Best PSU for 60$ USD

Chapapa07 · Jan 6, 2014

My pc:
CPU : Core 2 quad q8300 2.5 ghz (no oc)
Mobo: XFX geforce 9300
RAM: 4 x 2 gb ddr2 800 mhz
GPU: it might be a gtx 660/r9 270 (non x)

I just can buy from Amazon, newegg (as last resort) if there are not options at amazon.

I really appreciate any help you can provide.

newtekie1 · Jan 6, 2014

CX500M $60 after MIR

or if you don't want to deal with the rebate:

CX500

Magic 65 · Jan 6, 2014

Newegg offers few not-a-bad budget PSU like this:

1. SeaSonic S12II 520 Bronze
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151072

2. Rosewill HIVE-550
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182131

3. CORSAIR CX500
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027

4. LEPA B550-SA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194102

Two last PSU uses a CWT DSAII design (good, mainstream CWT budget platform), Rosewill has a Sirfa inside, Seasonis uses its own design.
Sirfa design here is a little older than others but a little bit better in a part of voltage regulation.

satsol · Jan 6, 2014

Get the Corsair one. That's a good, cheap 500W power supply that will fit all your needs well. Get it from Amazon... it's a dollar cheaper, and you can probably avoid tax and shipping.

DF is BUSY · Jan 6, 2014

say no to corsair CX

http://www.overclock.net/t/1431436/why-you-should-not-buy-a-corsair-cx

Frag_Maniac · Jan 7, 2014

I swear I just saw a Seasonic 650w Gold for $60 on a Shellshocker Deal. When I double checked after deleting the email, Newegg's site was showing $70 after rebate, but I think they give email subscribers lower prices. So sign up for Newegg's email promos, and check them daily. Tiger Direct also has some pretty good deals they send out via email too.

Nordic · Jan 7, 2014

I got a corsair CX600 and it died a few months later. RMA died too. I payed $30 after rebate and mailing it in for a second RMA would make it cost just too much. I now refuse to buy cheap cheap psu's like that again.

Shell shocker deal an newegg. Quality psu $70. http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?cm_sp=ShellShocker-_-17-151-088-_-01062014_4 after rebate. Just throwing this here.

Jetster · Jan 7, 2014

You can get a Seasonic 550w G series on sale for $60. You just need to wait till it goes on sale.

BarbaricSoul · Jan 7, 2014

Why restrict yourself to only buying from Amazon or Newegg?

http://us.ncix.com/products/?usaffi...P-9020060-NA&manufacture=Corsair&promoid=1221

thebluebumblebee · Jan 7, 2014

If you could swing this....
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...-99-after-rebate-newegg-shell-shocker.196526/

Bugler · Jan 7, 2014

Seasonic all the way. I have the M12II 520w (modular) and it's solid (and heavy).

Snipe343 · Jan 7, 2014

My Rosewill Hive has never given me any trouble, and it's modular which is always a plus.

Magic 65 · Jan 7, 2014

DF is BUSY said:
say no to corsair CX

http://www.overclock.net/t/1431436/why-you-should-not-buy-a-corsair-cx

Corsair CX is good budget PSU, but only a budget, not more. If you want to buy a better PSU then CX you must find more bucks then 60...

kenkickr · Jan 7, 2014

Snipe343 said:
My Rosewill Hive has never given me any trouble, and it's modular which is always a plus.

+1 to that. Very happy with my 750W Hive, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182133.

Processor	I5 4570 3.2 GHZ
Motherboard	MSI H87-G43M
Memory	2X 4GB Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s)	XFX r7 265 Core Edition 2GB
Storage	Wester Digital Caviar Black 1002FAEX 1 TB
Power Supply	OCZ Fatal1ty 550w
Software	Windows 10 64 bit

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Motherboard	AsRock Z470 Taichi
Cooling	Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super
Storage	500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache
Display(s)	Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28"
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is good enough for me
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

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Motherboard	ASUS Maximus V Formula
Cooling	Corsair H100i
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX780 FTW
Storage	Seagate Momentus XT 750GB Hybrid SSD \| Seagate Barracuda 250GB
Display(s)	24" 144hz ASUS VG248QE
Case	CoolerMaster HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	ASUS OnboardFX
Power Supply	Seasonic SS-1050XM
Software	Windows 7 64-bit

