Upgrade

[Sambadtech]

i currntly use a old trash brand G41 board and i really need a upgrade and i have a parts list i picked for real cheep
the cpu is a i5 6500, DDR4 8x2 @1600hz and a Esonic H110(Current specs:Core 2 duo E8400 which cant hit 100%, DDR3 2x2 @600hz, some trash G41 jetway board, GT710 2GB, some offbrand PSU)

now yes i know the cpu is old but the tasks i do so the latest fastest cpu i can get later down the line is the i7-7700k(or non k) and that is good enough for me as i already checked out some bench marks on i5 6500 and they are already really promissing to me
now the main problem in running into is that i dont know what psu to use i wont need more then 450 watts for this build so can anyone recommand me good psu?
i was orginaly looking at the EVGA 600BR but its alot of over head and kinda expensive so i need something a little on the chipper side
i was also woundering if i can just rock my current old some off brand PSU because the i5 6500 uses the same amount of power as my core 2 duo E8400 and ram wont have much difference and i will reuse my GT710 for some time and since the GT710 will bottle neck the i5 by ALOT i should be fine by using the old psu and upgradeing the psu before anything else after i get the motherboard, cpu and ram

thoughts?

[Tetras]

A PSU from the Core 2 Duo era might not support the changes that were made around Haswell with low power idle/states. I have an old PSU and with a skylake board it cuts out unless I install a sound card. You'd also to make sure it has the right connectors for the motherboard, 4 or 8 pin (EPS12v) and 24 pin for the motherboard.

 

How much is the EVGA 600BR? What is your budget?

[Sambadtech]

2 minutes ago, Tetras said:

A PSU from the Core 2 Duo era might not support the changes that were made around Haswell with low power idle/states. I have an old PSU and with a skylake board it cuts out unless I install a sound card. You'd also to make sure it has the right connectors for the motherboard, 4 or 8 pin (EPS12v) and 24 pin for the motherboard.

 

How much is the EVGA 600BR? What is your budget?

currently i dont have a budget, im saving as i make the list, my parents will give me some money so thats nice and the highest i can go is like 150 usd
the EVGA 600BR is about 70 usd

[Sambadtech]

4 minutes ago, Tetras said:

A PSU from the Core 2 Duo era might not support the changes that were made around Haswell with low power idle/states. I have an old PSU and with a skylake board it cuts out unless I install a sound card. You'd also to make sure it has the right connectors for the motherboard, 4 or 8 pin (EPS12v) and 24 pin for the motherboard.

 

How much is the EVGA 600BR? What is your budget?

i saw a PSU from goldkist, idk if the brand is good tho do you know?

[Tetras]

10 minutes ago, Sambadtech said:

i saw a PSU from goldkist, idk if the brand is good tho do you know?

 

I've never heard of them.

 

I'm not familiar with most of the brands in the USA (I don't live there).

 

Having a look on pcpartpicker, let's see.

 

Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 650 is $102, review here of 850 version.

 

RM750e is $99.99, review here of the 1000 watt (2023) version.

 

MSI A650GF is $89.99, review here.

 

Other than those, I'm out of ideas.

[jaslion]

20 minutes ago, Sambadtech said:

i saw a PSU from goldkist, idk if the brand is good tho do you know?

That sounds like some hazard level psu.

 

For 150 you can buy a whole complete dell,hp,... that isn't fill with questionable quality stuff.

 

What do you do on the pc?

[Sambadtech]

3 minutes ago, Tetras said:

 

I've never heard of them.

 

I'm not familiar with most of the brands in the USA (I don't live there).

 

Having a look on pcpartpicker, let's see.

 

Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 650 is $102, review here of 850 version.

 

RM750e is $99.99, review here of the 1000 watt (2023) version.

 

MSI A650GF is $89.99, review here.

 

Other than those, I'm out of ideas.

i dont live in the US either i just used USD as its a pretty standerd currency, as for the psu u provided they all are over 600watts and i dont need that much power

[Sambadtech]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

That sounds like some hazard level psu.

 

For 150 you can buy a whole complete dell,hp,... that isn't fill with questionable quality stuff.

 

What do you do on the pc?

i just do light gaming and talk to friends so yea i dont need anything blazing fast 

[Sambadtech]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

That sounds like some hazard level psu.

 

For 150 you can buy a whole complete dell,hp,... that isn't fill with questionable quality stuff.

 

What do you do on the pc?

as for buying a dell or hp or etc i dont think i can here in my country cus tax and shipping will make it way too expensive

[Tetras]

2 minutes ago, Sambadtech said:

i dont live in the US either i just used USD as its a pretty standerd currency, as for the psu u provided they all are over 600watts and i dont need that much power

 

I'd happily recommend you something at 350, but all the PSUs I can find between 350 and 550 are either junk (bad reputation, short warranty, poor quality components), or from brands I've never heard of (...so also likely to be junk).

 

I used to recommend Seasonic's Core GC-500 for 'cheap' builds, but I think they're out of production.

[Sambadtech]

4 minutes ago, Tetras said:

 

I'd happily recommend you something at 350, but all the PSUs I can find between 350 and 550 are either junk (bad reputation, short warranty, poor quality components), or from brands I've never heard of (...so also likely to be junk).

 

I used to recommend Seasonic's Core GC-500 for 'cheap' builds, but I think they're out of production.

ah thanks, ill make sure to give that a look