Did I buy the right PSU?

[Clubconsoles]

the fan in my mum's pc's power supply is really noisy. I opened up the side panel (This was custom built NOT by me) and it had a Evo labs pentium P4.

 

I decided just chuck it and get a new PSU. My mum does not use her PC for gaming she uses it for emails and Microsoft office. So i had a think and even though everyone on this forum hates it it is certainty better than the evo labs in there. As it was recommend by jhonnyguru and I didn't want to spend any more than £50 on a new PSU I went with a corsair CX 430M.

 

So did i make a good choice or a bad choice?

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, Clubconsoles said:

corsair CX 430M

for normal day to day use

without dgpu

this psu will do just fine

 

it'll only crap itself when you're running graphics card off of it

or just put it under load in general

[LynxThe1st]

ye its gewd

unless you've got a titan x and a 6700k cocked at 4.7GHz you're just fine

yes I meant cocked LMFAO well I typed it by accident but fuck it, I'll leave it

[Clubconsoles]

2 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

for normal day to day use

without dgpu

this psu will do just fine

 

it'll only crap itself when you're running graphics card off of it

or just put it under load in general

Just using the IGPU in the dual core celeron she has.

[STRMfrmXMN]

1 minute ago, Clubconsoles said:

Just using the IGPU in the dual core celeron she has.

You're fine then.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Clubconsoles said:

Just using the IGPU in the dual core celeron she has.

it should run just fine, not even over 150W lol

the CX psu are fine for basic computing, just dont put them in gaming rigs

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

6 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

it'll only crap itself when you're running graphics card off of it

or just put it under load in general

You must have no idea what you're talking about.

OP This PSU will be perfectly fine even with something like a GTX 750ti and an i3. 

[Unhelpful]

9 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

 

Ah, contributing to the baseless echo-chamber circle-jerk, I see. Good job!

 

OP it isn't great, but it's nowhere near as bad as the people on here say.

[Moonzy]

4 minutes ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

You must have no idea what you're talking about.

2 minutes ago, JoeyDM said:

Ah, contributing to the baseless echo-chamber circle-jerk, I see. Good job!

i should've omitted the first line and left the second line alone lol

because when i think about gpu, only 960 and above came to mind, i thought about the 750ti and added the 2nd line

 

2 minutes ago, JoeyDM said:

but it's nowhere near as bad as the people on here say.

it depends on each case, i said it was fine for OP's use case

but its not suitable to be under heavy load

[Unhelpful]

2 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

 

No. It's literally fine under heavy load. You are correct in exactly 0 ways. It's fine to throw a GPU with it and stress that PC. There's usually better PSU's for the price, but no, it isn't bad.

 

A couple people on here had issues with it (which considering how many they sell, isn't surprising) and then a bunch of kids with no experience with it jump onto the bandwagon.

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, JoeyDM said:

No. It's literally fine under heavy load. You are correct in exactly 0 ways. It's fine to throw a GPU with it and stress that PC. There's usually better PSU's for the price, but no, it isn't bad.

well i experienced how bad it is and i wont bother elaborating further

but if you insist it will run fine under load then be my guess

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

53 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

it depends on each case, i said it was fine for OP's use case

but its not suitable to be under heavy load

Just remember how much power PC's actually use, when I used to have an i5-4690k and dual GTX 960's I only drew about 420-440W's under a synthetic full load and under an actual gaming load only ever drew 380W's. When I had an i3-4150 and 750ti I only drew around 200W's at a synthetic full load and under an actual gaming load I only ever drew about 160W's. Please keep in mind how much websites like PCPP over estimate wattage so that people don't buy a 5$ Diablotek PSU and think it's okay.

[Moonzy]

31 minutes ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

Just remember how much power PC's actually use, when I used to have an i5-4690k and dual GTX 960's I only drew about 420-440W's under a synthetic full load and under an actual gaming load only ever drew 380W's. When I had an i3-4150 and 750ti I only drew around 200W's at a synthetic full load and under an actual gaming load I only ever drew about 160W's. Please keep in mind how much websites like PCPP over estimate wattage so that people don't buy a 5$ Diablotek PSU and think it's okay.

my friend uses a corsair VS460W (a slightly better psu) with his i5 and 970 and his psu shuts down everytime he is under load

so he cant use his new shiny 970 that just arrived

as well as other complex issues faced when he inserted the 970 (too lazy to elaborate but its all about unclean power being delivered under load)

im no genius but a single 970 uses less power than dual 960, which is definitely way below the 460W

 

take this however you want, but im tired when people say its fine to use cheap and bad psu for their gaming system

if you bought it, i will recommend that you change it as soon as you can, but its fine to continue using it

if you havent bought it, i would recommend you another psu, that's all

 

edit: again, if its not even close to half the wattage of the psu, its probably fine to use it long term

but for a gaming rig, just no

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

Just now, Moonzy said:

my friend uses a corsair VS460W (a slightly better psu) with his i5 and 970 and his psu shuts down everytime he is under load

so he cant use his new shiny 970 that just arrived

as well as other complex issues faced when he inserted the 970 (too lazy to elaborate but its all about unclean power being delivered under load)

im no genius but a single 970 uses less power than dual 960, which is definitely way below the 460W

 

take this however you want, but im tired when people say its fine to use CS psu for their gaming system

if you bought it, i will recommend that you change it as soon as you can, but its fine to continue using it

if you havent bought it, i would recommend you another psu, that's all

There are definitively other factors hindering your friend from being able to actual use his PC then several environmental factors could be dirty power, and inconsistent power delivery through his home. It is fine to use a CX/CS PSU for a gaming system, would I recommend it for a mid/high end gaming one? No- there are obviously better choices at the higher end ($60-80). However when it comes to lower end systems, i3's / i5's and GTX 960s / R9 380's and under there should be no issue unless an environmental factor is actually playing a part in it.

[Moonzy]

Just now, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

There are definitively other factors hindering your friend from being able to actual use his PC then several environmental factors could be dirty power, and inconsistent power delivery through his home.

ok, i have no say then if there are DEFINITELY other issues, not probably

if you speak honestly with yourself about the chances of what you said happening, you'll know what i mean

 

im done, as long as you know when not to use a cheap and bad psu then im glad enough

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

ok, i have no say then if there are DEFINITELY other issues, not probably

if you speak honestly with yourself about the chances of what you said happening, you'll know what i mean

 

im done, as long as you know when not to use a cheap and bad psu then im glad enough

Unless your friend got a dud PSU (a statistical anomaly) then there is an environmental factor affect his PC or he's done something incorrect.