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Processor	i7 3770K
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
Cooling	PHANTEKS TC14PE
Memory	GSKILL ARES DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE GTX 770 WF OC
Storage	SAMSUNG 830 / GSKILL PHOENIX / SAMSUNG F4 / SEAGATE MOMENTUS / SEAGATE HDD 1.5
Display(s)	ASUS 24" / DELL 20"
Case	CORSAIR AIR 540
Audio Device(s)	ASUS XONAR DG
Power Supply	COOLERMASTER V700
Software	WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE x64

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Processor	Intel 13700K
Motherboard	ASRock Z790 PG Riptide
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 6400 2x16GB @ CL34
Video Card(s)	PNY RTX 4080
Storage	SSDs - Nextorage 4TB, Samsung EVO 970 500GB, Plextor M5Pro 128GB, HDDs - WD Black 6TB, 2x 1TB
Display(s)	LG C3 OLED 42"
Case	Corsair 7000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V371
Power Supply	SeaSonic Vertex 1200w Gold
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3
Keyboard	Bloody B840-LK
Software	Windows 11 Pro 23H2

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Motherboard	Gigabyte B650 Auros Elite AX
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	GSKILL 2x16gb 6000mhz Cas 30 with custom timings
Video Card(s)	MSI RX 6750 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
Storage	Adata SX8200 1tb with Windows, Samsung 990 Pro 2tb with games
Display(s)	HP Omen 27q QHD 165hz
Case	ThermalTake P3
Power Supply	SuperFlower Leadex Titanium
Software	Windows 11 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores	CB23: 1811 / 19424 CB24: 1136 / 7687

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Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Barb's Domain
Processor	i9 10850k 5.1GHz all cores
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool Assassin III
Memory	2*16gig Corsair LPX DDR4 3200
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080 FE
Storage	500gb Samsung 980 Pro M2 SSD, 500GB WD Blue SATA SSD, 2TB Seagate Hybrid SSHD
Display(s)	Dell - S3222DGM 32" 2k Curved/ASUS VP28UQG 28" 4K (ran at 2k), Sanyo 75" 4k TV
Case	SilverStone Fortress FT04
Audio Device(s)	Bose Companion II speakers, Corsair - HS70 PRO headphones
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x (2021)
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Logitech Orion Spectrum G910
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/spy/34962882

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Processor	i7-3770K/i7-2600K
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD55/GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14CS/H80
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) LP /4GB Kingston DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 660 Ti/MSI HD7770
Storage	Crucial MX100 256GB/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB(died)
Display(s)	Asus 24' LED/Samsung SyncMaster B1940
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Audio Device(s)	on board
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Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

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Processor	Intel i5-3570
Motherboard	Gigabyte B75-HD3
Cooling	Xigmatek Gaia
Memory	2x4 Corsair Vengeance 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD7770 1GB GDDR5
Storage	Seagate Constellation 1 TB
Display(s)	Asus 23" IPS Wide Screen
Case	Xigmatek Gigas cube
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster Audigy PCI
Power Supply	Seasonic M12II 520 Bronze
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium

Processor	i5-2500K @ 3.2Ghz
Motherboard	ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 8GB
Video Card(s)	Radeon HD 7850 2GB
Storage	250GB Samsung EVO; 1TB WD Black
Display(s)	22" ASUS
Power Supply	Rosewill Hive-650
Software	Windows 8 64-bit

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Processor	Ryzen 9 7950x3D delid
Motherboard	Asus X670E Hero
Cooling	Custom Bykski loop CPU, GPU, 2x 360 rads, and 1x 280 rad with Arctic P12 and P14 ARGB fans
Memory	G.Skill DDR5-6000 64GB CL30
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 4090 Aorus Master
Storage	Kingston Fury 2TB and 4TB NVME
Display(s)	Samsung 57"
Case	Lian Li O11 mini
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1000w SFX-L
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RGB SE
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Platnium
Software	Win 11 Pro

Best PSU for 60$ USD

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