Choosing a Power Supply

[Arcana]

Hello guys, my current PSU just got blow which is my "Aerocool VP PRO 500W", now its time to buy a new one, i only have 4 choices which is available on my one stop computer shop seller, those are:

- Coolermaster Masterwatt Lite 700W, 79$

- Seasonic M12-II 520W, 74$

- SEASONIC S12 II 520W, i forgot the price

- Huntkey 500W (idk specific model), but the price is 68$

 

my current set up is

CPU: AMD A8 5600k

MOBO: MSI A58M-E33

GPU: Sapphire R7 260x 2GB GDDR5

SSD: 60gb kingmaxx (OS)

HDD: hitachi 500gb

CPU cooler: gammaxx 400

Case: nzxt phantom full tower

RAM: 2x4 8gb 1333mhz and 1600mhz

 

 

 

[ZeouLs]

I would take the Seasonic

[Shishir Regmi]

Seasonic

[OrionFOTL]

Does that shop only sell three power supplies, or are these just the only ones you bothered to post?

If they have more, show us the entire list. Do they have a website?

[Arcana]

24 minutes ago, OrionFOTL said:

Does that shop only sell three power supplies, or are these just the only ones you bothered to post?

If they have more, show us the entire list. Do they have a website?

they dont have a site, but thats their only on-hand stocks i forgot this 4

[Arcana]

14 minutes ago, Shishir Regmi said:

Seasonic

does the coolermaster is not that good?

15 minutes ago, ZeouLs said:

I would take the Seasonic

does the coolermaster is not that good?

[Sakkura]

4 minutes ago, Arcana said:

does the coolermaster is not that good?

None of them are good.

 

The Huntkey unit is likely the worst. The Cooler Master is pretty poor. The Seasonic unit might be the least bad, but you should be able to find something more modern and higher quality for nearly the same price.

[ZeouLs]

6 minutes ago, Arcana said:

does the coolermaster is not that good?

no it's worse than the seasonic

[Arcana]

4 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

None of them are good.

 

The Huntkey unit is likely the worst. The Cooler Master is pretty poor. The Seasonic unit might be the least bad, but you should be able to find something more modern and higher quality for nearly the same price.

what do you recommend? if none of them are good

[3 Lions]

3 minutes ago, Arcana said:

what do you recommend? if none of them are good

Corsair CX550M (gray label). 

[Sakkura]

1 minute ago, Arcana said:

what do you recommend? if none of them are good

Things like Corsair CX550 (or Corsair Vengeance 500W in Europe) or EVGA B3 550W. Really depends on what's available in your area.

[Arcana]

8 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

Things like Corsair CX550 (or Corsair Vengeance 500W in Europe) or EVGA B3 550W. Really depends on what's available in your area.

ok thanks ill take a look at it

8 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Corsair CX550M (gray label). 

ok thanks ill take a look at it

[PSUGuru]

1 hour ago, Sakkura said:

EVGA B3 550W

That unit is a fire hazard as it has a faulty OPP. When they were testing, they saw sparks within the unit.

[Sakkura]

1 hour ago, QuantumElement said:

That unit is a fire hazard as it has a faulty OPP. When they were testing, they saw sparks within the unit.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=526

 

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Performance (40% of the final score) - yippee, it's scoring time! This is going to go well for EVGA here... this unit gave me so much better performance than I was expecting. Ripple and noise was crazy low, so there will be no deduction there. Voltage regulation averaged near mythic levels, so I'll have to take away half a point there. Efficiency blasted past Bronze and hit Silver instead, so no deduction there. Finally, the unit nailed the whole S&C point so no deduction there, either. This unit manages a very impressive 9.5.

 

Build Quality (20% of the final score) - no issues found except for the fan, and it has a five year warranty backing it. 10.

 

 

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=530

 

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Performance (40% of the final score) - it's time to do the scoring stuff. This unit was, just like little brother, much better performing than I expected. Voltage regulation was an excellent 0.53% in the hot box, just a hair short of mythic. Efficiency didn't just meet Bronze, it passed Silver level too. Ripple control was fantastic, with even the 12V rail nearly going below the 10mV mark. Finally, the S&C point is safe from me because this unit cleared that hurdle as well. 9.5.

