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TheTypicalLlama
By TheTypicalLlama
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3 minutes ago, TheTypicalLlama said:

Does anyone have recommendations for a power supply for people like me on a tight budget 

Give us your system specs please.  We can't recommend a PSU without knowing how much wattage you might require.
And what is your budget?
We need more information 🙂

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3 minutes ago, TheTypicalLlama said:

tight budget

is that budget like banana price tight or used rx 580 tight? (i.e. is it 5 bucks or higher?)

 

3 minutes ago, TheTypicalLlama said:

power supply

some 'acceptable' budget psus from low to high prices:

Thermaltake Smart 600 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (PS-SPD-0600NPCWUS-W) - PCPartPicker

Thermaltake Toughpower GX2 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (PS-TPD-0600NNFAGU-2) - PCPartPicker

Apevia Prestige 800 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (ATX-RP800W) - PCPartPicker

Message me on discord (bread8669) for more help 

Quote me if you want me to get notified

 

Current parts list: PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For £175.00) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For £144.99) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (Purchased For £89.99) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (Purchased For £448.99) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (Purchased For £82.98) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.00) 
Total: £1040.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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45 minutes ago, TheTypicalLlama said:

Does anyone have recommendations for a power supply for people like me on a tight budget 

Country?

Budget?

Specs of your build?

 

I highly reccomend used as youll get much cheaper units, basically means you can buy a <5yo quality 850w gold unit like the rmx for a mere 40-60$, or you can buy a cheaper lower end unit for 10-20$ instead (12v rail has to be within 100w of psu rating otherwise its a trash psu)

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2 hours ago, filpo said:

is that budget like banana price tight or used rx 580 tight? (i.e. is it 5 bucks or higher?)

 

some 'acceptable' budget psus from low to high prices:

Thermaltake Smart 600 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (PS-SPD-0600NPCWUS-W) - PCPartPicker

Thermaltake Toughpower GX2 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (PS-TPD-0600NNFAGU-2) - PCPartPicker

Apevia Prestige 800 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (ATX-RP800W) - PCPartPicker

The smart really is NOT acceptable. It literally fails ocp protections with ease.

 

The gx2 has a similar issue where it simply fails after triggering it

 

The apevia idk

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