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Power supply choice (updated with price)

House of Alex

So my PSU just died and i need a replacement. For my budget, I found a few PSUs to choose from.

 

1) FSP Hyper K 500W 80+ ($65)

2) Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80Plus ($64)

3) Coolermaster MWE 500W ($63)

4) Corsair CX Series™ Semi-Modular 80 PLUS 450w ($88)

5) COOLER MASTER MASTERWATT 550W SEMI-MODULAR 80+ BRONZE ($72)

6) CORSAIR VS Series VS450 (grey) 80 PLUS White Certified ($59)

7) EVGA 500 W2 500Watts 80 PLUS ($68)

8) COOLERMASTER MASTERWATT LITE 230V 500W 80+ ($72)

 

Updated with price, thank you guys!

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I'd say MWE... but those aren't very good options... all of them.

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What budget?
What country? (& what stores can you buy from?)
What system specs?

CPU: Intel i7 6700k  | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170x Gaming 5 | RAM: 2x16GB 3000MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX | GPU: Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1080ti | PSU: Corsair RM750x (2018) | Case: BeQuiet SilentBase 800 | Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34 eSports | SSD: Samsung 970 Evo 500GB + Samsung 840 500GB + Crucial MX500 2TB | Monitor: Acer Predator XB271HU + Samsung BX2450

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@House of Alex Look here for suggestions

 

Use this guide to fix text problems in your postGo here and here for all your power supply needs

 

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13 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

I'd say MWE... but those aren't very good options... all of them.

I kind of know that. But since im from Singapore the price of hardware is really horrible here.

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13 minutes ago, Spotty said:

What budget?
What country? (& what stores can you buy from?)
What system specs?

Im from Singapore. Probably buying from local stores (or local websites). Budget wise i will say anything under 100 SGD is fine.

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5 minutes ago, 8uhbbhu8 said:

@House of Alex Look here for suggestions

 

Thanks for the link! I looked at this just now but i am just wondering if anyone here have some really good (or bad) experience with the 3 power supplies i mentioned.

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44 minutes ago, House of Alex said:

Thanks for the link! I looked at this just now but i am just wondering if anyone here have some really good (or bad) experience with the 3 power supplies i mentioned.

Spend the extra for the MasterWatt. That's all I can recommend.

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Helpful Links: PSU Tier List | Why not group reg? | Avoid the EVGA G3

Helios EVO (Main Desktop) Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W

 

Delta (Laptop) | Galaxy S21 Ultra | Pacific Spirit XT (Server)

Full Specs

Spoiler

 

Helios EVO (Main):

Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V / Team T-Force DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | MSI GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W | MasterLiquid ML240L | 2x 2TB HDD | 256GB SX6000 Pro SSD | 3x Corsair SP120 RGB | Fractal Design Venturi HF-14

 

Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

Intel is bringing DDR4 to the mainstream with the Intel® Core™ i5 6600K and i7 6700K processors. Learn more by clicking the link in the description below.

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Still need to know what hardware the system has in order to recommend a PSU.

CPU: Intel i7 6700k  | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170x Gaming 5 | RAM: 2x16GB 3000MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX | GPU: Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1080ti | PSU: Corsair RM750x (2018) | Case: BeQuiet SilentBase 800 | Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34 eSports | SSD: Samsung 970 Evo 500GB + Samsung 840 500GB + Crucial MX500 2TB | Monitor: Acer Predator XB271HU + Samsung BX2450

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19 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

Spend the extra for the MasterWatt. That's all I can recommend.

I see thanks!

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5 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Still need to know what hardware the system has in order to recommend a PSU.

Right i forgot.

Right now i have a 4th gen i5 and a gtx 760.

Looking forward to upgrade to a ryzen 5 and a 2060/1660ti in the near future.

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Just now, House of Alex said:

Right i forgot.

Right now i have a 4th gen i5 and a gtx 760.

Looking forward to upgrade to a ryzen 5 and a 2060/1660ti in the near future.

The GTX 760 requires 2x PCIe connectors, I think?

 

1 hour ago, House of Alex said:

5) COOLER MASTER MASTERWATT 550W SEMI-MODULAR 80+ BRONZE ($72)

That one.

CPU: Intel i7 6700k  | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170x Gaming 5 | RAM: 2x16GB 3000MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX | GPU: Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1080ti | PSU: Corsair RM750x (2018) | Case: BeQuiet SilentBase 800 | Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34 eSports | SSD: Samsung 970 Evo 500GB + Samsung 840 500GB + Crucial MX500 2TB | Monitor: Acer Predator XB271HU + Samsung BX2450

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3 minutes ago, Spotty said:

The GTX 760 requires 2x PCIe connectors, I think?

 

That one.

Cool thanks!

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