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Looking to spend about £40-£60 on the psu.

I currently have a areocool interrogator 500w 80+ bronze.

According to reviews it isn't very good and won't be able to handle higher end gpus, however the recommended wattage (by Nvidia) is 500w so i'm a bit confused what is wrong with it. 

Do I need to upgrade?

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4 minutes ago, Ed.Nev said:

According to reviews it isn't very good and won't be able to handle higher end gpus, however the recommended wattage (by Nvidia) is 500w so i'm a bit confused what is wrong with it. 

The reason why it's not very good is it's likely a budget PSU and likely isn't built to last under the use case of a gaming PC. Also manufacturers like NVIDIA and the like recommend a much higher wattage than necessary to cover their bases. You don't actually need a PSU that outputs 500W. I ran a GTX 980 system with a 450W power supply and it didn't skip a beat.

 

The other thing is not all watts are created equal. There should be a sticker on the side of the PSU. That sticker should contain a label which shows that there are three main voltages it supplies power over. The most important one is 12V. So if a company was really stupid, they could build a 500W power supply, but with 240W of that coming from the 12V rail. That wouldn't be enough to power a high-end gaming PC. Whereas another 500W power supply that supplies ~400W from the 12V rail is sufficient.

4 minutes ago, Ed.Nev said:

Do I need to upgrade?

No, but you should probably get something with a better reputation.

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There's a lot more than just wattage to PSUs. Also how well it delivers voltage, power protections, reliability, etc.

 

I would recommend you upgrade since it's a pretty low end unit. What GPU are you looking at? Chances are this PSU will be fine. Usually the PSU requirements for GPUS are massively over-rated.

 

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6 minutes ago, Ed.Nev said:

Looking to spend about £40-£60 on the psu.

I currently have a areocool interrogator 500w 80+ bronze.

According to reviews it isn't very good and won't be able to handle higher end gpus, however the recommended wattage (by Nvidia) is 500w so i'm a bit confused what is wrong with it. 

Do I need to upgrade?

to be honest it should be fine and run the card ok, but it depends what the rest of your system is and if you plan on overclocking

 

if you really dont want to rink it i would go with a 550-650w power supply by corsair as they are reliable if not you should be fine

 

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It says on the side of the psu

Dc output +3.3V +5V +12V -12V +5Vsb

Max current 18A 16A 38A 0.3A 2.5A

Max combined 110W 456W £.6W 12.5W

Does this change anyones thoughts?

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13 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

 

The reason why it's not very good is it's likely a budget PSU and likely isn't built to last under the use case of a gaming PC. Also manufacturers like NVIDIA and the like recommend a much higher wattage than necessary to cover their bases. You don't actually need a PSU that outputs 500W. I ran a GTX 980 system with a 450W power supply and it didn't skip a beat.

 

The other thing is not all watts are created equal. There should be a sticker on the side of the PSU. That sticker should contain a label which shows that there are three main voltages it supplies power over. The most important one is 12V. So if a company was really stupid, they could build a 500W power supply, but with 240W of that coming from the 12V rail. That wouldn't be enough to power a high-end gaming PC. Whereas another 500W power supply that supplies ~400W from the 12V rail is sufficient.

No, but you should probably get something with a better reputation.

It says on the side of the psu

Dc output +3.3V +5V +12V -12V +5Vsb

Max current 18A 16A 38A 0.3A 2.5A

Max combined 110W 456W £.6W 12.5W

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13 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

Fouus Gold 450 or Pure Power 10/CM 500.

Dc output +3.3V +5V +12V -12V +5Vsb

Max current 18A 16A 38A 0.3A 2.5A

Max combined 110W 456W 3.6W 12.5W 

It says this on the side of the psu what does this all mean?

 

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7 hours ago, Ed.Nev said:

Dc output +3.3V +5V +12V -12V +5Vsb

Max current 18A 16A 38A 0.3A 2.5A

Max combined 110W 456W 3.6W 12.5W 

It says this on the side of the psu what does this all mean?

 

It's the outputs...

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8 hours ago, Ed.Nev said:

Dc output +3.3V +5V +12V -12V +5Vsb

Max current 18A 16A 38A 0.3A 2.5A

Max combined 110W 456W 3.6W 12.5W 

It says this on the side of the psu what does this all mean?

 

That's the amperage on the rails. Not gonna convince us it's a good unit. The aforementioned Seasonic would be a recommendation of mine.

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