Which PSU?

[Sumolizer]

I cant buy a psu box-packed as only Junky Units are available and they are ridiculously over priced.

So i can only buy Used psu's.

Currently these are available to buy 

1)CX430 v2

2)VX450

3)VS450 (Its a bad one i've heard)

[Spotty]

Don't buy a 10 year old used low quality power supply.

 

What's your budget?
Where are you buying from (Country, and provide local websites you can buy from)
What are your system specs?

[Sumolizer]

Just now, Spotty said:

Don't buy a 10 year old used low quality power supply.

 

What's your budget?
Where are you buying from (Country, and provide local websites you can buy from)
What are your system specs?

i5 2400

GTX950

My budget is around 40$

 

[Fasauceome]

what model VS are the ones you're looking at? orange or grey label?

 

if those are literally your only options, a grey label VS is about the best you'd get. Just don't expect to be upgrading to an i7 and GT 1080 using it.

[Sumolizer]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

what model VS are the ones you're looking at? orange or grey label?

 

if those are literally your only options, a grey label VS is about the best you'd get. Just don't expect to be upgrading to an i7 and GT 1080 using it.

Nah VS orange .

 

[Sumolizer]

2 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

what model VS are the ones you're looking at? orange or grey label?

 

if those are literally your only options, a grey label VS is about the best you'd get. Just don't expect to be upgrading to an i7 and GT 1080 using it.

 

5 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Don't buy a 10 year old used low quality power supply.

 

What's your budget?
Where are you buying from (Country, and provide local websites you can buy from)
What are your system specs?

I guess CX is the best option

[Fasauceome]

6 minutes ago, Sumolizer said:

 

I guess CX is the best option

if you want to know what you're getting into, here's a real helpful piece of technical data

The conclusion on the unit you're considering is that it's suitable for an "office system," and I think your PC just about falls into that category, or at lest is in the limbo between budget gaming PC and office PC. 

[Sumolizer]

3 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

if you want to know what you're getting into, here's a real helpful piece of technical data

The conclusion on the unit you're considering is that it's suitable for an "office system," and I think your PC just about falls into that category, or at lest is in the limbo between budget gaming PC and office PC. 

If i stretch my budget a bit more i think i can get my hands on a CX450 grey (2017).

I mean i have a Antec High current gamer 520w psu but the problem is that it restarts under load

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, Sumolizer said:

If i stretch my budget a bit more i think i can get my hands on a CX450 grey (2017).

I mean i have a Antec High current gamer 520w psu but the problem is that it restarts under load

A grey label CX450 is an astronomical improvement, it would be a strong PSU to use in your system for years to come A friend of mine powers his Ryzen 5 3600 and GTX 1080 off it, runs like a champ.

 

Assuming you have upgrade plans in the future, I highly recommend it.

[Sumolizer]

Just now, Fasauceome said:

A grey label CX450 is an astronomical improvement, it would be a strong PSU to use in your system for years to come A friend of mine powers his Ryzen 5 3600 and GTX 1080 off it, runs like a champ.

 

Assuming you have upgrade plans in the future, I highly recommend it.

I will now go for it and will ditch the aforementioned psu.

Thanks for the advice

[Sumolizer]

On 1/11/2020 at 7:23 PM, Fasauceome said:

A grey label CX450 is an astronomical improvement, it would be a strong PSU to use in your system for years to come A friend of mine powers his Ryzen 5 3600 and GTX 1080 off it, runs like a champ.

 

Assuming you have upgrade plans in the future, I highly recommend it.

So i just wanted to ask a question.

I don't think i can opt for the CX450 (Grey)

So should i go for a CX430 v2?

I mean the max upgrade i would go with this PSU will be probably a 1060 or RX570.

I just dont want any PSU with a risk of fire or boom.

Will it surfice? (I mean will it not cause fire with the GTX950)

[SavageNeo]

34 minutes ago, Sumolizer said:

So should i go for a CX430 v2?

No.

[Fasauceome]

6 hours ago, Sumolizer said:

So i just wanted to ask a question.

I don't think i can opt for the CX450 (Grey)

So should i go for a CX430 v2?

