Low budget psu for medium high loads (under 400 watt usage)

[gasolin]

recommend me a psu i can trust,use without any noise and who will last me a few years with stable power

 

[Rover4444]

XPG Core Reactor II 650W/750W. VE versions can be cheaper but come with fewer cables and worse caps.

 

[gasolin]

Not inexpensive, 90 euros

 

[Dr. Dro]

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0CK8NDN1Q

Corsair CX650, 61.90€. Not recommending below this. Bare minimum. The 550 W version is 5€ cheaper, not worth it. Get this.

 

[_roman_]

have you checked those psu tier list which can be found online? than check for local deals / offers if any are on that list?

my corsair rm750 died after 18 months. a lot of hassle to deal with amazon.de for that corsair psu and the presonus studio monitors.

get a zero fan mode power supply unit in the range for up to 50%. That means assuming you have around 350W x2 => 600 Watts.

 

[DaemonForce]

Is there any need for the straight thru-flow design of old desktops and racks?
That was the only driving decision for my Cooler Master 460W and a spare.
In 2008 I was able to see the writing on the wall. They were on the way out.
In 2009 they were somewhat available and at $35, couldn't say no. One still works.

These days all you'll find is cheap overpriced Dell crap.

Nothing should happen to my antiques for a while but even if I needed one, that's a hard pass. Good luck dude.

 

[gasolin]

have you checked those psu tier list which can be found online? than check for local deals / offers if any are on that list?

my corsair rm750 died after 18 months. a lot of hassle to deal with amazon.de for that corsair psu and the presonus studio monitors.

get a zero fan mode power supply unit in the range for up to 50%. That means assuming you have around 350W x2 => 600 Watts.

I don't buy psu that often and mine might be okay

BUT i had 2 black monitors and fans spinning (mostly gpu i guess) no post, case corsair 5000d airflow power button blinking with the front panel cables connected

Selling my cpu,mb,memory and gpu that has warranty and some value, psu and gpu whas changed, tested with no ssds it should atleast post into the bios, new mb,cpu ram, stil no picture

New mini pc (fans from time to time noisy) picture, im on the internet and can play facebook games

I have a used ssd's with my old drive c i can get to with an usb 3 inclosure,2x16gb ddr4 memory,used rx 580 (was bought this month as backup, f cpu)

returning my mb,cpu and trying something different

New cpu,mb,(on a low budget i don't think i can get a mb with bug led, gigabyt mb had it, asus im returning, no bug led),i have ddr4 memory, new case (blink with all the fronty panel cables connected), used gpu,new psu, monitors works.

Nvme ssd's that i can access, one should be fine, cd,dvd drive that also should works fine

I already bought this mini pc that off course only do something like facebook games and android games


Back to psu i don't know which psus are high end and which onces are low budget so it would take alot of time to check which know brand are good (based on price) or which brands (based on tier list) are inexpensive

40 bucks for a new ryzen 3500x, same or less than a used ryzen 3600 (i wanna have the extra safety for picture by having onboard graphics but a 12100 with graphis is so much more money then the f version and old ryzen with graphic (agpu) don't have more than pci e 3 support with a b550 mb), mb 100 euros, case 50-60 euros, my rm850x in white was 100 euros, if i deside on a onboard graphic cpu price is over 100 euros for a cpu

budget is no more than 400 euros so fare it's limit to 350 euros

what i have for sale i haven't sold yet so 350 but if i find somthing really good mabye 400 euros

 

[GerKNG]

i have a CX750 and it ran a overclocked 3080 with a 9900X, no problem.
do not buy any no name crap and you're good.

 

[_roman_]

Power supply unit, short psu, are about build quality, the internals.

Not about corsair brand or bequiet brand.

I bought my Enermax Revolution D.F. 750Watt for a box which maybe uses up to 300Watts. Zero Fan mode. Was on the psu list. had very good efficiency test for the area where i need it from 1Watt to 100 Watt tested in 1 or 5 Watt steps. Most psu are not tested in the low Watt range up to 100Watts in small Watt steps.

5% of the 750Watt is basically total load most of the time and therefore nonsense in regard of efficiency. I blame cybernetics and some others to fool the customer. Testing the wrong parameters for power supply units regarding efficency.
Lact in gnu linux a few hours ago claim the 7800xt needs around 6 to 12 Watts in desktop use which is fluctuating. Same can be seen in windows 11 pro. KC30002TB barely needs any energy. I doubt my mainboard and the 7600X and the AX210 Intel WLAN module needs a lot of energy in idle. I have one older SATA SAMSUNG HDD where i should check or determine if the drive goes into idle mode.

