What PSU is better?

[Laett]

Hello every one, i have a question for what psu is better in terms of price/perfomance and life time.

I will need this psu for this pc list:

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: LEPA AquaChanger 120 103.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($49.49 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI 760GMA-P34(FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($36.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($37.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Silicon Power Silm S55 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Silicon Power Silm S55 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($260.00) 
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $613.41

 

Ive chosen the Corsair simply because is more cheap, but i need a second opinion.

Thanks, see ya

[Skiiwee29]

Either will be fine. Honestly neither company should be slapping their name on junk items and I would expect them to be smarter than that. 

[Flavortown2k16]

1 minute ago, legacy99 said:

Either will be fine. Honestly neither company should be slapping their name on junk items and I would expect them to be smarter than that. 

well corsair has its name on vs series and its total crap.

[Laett]

1 minute ago, legacy99 said:

Either will be fine. Honestly neither company should be slapping their name on junk items and I would expect them to be smarter than that. 

thanks legacy99 i will consider that

[Laett]

1 minute ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

well corsair has its name on vs series and its total crap.

oh ok, i didnt know that, thanks

[Laett]

2 minutes ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

well corsair has its name on vs series and its total crap.

so i choose evga?

[Laputacake]

Just now, legacy99 said:

Either will be fine. Honestly neither company should be slapping their name on junk items and I would expect them to be smarter than that. 

 

Neither should be put in OPs system let alone any gaming system. You should never cheap out on a PSU http://pcpartpicker.com/product/fZyFf7/seasonic-power-supply-s12ii520bronze

[don_svetlio]

6 minutes ago, Laett said:

so i choose evga?

No. EVGA B1 is a cheap HEC design. Both are terrible and whichever one you choose would be a bad choice. Get an EVGA GQ/GS/G2

[alexhelvetica]

25 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

No. EVGA B1 is a cheap HEC design. Both are terrible and whichever one you choose would be a bad choice. Get an EVGA GQ/GS/G2

Agreed.^^^

 

@Laett your parts list is not very good. What is your budget? What do you have already? Where are you from (country)?

[Flavortown2k16]

26 minutes ago, Laett said:

so i choose evga?

cx is fine, and quite allrite. Im using it now and its working fine. VS psu that corsair makes are terrible tough, mine broke after 2 weeks of use.

[Mobby Dick]

27 minutes ago, Laett said:

so i choose evga?

The VS-series is not the one you chose for your build. The one you chose is a CX-series based PSU. The VS-Series is the cheapest series from corsair, I personally have one and found it to be pretty loud and not deliver constant voltage. The CX-Series is basically one step above VS.

[Laett]

Ok thanks every one.. im gonna stay with the corsair psu

[Laett]

14 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Agreed.^^^

 

@Laett your parts list is not very good. What is your budget? What do you have already? Where are you from (country)?

My budget is $650 since is came out the gx 1060. Im from argentina. Bad economy crisis hehe. I dont have any yet

[don_svetlio]

4 minutes ago, Laett said:

My budget is $650 since is came out the gx 1060. Im from argentina. Bad economy crisis hehe. I dont have any yet

Then buy a 480? It's cheaper and is only 5% slower

[don_svetlio]

19 minutes ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

cx is fine, and quite allrite. Im using it now and its working fine. VS psu that corsair makes are terrible tough, mine broke after 2 weeks of use.

CXv4 are good. CXv3 are shit. The GS rebrenads (CX750/850) are utter shit

[don_svetlio]

8 minutes ago, Laett said:

Ok thanks every one.. im gonna stay with the corsair psu

DON'T. CXv3 are SHIT office units which are NOT meant for ANY GPU system. DO NOT BUY THAT THING.

[alexhelvetica]

Something like this is probably your best bet.

4th or 6th gen i5.

Cheapest compatible motherboard from ASROCK, ASUS, Gigabyte or MSI.

Cheapest 8GB of compatible RAM (all LGA 1150 motherboards use DDR3, most LGA 1151 motherboards use DDR4)

1TB HDD from any brand.