I mean the max upgrade i would go with this PSU will be probably a 1060 or RX570.

I just dont want any PSU with a risk of fire or boom.

Will it surfice? (I mean will it not cause fire with the GTX950)

You're not looking at a "go boom" scenario with the CX green label, it's just got a lot of bad traits to it like poor protections that make it more vulnerable, and it's group regulated so the voltage will ripple a lot more and cause your parts to last shorter. 

 

The CX v2 isn't catastrophically bad, just not good. If it's all you can afford then you can get it, you won't pop your PC, just consider a PSU upgrade down the line if you want some beefier hardware.

[Sumolizer]

11 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

You're not looking at a "go boom" scenario with the CX green label, it's just got a lot of bad traits to it like poor protections that make it more vulnerable, and it's group regulated so the voltage will ripple a lot more and cause your parts to last shorter. 

 

The CX v2 isn't catastrophically bad, just not good. If it's all you can afford then you can get it, you won't pop your PC, just consider a PSU upgrade down the line if you want some beefier hardware.

Ok what about

1)VX450

2)Thermaltake tr2 430w

3)Corsiar CXM500w

[Fasauceome]

Just now, Sumolizer said:

VX450

A grey label VS is as good as a green label CX, and orange label VS is worse.

 

1 minute ago, Sumolizer said:

Thermaltake tr2 430w

Avoid

 

1 minute ago, Sumolizer said:

Corsiar CXM500w

Assuming this is another green label, same situation as the other PSU you're considering.

[Sumolizer]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

A grey label VS is as good as a green label CX, and orange label VS is worse.

 

Avoid

 

Assuming this is another green label, same situation as the other PSU you're considering.

Its VX not VS

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Sumolizer said:

Its VX not VS

Oh that's much older. Pass that up as well.

[Sumolizer]

14 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Oh that's much older. Pass that up as well.

Very Very Unfortunately that CX430 v2 went out of stock.

Now i am completely out of options.

THese are the PSU i can buy.

1)VX450

2)VS450

3)TR2 430

4)CM elite 400w

5)Antec Earthwatts 500w

[Fasauceome]

14 minutes ago, Sumolizer said:

Very Very Unfortunately that CX430 v2 went out of stock.

Now i am completely out of options.

THese are the PSU i can buy.

1)VX450

2)VS450

3)TR2 430

4)CM elite 400w

5)Antec Earthwatts 500w

The least bad is the earthwatts, but still, having to pick from "least bad" is not a good position to be in

[Sumolizer]

13 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

The least bad is the earthwatts, but still, having to pick from "least bad" is not a good position to be in

But i like it feels like its way too old.

I think i will try to go to a far away city and  try to find some good unit there

[oeci]

Are there no online stores where you live? Why are the mentioned PSUs the only ones you can get?

[Sumolizer]

8 hours ago, oeci said:

Are there no online stores where you live? Why are the mentioned PSUs the only ones you can get?

No . No good psu is available online. Like a Thermaltake Litepower 400w for around 60 bucks

[Sumolizer]

20 hours ago, Fasauceome said:

The least bad is the earthwatts, but still, having to pick from "least bad" is not a good position to be in

 

9 hours ago, oeci said:

Are there no online stores where you live? Why are the mentioned PSUs the only ones you can get?

 

20 hours ago, Fasauceome said:

The least bad is the earthwatts, but still, having to pick from "least bad" is not a good position to be in

 

On 1/13/2020 at 11:58 AM, SavageNeo said:

No.

What about a Seasonic ET500.

SS500ET.

The shopkeeper says that he is running a RX580 on it

Also what about a Enermax PRO82+ 425w

[Sumolizer]

What about that Seasonic SS500ET and a Enermax PRO82+ 425w?

Both are 80+ rated

[Fasauceome]

3 hours ago, Sumolizer said:

What about that Seasonic SS500ET and a Enermax PRO82+ 425w?

Both are 80+ rated

They're both just so old

 

At this point you're looking at power supplies that are mostly the same in terms of quality, none good really. It doesn't much matter which one you pick.