware, you should have posted that you had it. Otherwise we assume that you have nothing and we have infinite freedom to suggest changes to the rig, you have to give us info when you want advice. And it is pretty confusing to put prices next to parts you already have, gives the impression you don't have it yet.

If you wanted advice on just the PSU, why did you iclude the rest of your rig? All you had to say was
"3570k, HD6870 rig, want to dual crossfire later. have $60, what PSU should I get?". The answer would have been the same, you need to spend more, but you would have gotten it a lot quicker.

So is this a good enough psu....I don't want to be comfortable I probably wont even overclock for a long time and definitely not over 4.

700 is enough for me... the extreme watt calculator says at max 100% load to every component and overclocked to 4.2 it recommended 730 watt 691 min...my cold cathodes will be turned off most of the time and i wont even use the dvd burner... even at 80% it recommended 600watts... think im fine?

can you sign off on this psu or is it garbage....

 

[bigcyco1]

Just quit messing around and get this you'll be able to run 6870 crossfire and overclocked with this i doubt hes going to answer back everybody has had enough of your temper tantrums
Rosewill HIVE Series HIVE-750 750W Continuous @40°C, 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified, Modular Design, Single +12V Rail, ATX12V v2.31/EPS12V v2.92, SLI Ready, CrossFire Ready, Active-PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182133#top
$15 off w/ promo code EMCNCHF27, ends 7/30

 

[manofchalk]

OCZ is a mid range brand, but its better than a generic. That PSU will perform to an acceptable standard, just don't bank on it lasting more than 2 or 3yrs as PSU's always degrade over time. It will be fine for your purposes.

That's weird, PSU calculators often under-estimate how much you need but that ones over-estimated more. 700W is sufficient.

 

[axsmith234]

Just quit messing around and get this you'll be able to run 6870 crossfire and overclocked with this i doubt hes going to answer back everybody has had enough of your temper tantrums
Rosewill HIVE Series HIVE-750 750W Continuous @40°C, 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified, Modular Design, Single +12V Rail, ATX12V v2.31/EPS12V v2.92, SLI Ready, CrossFire Ready, Active-PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182133#top
$15 off w/ promo code EMCNCHF27, ends 7/30

...........................ok, I give up...=( ima buy the hive....this totally messed up my budget though...w/e what mom doesn't know wont kill her...at least not until she get's her credit card statements...

 

[axsmith234]

OCZ is a mid range brand, but its better than a generic. That PSU will perform to an acceptable standard, just don't bank on it lasting more than 2 or 3yrs as PSU's always degrade over time. It will be fine for your purposes.

That's weird, PSU calculators often under-estimate how much you need but that ones over-estimated more. 700W is sufficient.

I added random stuff that I might get in the future just to be safe. SSD, RPM HDD, 5 cathodes, overclocked to 4.2 with 1.5v even though i'm not going to go that high, extra fan, 100% max cpu and all components even though it wont go that high, 2 usb's, high-end mobo even tho its a regular board.

 

[bigcyco1]

...........................ok, I give up...=( ima buy the hive....this totally messed up my budget though...w/e what mom doesn't know wont kill her...at least not until she get's her credit card statements...

good choice and hopefully your mom won't be to mad