120GB or larger ADATA SP550, Samsung 850EVO, Kingston UV400 or Crucial BX100

R9 380 or RX 480. GTX 1060 if you can fit it into your budget.

What ever case you want

A PSU from the top 2 tiers of this list 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($28.99 @ Directron) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($36.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($144.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill RANGER-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $552.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-29 08:32 EDT-0400

[arch_linuxos]

The EVGA is way better. 

 

EDIT: But both are not good lol. Get a 650 GQ or something from EVGA. Just remember - don't ever skimp on the power supply. It powers literally everything in your computer, and can likewise brick literally everything in your computer. It's worth it to buy a slightly nicer one.

[STRMfrmXMN]

17 minutes ago, arch_linuxos said:

The EVGA is way better. 

 

EDIT: But both are not good lol. Get a 650 GQ or something from EVGA. Just remember - don't ever skimp on the power supply. It powers literally everything in your computer, and can likewise brick literally everything in your computer. It's worth it to buy a slightly nicer one.

The EVGA isn't better, it's just had less bad press from people on forums. In reality the new CXM would be completely fine with a 1060 seeing how they use so little power and create no heat.

 

3 hours ago, Laett said:

Hello every one, i have a question for what psu is better in terms of price/perfomance and life time.

I will need this psu for this pc list:

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: LEPA AquaChanger 120 103.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($49.49 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI 760GMA-P34(FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($36.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($37.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Silicon Power Silm S55 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Silicon Power Silm S55 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($260.00) 
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $613.41

 

Ive chosen the Corsair simply because is more cheap, but i need a second opinion.

Thanks, see ya

Your system could use a lot of improvement. An 8320 in this day and age is such a waste of money and would be a colossal bottleneck to the 1060. Get an i5 4460, B85/H81/H97 motherboard, cheaper 8GB set of memory, one single 120GB SSD that isn't the super terrible Silicon Power one, maybe a PNY CS1311, and then an RX480. That should save you some money, hopefully.

[arch_linuxos]

8 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

The EVGA isn't better, it's just had less bad press from people on forums. In reality the new CXM would be completely fine with a 1060 seeing how they use so little power and create no heat.

The EVGA has higher efficiency and outputs more amps on the 12V rail, thus my saying it's better. Trust me though, I totally agree that they're both really bad  lol.

 

I realize the higher amps are also a result of it being higher wattage, but it still helps to have more. And the ratio of amps/overall wattage is higher for the EVGA.

[STRMfrmXMN]

18 minutes ago, arch_linuxos said:

The EVGA has higher efficiency and outputs more amps on the 12V rail, thus my saying it's better. Trust me though, I totally agree that they're both really bad  lol.

 

I realize the higher amps are also a result of it being higher wattage, but it still helps to have more. And the ratio of amps/overall wattage is higher for the EVGA.

It's the same 80 PLUS efficiency rating so not really and yeah, it puts out more amps on the 12V rail to hit a rated wattage. Neither of which is really what OP should be buying but OP also needs to get an i5 and better SSD.

[arch_linuxos]

2 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

It's the same 80 PLUS efficiency rating so not really and yeah, it puts out more amps on the 12V rail to hit a rated wattage. Neither of which is really what OP should be buying but OP also needs to get an i5 and better SSD.

True lol.

4 hours ago, Laett said:

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If I were you, I'd get an air cooler for cheaper than that water cooler (or use Intel stock). Then, upgrade to i5 6400 with extra money. It'll be so incredibly better. You don't need watercooling if you aren't overclocking heavily (which you would not with a locked i5).

 

Instead of those SSDs, buy a single 850 EVO 250GB. It's a better drive for about the same price as those two combined. Buy from seller on Amazon, they start at $79.

[mrchow19910319]

Take a look at this chart. Then choose one that you can afford.

I think Seasonic's PSUs are always decent. Again, check the specific model , not the brand. 

For example corsair has top notch PSUs like the AX series, also has the shitter CX series.