Recommended PSUs

[Fletch19]

Can anyone recommend a good PSU around the $50 AU mark? (about $35 USD, £27 and €31). I buy off Amazon and ebay BTW

[Fletch19]

9 minutes ago, wONKEyeYEs said:

Tier 1, 2, or 3.

None of those are in my price range though

[Cereal5]

8 minutes ago, Nigerian Tech Support said:

None of those are in my price range though

Tier 4 is acceptable. But you can't cheap out on something as important as the thing providing power to all your components.

[Fletch19]

2 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

Tier 4 is acceptable. But you can't cheap out on something as important as the thing providing power to all your components.

I was thinking maybe a Corsair VS550 550w. What do you think about that?

[Cereal5]

Just now, Nigerian Tech Support said:

I was thinking maybe a Corsair VS550 550w. What do you think about that?

The VS series is one of Corsair's worst. At the very least get a grey CXM model. I think you can get a 550W for maybe $60-70 AUD

[Cereal5]

What are your system specs?

[Fletch19]

1 minute ago, Cereal5 said:

The VS series is one of Corsair's worst. At the very least get a grey CXM model. I think you can get a 550W for maybe $60-70 AUD

Corsair CX Series 650w sound good? My friend just recommended it to me then as you said get a CXM.

[Fletch19]

2 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

What are your system specs?

CPU Intel Core 13 - 8100 = $129.79
MOBO Gigabyte H310M = $55.00
GPU ZOTAC GTX 1050 Ti OC 4GB = $120.00
RAM Corsair Vengeance LPX  DDR4 8GB = $90.00
HDD Western Digital 1 TB = $50.00
CASE Thermaltake Versa H18 Glass = $44.18

Ignore the prices I just copy and pasted it from somewhere else

[Cereal5]

Just now, Nigerian Tech Support said:

CPU Intel Core 13 - 8100 = $129.79
MOBO Gigabyte H310M = $55.00
GPU ZOTAC GTX 1050 Ti OC 4GB = $120.00
RAM Corsair Vengeance LPX  DDR4 8GB = $90.00
HDD Western Digital 1 TB = $50.00
CASE Thermaltake Versa H18 Glass = $44.18

Ignore the prices I just copy and pasted it from somewhere else

You'd be fine with as little as a 450W unit, but you might want a 550W or so incase you upgrade something later. Your choice. As long as the label on the side of the PSU is grey for the CX series. Coresair made an old green one, and those are to be avoided.

[Fletch19]

Just now, Cereal5 said:

You'd be fine with as little as a 450W unit, but you might want a 550W or so incase you upgrade something later. Your choice. As long as the label on the side of the PSU is grey for the CX series. Coresair made an old green one, and those are to be avoided.

 

Like this?

[Cereal5]

Just now, Nigerian Tech Support said:

 

Like this?

Yup, that will do you good.

[Fletch19]

Just now, Cereal5 said:

Yup, that will do you good.

Sanku, mah frend

[Stefan Payne]

5 hours ago, Nigerian Tech Support said:

Can anyone recommend a good PSU around the $50 AU mark? (about $35 USD, £27 and €31). I buy off Amazon and ebay BTW

NOT POSSIBLE for that money.

You need to pay more if you want a good one.

 

For that money you can only get a crap one. Even in Germany you can't get something somewhat decent.

And we have some great, cheap options like be quiet System Power 9 and Xilence Performance A+.

And those are ~35€ at least.

[Stefan Payne]

5 hours ago, Nigerian Tech Support said:

CPU Intel Core 13 - 8100 = $129.79
MOBO Gigabyte H310M = $55.00
GPU ZOTAC GTX 1050 Ti OC 4GB = $120.00
RAM Corsair Vengeance LPX  DDR4 8GB = $90.00
HDD Western Digital 1 TB = $50.00
CASE Thermaltake Versa H18 Glass = $44.18

Ignore the prices I just copy and pasted it from somewhere else

Why not start with a Ryzen 2400G and some decent Memory??

That saves you the money for a Graphics card and you can invest in something better like a decent Power Supply, good memory and especially an SSD.

And that is very important, even if we are only talking about a 120GB one...

Windows 10 on a HDD is just not fun.

 

And if you buy your games and are on a tight budget, why not think about a playstation 4 (PRO) instead??

[17030644]

6 hours ago, Nigerian Tech Support said:

Can anyone recommend a good PSU around the $50 AU mark? (about $35 USD, £27 and €31). I buy off Amazon and ebay BTW

cheapest good PSU is 65 AUD

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/Q7L7YJ/corsair-cx-2017-450w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-cp-9020120-na

[17030644]

35 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

Why not start with a Ryzen 2400G and some decent Memory??

 

If he wants to play games a 2400G isn't nearly as good as a 1050 ti, specially if he's going for demanding titles (they don't need to be very recent)

 

40 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

That saves you the money for a Graphics card and you can invest in something better like a decent Power Supply, good memory and especially an SSD.

And that is very important, even if we are only talking about a 120GB one...

Windows 10 on a HDD is just not fun.

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It does save money but it does perform worse as well

not everyone wants an SSD, but ofc ssd vs hdd is night and day. In my case If I can get a better gpu even if I don't have an SSD I'm all for it. I don't mind waiting for my O.S/games to be ready, I can do other stuff in the meantime.

41 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

And if you buy your games and are on a tight budget, why not think about a playstation 4 (PRO) instead??

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Perhaps bc he doesn't want a console, I suppose

[Fletch19]

6 hours ago, 17030644 said:

If he wants to play games a 2400G isn't nearly as good as a 1050 ti, specially if he's going for demanding titles (they don't need to be very recent)

 

It does save money but it does perform worse as well

not everyone wants an SSD, but ofc ssd vs hdd is night and day. In my case If I can get a better gpu even if I don't have an SSD I'm all for it. I don't mind waiting for my O.S/games to be ready, I can do other stuff in the meantime.

Perhaps bc he doesn't want a console, I suppose

 

7 hours ago, Stefan Payne said:

NOT POSSIBLE for that money.

You need to pay more if you want a good one.

 

For that money you can only get a crap one. Even in Germany you can't get something somewhat decent.

And we have some great, cheap options like be quiet System Power 9 and Xilence Performance A+.

And those are ~35€ at least.

I decided on a Corsair CX Series 650w. This suits my budget nicely and I have prior knowledge of the grey series. And lol nah I don't want a console. However I am getting a Kingston 120GB SATA SSD as well. Thanks for the input though. And i'm not going to try any serious titles, just CS:GO and Fortnite most likely. I know those games are ez to run because you can get 50-60 fps for both on crappy laptops (I've had experience :'()

[17030644]

On 10/28/2018 at 2:26 PM, Nigerian Tech Support said:

And lol nah I don't want a console.

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Yeah I suspected you didn't want a console

 

there is a reason for cheap gaming pcs to exist