Need a cheap low power Power Supply

[Brian McKee]

Going to be building a comp for my lil sis in a few months with some extra hardware I have, what I don't have extra of however are power supplies. Any ideas of a cheap 80+ power supply (at about 300ish watts) that won't explode? Would be great if the power supply is not longer than 150mm.

[Electronics Wizardy]

This should work fine http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151086

[comicsansms]

A used PSU like an Antec Earthwatts, Corsair CX 400 and Seasonic S12II are great choices.

[Brian McKee]

2 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

A used PSU like an Antec Earthwatts, Corsair CX 400 and Seasonic S12II are great choices.

Wow earthwatts are cheap, seems like it'll suit my needs perfectly thanks.

[SCHISCHKA]

I have a Antec earth watts. cheap and silent. In another computer I have an old Antec power supply from 2009 that is still silent. I understand they dont manufacture them; they rebrand other PSUs like seasonic; but they seem to pick the best to slap their branding on 

[the crunchiumo]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438015

this psu is quite inexpensive

[comicsansms]

19 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

This should work fine http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151086

You beat the Seasonic ET fanboi, you make me mad.

16 minutes ago, Brian McKee said:

Wow earthwatts are cheap, seems like it'll suit my needs perfectly thanks.

 

16 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

I have a Antec earth watts. cheap and silent. In another computer I have an old Antec power supply from 2009 that is still silent. I understand they dont manufacture them; they rebrand other PSUs like seasonic; but they seem to pick the best to slap their branding on 

No suffix from 380W to 500W is seasonic, no suffix 600W+, 'd' and 'green' suffixes are Delta, 'G', 'Platinum' and 'Pro' suffixes are FSP

[Herman Mcpootis]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151146&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker, LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

[Space Reptile]

FSP oem bricks are good for that too , usually found in (who would have guessed it) OEM pcs and sold on ebay for very little money , usually 300~350watts and in aestheticly pleasing steel grey

those are very very well engineered and ive overdrawn them massively (~400w on a 250w unit) and they wont budge or complain (it barely got warm and the voltage stayed rock-solid)

[Megah3rtz]

the Corsair CX430 is pretty good, though its 40$. 

[TheRandomness]

1 hour ago, Space Reptile said:

FSP oem bricks are good for that too , usually found in (who would have guessed it) OEM pcs and sold on ebay for very little money , usually 300~350watts and in aestheticly pleasing steel grey

-snips-

those are very very well engineered and ive overdrawn them massively (~400w on a 250w unit) and they wont budge or complain (it barely got warm and the voltage stayed rock-solid)

What if they're actually 400W units but FSP is not sure if they can actually handle it?

[Space Reptile]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

What if they're actually 400W units but FSP is not sure if they can actually handle it?

FSP units are built like a brick and made w/ oems in mind , they last forever  

[TheRandomness]

Just now, Space Reptile said:

FSP units are built like a brick and made w/ oems in mind , they last forever  

Well, I've heard both sides to the arguements then c: Some are fireworks, others are actual PSUs.

[Space Reptile]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

Well, I've heard both sides to the arguements then c: Some are fireworks, others are actual PSUs.

true , but so far only good things from me

(my server is powered by one , and those things are reliable like the tide)

[STRMfrmXMN]

11 hours ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

A used PSU like an Antec Earthwatts, Corsair CX 400 and Seasonic S12II are great choices.

You can't really get the CX400 if I recall correctly. It's really old.

[comicsansms]

1 hour ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

You can't really get the CX400 if I recall correctly. It's really old.

I have found one before and I would have gotten it, but I couldn't drive to where it was.