Psu for pos pc

[Xyloto]

What is the cheapest, smallest wattage, but still decent psu that can last >5year?

The system is gonna be http://en.colorful.cn/product_show.aspx?mid=102&id=248 and 320gb hdd. All of them only consume 100 ish watt. Thanks

[SuperShermanTanker]

You can't beat this really for price to performance https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00H33SDR4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489039219&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=evga+430w

[Xyloto]

3 minutes ago, SuperShermanTanker said:

You can't beat this really for price to performance https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00H33SDR4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489039219&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=evga+430w

Nobody sells evga here in my country. My coubtry is shit

[robertpartridge]

3 minutes ago, SuperShermanTanker said:

You can't beat this really for price to performance https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00H33SDR4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489039219&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=evga+430w

The cheap EVGA PSUs I've come to learn are generally poor quality.  As was described recently by someone else to be a "fire bomb".

 

I was thinking something like this 300W from SeaSonic would be appropriate.  Costs about $40.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/NwQypg/seasonic-power-supply-ss300etbronze

 

[robertpartridge]

2 minutes ago, Xyloto said:

Nobody sells evga here in my country. My coubtry is shit

What country are you in?

[SuperShermanTanker]

4 minutes ago, Xyloto said:

Nobody sells evga here in my country. My coubtry is shit

Well my suggestion is look for either EVGA, Seasonic, or Roswill those companies make good budget PSUs you can also look at Thermaltake but from what I heard Thermaltake is not as good quality even though I have a Thermaltake unit that is already over years old that I got from a friend and I use in a test PC and the PSU works great with all the components inside still looking fine.

[Herman Mcpootis]

28 minutes ago, robertpartridge said:

The cheap EVGA PSUs I've come to learn are generally poor quality.  As was described recently by someone else to be a "fire bomb".

They were never 'bombs' in the first place, with the exception of the N1. Most if not all reviews show the W1 and B1 as decent enough, if not mediocre for a low-end htpc and were fully capable of providing full wattage. Forumers here just like to blow things way out of proportion by hating on anything not tier 1-3.

[mariushm]

39 minutes ago, Xyloto said:

What is the cheapest, smallest wattage, but still decent psu that can last >5year?

The system is gonna be http://en.colorful.cn/product_show.aspx?mid=102&id=248 and 320gb hdd. All of them only consume 100 ish watt. Thanks

Since you're in Indonesia, I'd suggest giving us some links to online stores from where you can actually order stuff.

No point suggesting some US only brands when you can't buy them.

 

Anyway, so that it's not a completely useless comment, you could look on eBay or near you for refurbished HP / Compaq / Dell systems and reuse the power supply from one of those computers (as long as it's not some custom series that uses proprietary power supplies)

You could make sure they last longer by opening the power supply and replacing the fan with a new fan - if you want long life, then you avoid sleeve bearing and go for ball bearing or some other modern-ish bearing type (a good indicator would be more than 2 years warranty on that fan)

 

[Xyloto]

32 minutes ago, robertpartridge said:

The cheap EVGA PSUs I've come to learn are generally poor quality.  As was described recently by someone else to be a "fire bomb".

 

I was thinking something like this 300W from SeaSonic would be appropriate.  Costs about $40.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/NwQypg/seasonic-power-supply-ss300etbronze

 

 

31 minutes ago, SuperShermanTanker said:

Well my suggestion is look for either EVGA, Seasonic, or Roswill those companies make good budget PSUs you can also look at Thermaltake but from what I heard Thermaltake is not as good quality even though I have a Thermaltake unit that is already over years old that I got from a friend and I use in a test PC and the PSU works great with all the components inside still looking fine.

Guys is this psu good? https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZkV48d/lepa-power-supply-n400sb its dirt cheap here

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, Xyloto said:

 

Guys is this psu good? https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZkV48d/lepa-power-supply-n400sb its dirt cheap here

No. See if the XFX TS430W or any Seasonic/superflower unit is in your budget, those are more than good enough for your pc.

[mariushm]

Btw ... if you didn't buy that motherboard already, you should try to find one of the Asrock boards that has DC In connector , and then you can power the board and everything with a standard 18v laptop adapter which is made from the start to work without fans , in a closed case and so on.

You can use well built 18v laptop adapter from a brand name and it would be cheaper than an ATX power supply.

 

Even if it's slightly more expensive, you still will save money on the power supply and may get slightly more reliability.

 

Example :

 

105$  ASRock J3160DC-ITX Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo - package includes 65w adapter

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157714

 

And you also have on AMD's socket AM1  the Asrock AM1H-ITX at around 70-75$ , but seems to be going out of stock at most sellers :

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157491

 

You add a 30-50$ AM1 cpu (and if you don't want fans there's passive heatsinks out there) so you end up at around 100-120$ without power adapter.

 

And you should check other manufacturers... Intel made some boards with DC in jack , I think Gigabyte had a couple of boards as well. Do some research.

 

If you use a 95w adapter on such boards that require a 65w maximum adapter, the adapter will have a super long life and will stay cool.. but even 65w adapters will be fine, such systems don't use more than 30-40w if you don't use more than 1 hard drive.