 

Build Quality (20% of the final score) - no issues to speak of, except for the fan quality. And because the warranty is decent, I'll be letting it keep the fan point. 10.

 

[PSUGuru]

3 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=526

 

 

 

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=530

 

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/evga-450-b3-psu,5160.html

 

"In the end, it may not matter because the 450 B3 has other, more serious problems. It looks like Super Flower made a huge mistake in its design, which poses a major safety risk. We noticed that the over-power protection triggering point is set way too high. Even under normal operating temperatures, one of the primary FETs in our store-bought sample, along with some other components, blew up. Either SF should set its OPP point much lower or use components able to handle higher amperage. We were also disturbed by the fact that, after the primary side shorted out, the PSU's fuse didn't blow. Every time we applied power, we saw sparks. Obviously, that's a fire hazard."

 

Jonnyguru never did a proper testing for protections.

[seon123]

4 hours ago, Sakkura said:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=526

 

 

 

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=530

 

 

 

4 hours ago, QuantumElement said:

Jonnyguru never did a proper testing for protections.

The issue was also than the Jonnyguru review samples were cherry picked by EVGA, while the Tomshardware samples were store bought. There was a thing in the tech news section last year. 

[STRMfrmXMN]

13 hours ago, Sakkura said:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=526

 

 

 

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=530

 

 

Sadly it seems the JG has received cherry-picked units multiple times, so you gotta hope the other private reviews bought their units off a shelf

[Stefan Payne]

21 hours ago, Arcana said:

choices which is available on my one stop computer shop seller, those are:

- Coolermaster Masterwatt Lite 700W, 79$

- Seasonic M12-II 520W, 74$

- SEASONIC S12 II 520W, i forgot the price

- Huntkey 500W (idk specific model), but the price is 68$

Pest and cholera, certainly NOT the Seasonic. But the CM MW Lite isn't much better than those. And 700W you don't need.

 

20 hours ago, QuantumElement said:

That unit is a fire hazard as it has a faulty OPP. When they were testing, they saw sparks within the unit.

Only if overloaded.

If there is nothing else, its not the worst choice. At least its way better than any group regulated shit. 

The Only Problem is that the Overload Protection is set too high - wich should be easy to fix, if you want to...

 

21 hours ago, ZeouLs said:

I would take the Seasonic

21 hours ago, Shishir Regmi said:

Seasonic

For what reason exactly?!

 

And why do you people recommend a PSU that's on the Market for at least 8 Years, revs the fan up to 2000rpm and doesn't even have OCP on any rail - not even +5V or 3,3V.

In short: Its not a good unit today, its rather bad and must not be recommended! 

 

21 hours ago, Arcana said:

does the coolermaster is not that good?

does the coolermaster is not that good?

The Cooler Master is IMO a bit better but still in the "rater not buy" category due to its group regulated nature.

 

21 hours ago, ZeouLs said:

no it's worse than the seasonic

No, its not.

Its not as loud under full load.

It has WORKING Protection on the rails.

 

Ergo: Superior to the Seasonic because lacking protection due to money saving.

You guys seem to be blinded by the Capacitors (again)...

What good do Capacitors do if the rest is shit?!

 

 

19 hours ago, Sakkura said:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=526

 

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=530

Jonnyguru doesn't do overload testing so they couldn't find the issue.

 

And IMO overload testing is the most important thing to test because that is the area where you can see the most differences.

And, as you see, there are still some products from reputable brands that don't have correcly set protections in place and explode when used outside the specification...

[Arcana]

42 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

Pest and cholera, certainly NOT the Seasonic. But the CM MW Lite isn't much better than those. And 700W you don't need.

i already bought the seasonic m12-II 520 evo do you think i can still use this PSU for the future upgrades? like i5 7-8th gen and some gtx 1050ti/gtx 1060?

[Stefan Payne]

2 hours ago, Arcana said:

i already bought the seasonic m12-II 520 evo do you think i can still use this PSU for the future upgrades? like i5 7-8th gen and some gtx 1050ti/gtx 1060?

Condolences.

 

No, you should not use that old thing with modern components because that's not what its made for. Its made for 8 Year old Standard Components, back in 2010.

 

Sadly there are still people recommending this Oldtimer...