Friend having power issues,

[Zach Is Kill]

Long story short, someone built his computer with a semi-decent gpu. He upgraded it and complained about problems. I took a look at it and he has a Power Man 450W PSU. The computer uses up about 338W according to PCPartPicker. Im pretty sure its the not-so-good PSU. I told him there are a few options. Either get a better PSU or downgrade the GPU to a less power consuming part. I need reccomendations for a PSU. Heres a link to his computer partlist. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6CMrCJ

 

(PCPartPicker did not even have any Power Man brands of PSU)

 

Thanks

[Tedster]

Having done some quick research, that PSU seems pretty sketchy.

 

Go for a Corsair CX series if you want something relatively cheap, at least 500 watts in my opinion.

[W-L]

Long story short, someone built his computer with a semi-decent gpu. He upgraded it and complained about problems. I took a look at it and he has a Power Man 450W PSU. The computer uses up about 338W according to PCPartPicker. Im pretty sure its the not-so-good PSU. I told him there are a few options. Either get a better PSU or downgrade the GPU to a less power consuming part. I need reccomendations for a PSU. Heres a link to his computer partlist. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6CMrCJ

 

(PCPartPicker did not even have any Power Man brands of PSU)

 

Thanks

 

I would recommend changing that PSU, I've never heard hat brand before and it's probably not capable to delivering it's max rated wattage effectively especially if he overclocks.

[Adreyu]

definitely needs a better psu over 500 watts preferably at least bronze certified. non certified psus are unreliable and honestly probably only give you a fraction of the power they advertise as usable wattage