I am in the process of selecting parts for a pc I am building and I am having a hard time finding one that fits my budget. (less than $50) As of right now the CX600 is the only option, there was a 600W OCZ psu on NCIX for $40 but it sold out before I had a chance to get one.
Basically, I'm looking for a PSU that is relatively quiet, power efficient and will last at least 3 years. If you have this power supply I would like your opinion on it.
2012-11-19T22:03:26Z
I will be using it in a mid tower case with a bottom mount which I plan to do cable management in. The motherboard I will be using is a 990FXA-UD3
Graphics card I will be using will either be a GTX 660 or a Radeon 8850
At most, I will Be using 3 SATA devices. SSD Main, HDD storage, with one optical drive.
I will be using a 95w Phenom II 955 cpu and maybe upgrade to a 125w FX-8350 sometime in the future.
fodaddy192012-11-20T07:30:25Z
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Yes, the CX600 is a decent PSU. It'll handle most single GPU setups without issue.
Ignore Frostfire's chart that she seems to incessantly post whenever PSU question crops up. I'll explain; The rated wattage for any give PSU is rated in DC, *after* the conversion from the AC power that comes out of your wall socket.
So for example if you have a PSU that's rated for 1000 watts with an 80% efficiency rating. That means that it'll pull 1200 watts of AC power from the wall, 200 of those watts will be lost (in the form of heat) in the AC to DC conversion process, leaving you with 1000 watts for the computer to use.
Frostfire's chart incorrectly assumes that the manufacturer doesn't take the conversion from AC to DC into account when giving their wattage ratings (they do).
ocz doesnt really make good power supplies, they seem to have bad reviews from most places i checked, the corsair cx series is corsair's lower end/budget power supplies but still good, however if you want a quiet power supply that ill last at least 3 years, i would go for the rosewill fortress 750 watt power supply as its more future proof, 80 plus platinum, it has a 7 year warranty so you can use it for a few years for one setup and it should last a few years for a next build setup until the 7 years warranty is up, then you can look for a different power supply after the warranty is up, and even by then it should still be running good.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T BUY A CHEAP PSU!! THAT IS THE ONE PART I WILL NEVER CUT ON.
I have had a corsair CX500 with an FX 8150 overclocked to 4.4GHZ and an MSI 6970 graphics card running on it for over a year now, and just alone the 6970 needs a 650 watt PSU (I dont recommend this but I too was on a budget) Let me tell you. It is one of the best PSU's I have bought. When I sold it the guy even told me that this is very high quality.
Buy the corsair, seasonic, pc power house, brands they are so reliable and even go over in watts without exploding.