Do I need a bigger psu

[pseghers]

So here is whats in my rig. I've got an AMD FX 8350 CPU, an Asus Sabertooth 990FXA R2.0 mobo and 8G of RAM G.SKill , and an Nvidia EVGA GTX 660 Ti sc GPU. I have a 530W raidmax PSU. Do I need more???

 

[rolli59]

530watt is enough but Raidmax is not known for quality so I suggest getting another one from Seasonic, Corsair, Antec, Enermax, XFX.... just to name few.

 

[pseghers]

Thanks for the Heads up, raidmax was the only brand that the closet pc store sold. The rest of my stuff was bought from newegg

 

[rolli59]

Good replacement http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013

 

[pseghers]

thanks for the help roli. just curious, whats wrong with raidmax

 

[rolli59]

Is it this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152028
First of no active pfc (little red volt selector switch a give away) no 80+ cert for efficiency, lack of internal protection to protect your other hardware in case of failure, low amp rating on the +12 volts for the size and so on.
The lack of internal protection is the biggest there since if the PSU fails it can kill some of the other components.

 

[pseghers]

oh *** yes thats the one i have. I think immediate replacement is neccessary

 

[pseghers]

this scares me because ive invested nearly $1000.00 on my computer. I'll have to wait till thursday unfortunately to get another. im kind of pissed they didnt tell me anything like that at PC plus. I dont even want that damn psu anymore after reading all that ive read about raidmax now. I cant thank you enough for showing me this

 

[pseghers]

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