Posted May 6, 2015 My current build is: AMD FX-6300, Gigabyte 970a-ds3p, Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 (possibly upgrading to a GTX 960 or a R9 280X soon), Zalman Z11 Plus, Samsung 840 Evo, 1TB HDD, 500W PSU. The PSU is a cheap £30 Coolermaster one so even though it will do for the current build I know that once I upgrade my GPU the PSU won't be able to handle it so I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good PSU that is reliable, modular/semi-modular and will do for my build. Any help would be great, thanks CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 17 years old, PC Enthusiast for 3. Be gentle with me, I'm only young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 6, 2015 The PSU is fine, even when you upgrade to a 280x. An R9 290 can run perfectly on a 550W power supply, so a 280x is fine on that one. CPU i7 6700 Cooling Cryorig H7 Motherboard MSI H110i Pro AC RAM Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB DDR4 2133 GPU Pulse RX 5700 XT Case Fractal Design Define Mini C Storage Trascend SSD370S 256GB + WD Black 320GB + Sandisk Ultra II 480GB + WD Blue 1TB PSU EVGA GS 550 Display Nixeus Vue24B FreeSync 144 Hz Monitor (VESA mounted) Keyboard Aorus K3 Mechanical Keyboard Mouse Logitech G402 OS Windows 10 Home 64 bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 6, 2015 The PSU is a cheap £30 Coolermaster one so even though it will do for the current build I know that once I upgrade my GPU the PSU won't be able to handle it so I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good PSU that is reliable, modular/semi-modular and will do for my build. Depends what GPU you're upgrading to. A 290X for example that PSU won't be able to handle but a 280 or 970 will be fine "Rawr XD" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 Which cheap CM 500watt PSU do you have? At £30 I'm wondering if it is the Elite V2 model. Be warned this is a non-PFC model, low in efficiency and is only rated at 360watt on the 12v rail, whatever they print on the box doesn't matter. It's fine for Radeon 7770, but it will be a very close call for the GTX960. 280X will blow that PSU up. However, if it's not the Elite models, but the B500 or B500v2 models, which should be cheap as well, then it should do fine. They are rated 400/450watt on the 12v rail, which most power hungry CPU/GPU feeds on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 Author Which cheap CM 500watt PSU do you have? At £30 I'm wondering if it is the Elite V2 model. Be warned this is a non-PFC model, low in efficiency and is only rated at 360watt on the 12v rail, whatever they print on the box doesn't matter. It's fine for Radeon 7770, but it will be a very close call for the GTX960. 280X will blow that PSU up. However, if it's not the Elite models, but the B500 or B500v2 models, which should be cheap as well, then it should do fine. They are rated 400/450watt on the 12v rail, which most power hungry CPU/GPU feeds on. It is the Elite V2 yeah, that's why I thought it might be wise to get an upgrade. When I first built the PC I was under a budget of around £400 so the PSU I went cheap on, obviously I now realise that was not a wise decision. Would it be best to upgrade the PSU before getting the new GPU then? Just to be safe CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 17 years old, PC Enthusiast for 3. Be gentle with me, I'm only young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 It is the Elite V2 yeah, that's why I thought it might be wise to get an upgrade. When I first built the PC I was under a budget of around £400 so the PSU I went cheap on, obviously I now realise that was not a wise decision. Would it be best to upgrade the PSU before getting the new GPU then? Just to be safe Again, depends on what GPU you're getting. "Rawr XD" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 Author Again, depends on what GPU you're getting. Well, so far I've managed to find a nicely priced refurbished R9 290 on eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/R-MSI-R9-290-GAMING-4G-AMD-Radeon-R9-290-4GB-GDDR5-512-BITS-4K-Resolution-/301618282292?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4639d9bf34 Or the r9 280x if the 290 is not worth it due to being second hand etc. 280x link: http://www.ebuyer.com/581410-msi-r9-280x-gaming-3gb-gddr5-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-card-r9-280x-gaming-3g CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 17 years old, PC Enthusiast for 3. Be gentle with me, I'm only young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 Well, so far I've managed to find a nicely priced refurbished R9 290 on eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/R-MSI-R9-290-GAMING-4G-AMD-Radeon-R9-290-4GB-GDDR5-512-BITS-4K-Resolution-/301618282292?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4639d9bf34 Or the r9 280x if the 290 is not worth it due to being second hand etc. 280x link: http://www.ebuyer.com/581410-msi-r9-280x-gaming-3gb-gddr5-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-card-r9-280x-gaming-3g Yeah the Elite V2 500W won't be enough for a 280X-290. 500W is enough, but you'll want a much better quality one. Since you're in the UK grab the 550W Antec TruePower Classic. It's a fantastic PSU and hands down the best in the price range. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-tp550c "Rawr XD" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 Author Yeah the Elite V2 500W won't be enough for a 280X-290. 500W is enough, but you'll want a much better quality one. Since you're in the UK grab the 550W Antec TruePower Classic. It's a fantastic PSU and hands down the best in the price range. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-tp550c It doesn't specify whether or not it is modular? I was hoping for at least semi-modular to help with cable management CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 17 years old, PC Enthusiast for 3. Be gentle with me, I'm only young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 It doesn't specify whether or not it is modular? I was hoping for at least semi-modular to help with cable management That one is not modular. It's listed in the specs tab. It's always a good day if you woke up breathing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 A Corsair CX430M would be fine if you don't want to overclock. But I would get a Corsair CX600M. My PC/ CPU: Intel i5-4690k with ColerMaster Hyper Evo 212 / Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR / GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti / OS: Windows8.1 / RAM: G.Skill Ares Series 2x4 1600Mhz / Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM / Optical Drive: ASUS 24B1ST / Network: TP-Link WN881ND /////////////////////////// If I fail to respond to your questions, please message me! Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 It doesn't specify whether or not it is modular? I was hoping for at least semi-modular to help with cable management It's not modular. The semi-modular version of the same PSU is almost 50% more expensive. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ssr550rm If you really want a modular PSU then consider the XFX Pro 650 http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650xxxb9 "Rawr XD" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 8, 2015 Personally I would pick this for my own build if I have a FX-6300 and plan to drop an R9 290 inside. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cs550mit's good but not overkill. In fact, that unit is most likely my next unit (until something better/cheaper but just as good came out) if my current PSU ever failed on me. I'm using a Coolermaster GX 750, bought it 5 years ago, still works, but not sure for how much longer. Noisy as hell, more cables than I ever need, big cable mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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