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Started by Twirlz | | 5 answers
What PSU for Haswell?
For quite a while now I have been looking at what power supply to get for this basic office PC.

Specs:
i3 4150
8GB RAM
no GPU
ASUS H81 motherboard
1 SSD and two hard drives

I'm fairly certain I don't need much wattage at all, as it would only pull at most 150W from the wall. I'm just a bit confused as to what brands/models are reliable. I of course want the power supply to be quiet and be stable as long as possible.

My budget is around £40, though lower is better. I'd prefer if it was avalible on Overclockers.co.uk or Ebuyer.com since I get free delivery from them. I was at first looking at the Corsair 430W CX though it has mixed reviews. Over at overclockers theres a lot of postive posts about Superflowers, but I don't think I have ever heard of them?

Thanks!
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October 18, 2014 3:26:47 AM

One of these would do fine,
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/antec-power-su...
the xfx is more on ebuyer,but a good choice.
The antec doesn't come with a power cable so you should have one from a previous psu or buy one with it.
The be quiet is already a good choice and even has one pcie connector so you should be able to add a not to powerfull gpu to that build if you wanted. A r9 270 for instance.
Looking at what you want is imo the last one a good choice.
October 18, 2014 2:26:20 AM

That i cannot say but superflower is an American brand and known for its quality.
October 18, 2014 1:04:40 AM

Thanks for your suggestions.

I am leaning towards a Superflower though I find it a bit strange how Overclockers is the only one who stock them in the UK. Have they only recently made it here? Several models on Overclockers, I think, are actually a few years old but have only recently been avalible here.
October 17, 2014 2:15:26 PM

Super flower is the top most brand of PSu maker its stands side to side as seasonic the evga high quality B2 and G2 PSU are made by superflower .
The CX ,VS,CS and RM series of PSU of tier 3 quality but if you are not gaming and doesn't have a powerful GPU and also not overclocking then cx PSU is fine for you.
In your case any standard 350 - 400 watt PSU would be enough form any brand.
October 17, 2014 1:40:45 PM

The Corsair CX 430W is fine for your computer. I never heard of the superflowers brand earlier either, so can't really comment on that.

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