just wanna ask if this kind psu is ok

[anybody?]

is this psu ok for lower end pc? don't have gpu, I'm only using vega 8 graphics from ryzen 3 2200g

thanks for your opinion

[nox_]

Wouldn't use it in any system tbh.

[HanZie82]

Yeah since a PSU can take other hardware with it, no thank you. I would not take any risks...

 

_{I will not buy or use a shitty PSU, in the hope the manufacterers of those shit PSU go bankrupt and we only have good ones left.
(i know, but a man can dream cant i.)}

[James Evens]

Copied Thermalfake from a unknown company? won't be good.

[anybody?]

21 minutes ago, James Evens said:

Copied Thermalfake from a unknown company? won't be good.

do you have any suggestions then? just need 500 watts 

dont have a lot of budget though but can you suggest a pretty decent one

 

[anybody?]

25 minutes ago, James Evens said:

Copied Thermalfake from a unknown company? won't be good.

do you have any suggestions then? just need 500 watts 

dont have a lot of budget though but can you suggest a pretty decent one

[anybody?]

29 minutes ago, HanZie82 said:

Yeah since a PSU can take other hardware with it, no thank you. I would not take any risks...

 

_{I will not buy or use a shitty PSU, in the hope the manufacterers of those shit PSU go bankrupt and we only have good ones left.
(i know, but a man can dream cant i.)}

do you have any suggestions then? just need 500 watts 

dont have a lot of budget though but can you suggest a pretty decent one

[HanZie82]

Just now, anybody? said:

do you have any suggestions then? just need 500 watts 

dont have a lot of budget though but can you suggest a pretty decent one

dont have a lot, is that 150 or 25?
Give us more info, like budget, region and you alreday said spec a bit so thats good. Just the rest.

 

[anybody?]

9 minutes ago, HanZie82 said:

dont have a lot, is that 150 or 25?
Give us more info, like budget, region and you alreday said spec a bit so thats good. Just the rest.

 

for budget I'm assuming it's in usd, can I get a decent one at around 25 to 50 usd? I only have a low end pc btw a biostar A320MH, ryzen 3 2200g, a1 stick of ddr4 8gb or ram(planning to buy another one), a WD 240 sata ssd, and an acer V196HQL monitor, doesn't even have gpu.

I'm from the philippines btw thank you for your help

 

[HanZie82]

1 minute ago, anybody? said:

for budget I'm assuming it's in usd, can I get a decent one at around 25 to 50 usd? I only have a low end pc btw a biostar A320MH, ryzen 3 2200g, a WD 240 sata ssd, and an acer V196HQL monitor, doesn't even have gpu.

I'm from the philippines btw thank you for your help

 

Yeah i think to get most eyes on it, is make a seperate topic for that question. (USD works but since it needs to be sourced localy also local currency helps, there are ppl from all over the world in here.)
Remember the better you make that post look the better the results might be.

 

Also pretty sure if you not planning on putting a GPU in there 500Watts is way overkill.

The CPU would barely reach 100Watts used then a HDD is about 5-10Watts mother board takes around 20Watts. So you could even do with a 200Watt PSU.
But to be safe i would recommend a 300Watt-ish quality PSU.

[anybody?]

thanks for the advice

 

As I was browsing the web I got my eyes on this, is this a good one? or its not?

 

 

[anybody?]

25 minutes ago, HanZie82 said:

Yeah i think to get most eyes on it, is make a seperate topic for that question. (USD works but since it needs to be sourced localy also local currency helps, there are ppl from all over the world in here.)
Remember the better you make that post look the better the results might be.

 

Also pretty sure if you not planning on putting a GPU in there 500Watts is way overkill.

The CPU would barely reach 100Watts used then a HDD is about 5-10Watts mother board takes around 20Watts. So you could even do with a 200Watt PSU.
But to be safe i would recommend a 300Watt-ish quality PSU.

thanks for the advice

 

As I was browsing the web I got my eyes on this, is this a good one? or its not?

 

 

[anybody?]

is this brand ok for a psu? its got 80+ white rating on it, though I don't really know what it means

anyways I need your help guys because I'm new to this things

 

thanks for the help

 

[Dedayog]

Google 80+ ratings, to understand what white means.

 

 

[yash5599]

go with Gigabyte P450B in this price range.. you'll save more power.

[minibois]

1 minute ago, anybody? said:

is this brand ok for a psu? its got 80+ white rating on it, though I don't really know what it means. anyways I need your help guys because I'm new to this things

Thermaltake Smart 430W

The 80+ rating is about the efficiency of the PSU. Your house's voltage is probably somewhere between 120 and 240 volts, but your PC parts don't run at that voltage. They mostly run on 12v, 5v or 3.3v power.

A PSU takes your mains 120-240v and converts it to 3.3v-12v power. In converting this power, there is some ineffeciency. The 80+ rating has various level (white, bronze, silver, gold, etc.) with varying levels of efficiency but they start (as the 80+ name suggests) at 80% efficiency and go up.

 

Anyways, this efficiency rating is mostly irrelevant when picking out a PSU, because it is not a quality rating. There are numerous components in a PSU, which need to be of sufficient quality.

 

Without knowing what PC parts you're getting, it's hard to say what sort of quality of PSU you need (as you can imagine a system with no videocard vs. a dual RTX 3080 needs a way different quality tier of PSU).

This Thermaltake PSU is not great though and I cannot recommend it.

