Zalman PSU ??

[yassir123]

Hello,

The other day I was looking up some affordable PSU options and I found a zalman one for around 50$, it was 80 Plus bronze and 600w, it's the ZM-600tx, but idk I was wondering if anyone had prior experience with this brand, and is it a good bang for the buck ?

[MrPants_]

Idunno man, seems very sketchy. I'd rather get the EVGA 600 B1 Bronze, or something along those lines. Only had good experiences with EVGA

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, MrAwesomepants said:

Idunno man, seems very sketchy. I'd rather get the EVGA 600 B1 Bronze, or something along those lines. Only had good experiences with EVGA

Except the B1 line is still very mediocre. 

@yassir123 A CX450M would be a much better choice. 

[yassir123]

@TheRandomness @MrAwesomepants

 well i don't wanna cheap out on the psu tbh, i'm getting high end everything to an extend, i mean great price/performance parts, but this one looked like a good deal, still if it's it's sketchy i might stick with a 550W corsair or evga one

[TheRandomness]

5 minutes ago, yassir123 said:

@TheRandomness @MrAwesomepants

 well i don't wanna cheap out on the psu tbh, i'm getting high end everything to an extend, i mean great price/performance parts, but this one looked like a good deal, still if it's it's sketchy i might stick with a 550W corsair or evga one

EVGA G2/G3/GS are all good. 

[yassir123]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

EVGA G2/G3/GS are all good. 

how about pricing ? 

[TheRandomness]

22 minutes ago, yassir123 said:

how about pricing ? 

A little on the more expensive side, anywhere between $60 and $90 USD. 

[Princess Luna]

52 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Except the B1 line is still very mediocre. 

@yassir123 A CX450M would be a much better choice. 

I have one, no complains.

[STRMfrmXMN]

6 hours ago, yassir123 said:

@TheRandomness @MrAwesomepants

 well i don't wanna cheap out on the psu tbh, i'm getting high end everything to an extend, i mean great price/performance parts, but this one looked like a good deal, still if it's it's sketchy i might stick with a 550W corsair or evga one

What are your system specs?

[yassir123]

15 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

What are your system specs?

6600k, hyper 212X, asus Z170-P, 8GB hyperx fury, gtx 1070(this one is still on the way), seagate 1tb, so these are the essential specs

[STRMfrmXMN]

8 hours ago, yassir123 said:

6600k, hyper 212X, asus Z170-P, 8GB hyperx fury, gtx 1070(this one is still on the way), seagate 1tb, so these are the essential specs

Yeah, a 550 G2 would do well.

[Aniallation]

On 1/20/2017 at 5:47 AM, Thread212 said:

How much is ur budget?

If u want a good quality psu on the cheap u could buy Corsair CXM Grey unit its around $65 usd.

As for the zalman.. i dont know consult @STRMfrmXMN if u have question about psu.

 

On 1/20/2017 at 5:39 AM, yassir123 said:

Hello,

The other day I was looking up some affordable PSU options and I found a zalman one for around 50$, it was 80 Plus bronze and 600w, it's the ZM-600tx, but idk I was wondering if anyone had prior experience with this brand, and is it a good bang for the buck ?

Some Zalman PSUs aren't bad, especially units from the past, many of which were made by FSP or Andyson. 

 

This particular unit though seems to be made by "Hui Cheng" for the OEM - who, according to Zalmans own product shots, actually cover up the primary capacitors in all black so that you can't even see who they're made by. Even other low-tier power supply makers are not afraid to the point where they'd cover up their CapXons or Teapos. So I would definitely not trust it. 

[Aniallation]

1 hour ago, Thread212 said:

So u are back from the dead? i rarely see u online and people say u are rarely online.

Or its just me .

I left for a bit because I was really busy with my job as well as school. Finished my job for the season, passed high school, emo god of class of 2017, blah blah blah. Now I'm back