PSU

[Cynestal]

Hello,

 

I want to buy a gaming pc and found a PSU named Corsair VS650 650W. Im not sure if its good because i didnt find any reviews so im asking here.

[Oshino Shinobu]

It's definitely not great. Consider something like an Antec HCG series, XFX XT or EVGA B2 series

[W-L]

3 minutes ago, Cynestal said:

Hello,

I want to buy a gaming pc and found a PSU named Corsair VS650 650W. Im not sure if its good because i didnt find any reviews so im asking here.

What are you trying to power exactly the VS series is the most basic of basic in terms of PSU's and not exactly recommended for "gaming" systems or doing heavy overclocking on. 

[Bradders]

5 minutes ago, Cynestal said:

Hello,

 

I want to buy a gaming pc and found a PSU named Corsair VS650 650W. Im not sure if its good because i didnt find any reviews so im asking here.

have a look at the cooler master v series

[Cynestal]

3 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

It's definitely not great. Consider something like an Antec HCG series, XFX XT or EVGA B2 series

is this good enough? 

Aerocool VP-650 650W

 

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

2 minutes ago, Cynestal said:

is this good enough? 

Aerocool VP-650 650W

 

 

I'm not really familiar with Aerocool's PSUs, so I can't say. 

[Cynestal]

4 minutes ago, Bradders said:

have a look at the cooler master v series

Cooler Master G650M 650W

???

[Cynestal]

4 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

I'm not really familiar with Aerocool's PSUs, so I can't say. 

Oh.

 

[Cynestal]

6 minutes ago, W-L said:

What are you trying to power exactly the VS series is the most basic of basic in terms of PSU's and not exactly recommended for "gaming" systems or doing heavy overclocking on. 

CPU : Intel Core i5 4460 6M up to 3.40 GHz BOX

Motherboard : MSI Socket 1150 B85-G43 Gaming

GPU : MSI Radeon R9 270X 4GB GAMING 4G LE

RAM : Kingston DDR3 8GB 1600MHz CL10 DIMM HyperX Fury Red Series

Hard Drive : Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm 64MB SATA 6Gb/s

Case : Corsair Carbide SPEC-02 Red Led

PSU : Corsair VS650 650W

Fans : Cooler Master CM SICKLEFLOW 120X120X25 Red LED FAN and 2 Aerocool Case Fan Shark Black Edition Fan - 120mm

[DrM]

none of the psus you suggested are good. location? budget?

[Cynestal]

1 minute ago, DrM said:

none of the psus you suggested are good. location? budget?

Estonia and up to 70 euros

[don_svetlio]

3 minutes ago, Cynestal said:

Estonia and up to 70 euros

SeaSonic S12II 520W
Antec High Current Gamer 520M
XFX TS 550W

[W-L]

9 minutes ago, Cynestal said:

is this good enough? 

Aerocool VP-650 650W

I wouldn't recommend it's made by some no-name OEM, the Cooler Master G series is a mediocre unit not really that good in terms of component quality mainly the capacitors. If you have access to some of the XFX or Seasonic units they are a much better choice. 

[Cynestal]

4 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

SeaSonic S12II 520W
Antec High Current Gamer 520M
XFX TS 550W

But will the 

SeaSonic S12II series 520W 85+ (Bronze)

 be enough to power my build: 

CPU : Intel Core i5 4460 6M up to 3.40 GHz BOX

Motherboard : MSI Socket 1150 B85-G43 Gaming

GPU : MSI Radeon R9 270X 4GB GAMING 4G LE

RAM : Kingston DDR3 8GB 1600MHz CL10 DIMM HyperX Fury Red Series

Hard Drive : Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm 64MB SATA 6Gb/s

Case : Corsair Carbide SPEC-02 Red Led

PSU : Corsair VS650 650W

Fans : Cooler Master CM SICKLEFLOW 120X120X25 Red LED FAN and 2 Aerocool Case Fan Shark Black Edition Fan - 120mm

 

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Cynestal said:

But will the 

SeaSonic S12II series 520W 85+ (Bronze)

 be enough to power my build: 

CPU : Intel Core i5 4460 6M up to 3.40 GHz BOX

Motherboard : MSI Socket 1150 B85-G43 Gaming

GPU : MSI Radeon R9 270X 4GB GAMING 4G LE

RAM : Kingston DDR3 8GB 1600MHz CL10 DIMM HyperX Fury Red Series

Hard Drive : Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm 64MB SATA 6Gb/s

Case : Corsair Carbide SPEC-02 Red Led

PSU : Corsair VS650 650W

Fans : Cooler Master CM SICKLEFLOW 120X120X25 Red LED FAN and 2 Aerocool Case Fan Shark Black Edition Fan - 120mm

 

It will be more than enough. The issue with the VS is not wattage, it's quality.

[Cynestal]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

It will be more than enough. The issue with the VS is not wattage, it's quality.

But how are you sure its enough??

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Cynestal said:

But how are you sure its enough??

Because a R9 270X uses about 180W and the rest of the system is another 100W. Even a 350W PSU would be enough if the quality is good - aka if it can actually supply the rated power

[Cynestal]

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Because a R9 270X uses about 180W and the rest of the system is another 100W. Even a 350W PSU would be enough if the quality is good - aka if it can actually supply the rated power

Sorry i messed up with the GPU its the MSI Radeon™ R9 380 Twin Frozr V / 4GB GDDR5 / OC / (R9 380 GAMING 4G)

[W-L]

1 minute ago, Cynestal said:

But how are you sure its enough??

You can do a simple calculation for the wattage, the way i do it is based around TDP plus a little extra, A bit more if your overlocking the GPU but not much that 520W unit is more than capable of powering that system. 

 

Intel 4660 84W 

AMD 270X 180W

+ 50W extras

+ 20% overhead

---------------------------

Total: ~377W

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Cynestal said:

Sorry i messed up with the GPU its the MSI Radeon™ R9 380 Twin Frozr V / 4GB GDDR5 / OC / (R9 380 GAMING 4G)

Still the same. 380 is more efficient than the 270X and both use the same power but the 380 is about 30-40% more powerful

[Cynestal]

2 minutes ago, W-L said:

You can do a simple calculation for the wattage, the way i do it is based around TDP plus a little extra, A bit more if your overlocking the GPU but not much that 520W unit is more than capable of powering that system. 

 

Intel 4660 84W 

AMD 270X 180W

+ 50W extras

+ 20% overhead

---------------------------

Total: ~377W

But i messed up with the GPU its the MSI Radeon™ R9 380 Twin Frozr V / 4GB GDDR5 / OC / (R9 380 GAMING 4G)

[Sakkura]

The R9 270X does not use 180W. It's more like 125-140W at full load. The official TDP is exaggerated.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-280x-r9-270x-r7-260x,3635-18.html

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_270X/24.html

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, Cynestal said:

But i messed up with the GPU its the MSI Radeon™ R9 380 Twin Frozr V / 4GB GDDR5 / OC / (R9 380 GAMING 4G)

Doesn't matter. It's still a 170-180W GPU