 

Please list the components in your PC (at least the CPU, videocard and case) and rough budget on the PSU for some different recommendations.

[Haro]

10 hours ago, anybody? said:

its got 80+ white rating on it, though I don't really know what it means

Efficiency is how much power the psu draws from the wall to supply the needed power for the build. it has nothing to do with quality. 

10 hours ago, anybody? said:

thanks for the help

Budget? what are you powering? and location and currency? the thermal take smart is pretty bad and i personally would not use it.   

[anybody?]

16 minutes ago, minibois said:

The 80+ rating is about the efficiency of the PSU. Your house's voltage is probably somewhere between 120 and 240 volts, but your PC parts don't run at that voltage. They mostly run on 12v, 5v or 3.3v power.

A PSU takes your mains 120-240v and converts it to 3.3v-12v power. In converting this power, there is some ineffeciency. The 80+ rating has various level (white, bronze, silver, gold, etc.) with varying levels of efficiency but they start (as the 80+ name suggests) at 80% efficiency and go up.

 

Anyways, this efficiency rating is mostly irrelevant when picking out a PSU, because it is not a quality rating. There are numerous components in a PSU, which need to be of sufficient quality.

 

Without knowing what PC parts you're getting, it's hard to say what sort of quality of PSU you need (as you can imagine a system with no videocard vs. a dual RTX 3080 needs a way different quality tier of PSU).

This Thermaltake PSU is not great though and I cannot recommend it.

 

Please list the components in your PC (at least the CPU, videocard and case) and rough budget on the PSU for some different recommendations.

thanks for your reply its very informative I almost thought that 80+ ratings are quality ratings

 

anyways here are the specifications of my low end pc:

 

ryzen 3 2200g(and a stock cpu cooler)

Biostar A320MH

WD Green ssd 240Gb

1 stick of 8Gb ram (planning to buy another one)

a 24 inch led monitor

i don't have any GPU

and planning to add 2 case fans

don't know what brand my case is though but it's a generic one that comes with a psu

 

my budget is around 25-50$

 

thanks for helping bro

[anybody?]

22 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Efficiency is how much power the psu draws from the wall to supply the needed power for the build. it has nothing to do with quality. 

Budget? what are you powering? and location and currency? the thermal take smart is pretty bad and i personally would not use it.   

my budget is around 25-50$ (1200-2500pesos) in my currency, location is philippines currency is peso, the standard voltage in our country is 220V with 60Hz

thanks for helping

[minibois]

5 minutes ago, anybody? said:

thanks for your reply its very informative I almost thought that 80+ ratings are quality ratings

I wish it was that easy

5 minutes ago, anybody? said:

ryzen 3 2200g(and a stock cpu cooler)

i don't have any GPU

[...]

my budget is around 25-50$

Both are slightly out of this budget, but these would be the cheapest PSU's I would be comfortable recommending.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FL3H99/seasonic-s12iii-500-w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-ssr-500gb3

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Q7L7YJ/corsair-cx-2017-450w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-cp-9020120-na

9 minutes ago, anybody? said:

don't know what brand my case is though but it's a generic one that comes with a psu

reason I asked is because if it's for example a non-standard case, a new PSU might not fit in the current case.

[Haro]

10 hours ago, anybody? said:

my budget is around 25-50$

Oh yea that's a rough budget. 

what are you powering exactly? and does the system power 9 or the MWE white V2 or the bronze V2 or the cx or the pure power 11/11cm (400w and above) fit in your budget? 

because honestly, please don't cheap out on a psu. 

[anybody?]

12 minutes ago, minibois said:

I wish it was that easy

Both are slightly out of this budget, but these would be the cheapest PSU's I would be comfortable recommending.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FL3H99/seasonic-s12iii-500-w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-ssr-500gb3

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Q7L7YJ/corsair-cx-2017-450w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-cp-9020120-na

reason I asked is because if it's for example a non-standard case, a new PSU might not fit in the current case.

i tried to scan around the case hoping to find something but there's nothing 

thanks btw

[dhannemon13]

Welp, my brother are on the same problem. And kind of the same budget, unfortunately. @minibois @TofuHaroto

 

Ryzen 5 1500X, stock cooler

8 GB of GEIL RAM

ASUS's 1050 Ti

MSI B350 Mortar

1 140mm front fan, 1 120mm back fan

 

I saw on PSU calculator and it's on 320-ish W.

Is it actually good enough to use a 450W PSU for this build? Previously he's using a 500W XFX XT (and yes, shady af brand turns out. Can't even find a contact of the local company. Seller claims it's Seasonic's OEM lol) that suddenly dies of no reason.

[minibois]

1 minute ago, dhannemon13 said:

Welp, my brother are on the same problem. And kind of the same budget, unfortunately. @minibois @TofuHaroto

Ryzen 5 1500X, stock cooler

ASUS's 1050 Ti

I saw on PSU calculator and it's on 320-ish W.

Is it actually good enough to use a 450W PSU for this build? Previously he's using a 500W XFX XT that suddenly dies of no reason.

The CX450 would be fine for this build.

Can't recommend the S12III with a dedicated videocard.

[dhannemon13]

3 minutes ago, minibois said:

The CX450 would be fine for this build.

Can't recommend the S12III with a dedicated videocard.

Thanks for the reply, but unfortunately can't even find any single one CX 450 on the market. All of the CX variant started on 550 and it's way beyond of the budget.

 

Is CV 450 will do any good?