PSu only have a livespan of maybe 5 years. technology - internals and so on. the internet is full with claims to replace the psu after 5 years.

my test psu from thermaltake which i only use for electronics just died last weekend while testing a single w5w led bulb. It was around ~20 years old. This also shows even when lying around a power supply unit dies. w5w led bulb has according to amazon 3 watts at 12VDC (i could but i do not want to use my clampmeter to measure that. i just wanted to see if the led bulb works before i use it in my car)

avoid "some" gigabyte power supply units.

The search engine gives me lots of links when searching for my suggestion: "PSU Tier List (New and Improved for 2025) " the first link links to some google docs. As i do not have checked the contents I will not link it here. If you want quality, you have to read those links please. I also read a lot of links and than bought my enermax psu (sold by amazon.de) as replacement for the faulty Corsair RM750 (sold by amazon.de)

 

[dirtyferret]

Not inexpensive, 90 euros

core reactor rover recommended would be pretty good. corsair CX650 is not bad but you have a budget for better. You may be able to find an older Seasonic focus plus or Corsair RMx someone i clearing out for new ATX 3.X versions of those units but you have modest power needs so it's not a major need for you.

 

[gasolin]

I might just go for a ryzern 3500x for 40 euros + a rx 580 ,3 fans, 2 m.2 nvme ssd a 120mm air cooler id cooling or thermalright for under 20 euros

I found a used rm550x but sold or not and sendt it to me or not, my own is a rm850x 2018 (around 4½ years)

I wanna trust it as my most constant thing in my pc but just before the knob goes to 1 i can hear a faint crackling, staitc noise, there is power for my pc but does it give enough for my gpu, does my recently bought back up gpu actually work ?

Have to change as much as possible exclude (if it's the right word) everything that can prevent my pc from booting, displaying a picture

 

[Shrek]

There is a $35 EVGA 400W on amazon.com (free shipping)

 

[Chrispy_]

If you want low noise, the trick is to buy a PSU that's only operating at half it's rated load when you're using all 400W, so I'd just buy any half decent 850W model that's on sale from Corsair/Seasonic/FSP/SuperFlower/Bequiet/Fractal/NZXT/Asus/MSI.

I'd avoid cheaper units from Gigabyte/CoolerMaster/Thermaltake/Enermax as their cheap stuff is either too cheap to be reliable in the long term (cheap caps, sleeve-bearing fans with short lifespan etc) or it's been all over the news for failing spectacularly.

 

[gasolin]

There is a $35 EVGA 400W on amazon.com (free shipping)

No thanks

I just feel i might not get signal from a cpu with no graphic + a dedicated gpu if i don't buy a power supply

amd cpu with graphic is pci e 3 only and expensive as intel, just look at the 12100 and the 12100f just under 500 of my currency and 850-900 ish for the cpu with graphics or what a used rtx 970 costs (better alternative than any cpu with graphic)

 

[Chrispy_]

The problem you have is that you're in Denmark and my Danish cousins get me to buy them stuff all the time because Danes get screwed on hardware costs for whatever reason.

IMO, you will do well on the used market. Corsair might be the single most common brand in the EU and you should be able to pick up an RM750X or RM850X used for a good price on ebay. Those PSUs are high quality, have widely-compatible modular cables (in case any are missing) and even the earliest models came with a 7 year warranty. I'm keeping 2015/2016-era RMX power supplies because even at 8+ years old, they're really well-made units that use high-quality parts.

IMO you should hunt for an ATX 3.0 variant of the RM750/RM850/RM750X/RM850X and trust that it's a better quality used PSU than you can buy for the same money new in Denmark.

 

[lambda]

I've used a Deepcool PK550D for a while. Decent PSU from my experience (not a professional).

Buy from a brand which has wider support options near you.

PK550D - DeepCool

The DeepCool PK-D series power supply offers reliable 80 PLUS Bronze efficiency to power computer system builds with stability and low noise performance. - DeepCool was founded with the mission of providing professional, innovative, high-performance PC hardware and high-quality thermal solutions...

www.deepcool.com

Do I recommend it long term? Probably not, you should get something better.

If you care about small form factor then there are a few options. Corsair SF600 (SFX) is pretty good afaik.

SF Series™ SF600 — 600 Watt 80 PLUS® Gold Certified High Performance SFX PSU

SF Series™ power supplies bring legendary CORSAIR performance and reliability to the SFX small form factor standard with 80 PLUS Gold certification, Zero RPM mode, and 100% 105°C Japanese electrolytic capacitors.

www.corsair.com

Tier list of PSUs - https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

 

[ShrimpBrime]

recommend me a psu i can trust,use without any noise and who will last me a few years with stable power

OK, that's every PSU that's 500w and up within your price range.

That said,
Shop by the warranty. The longer, the better. Bronze rating is fine too. Just as long as all the standard protections are there and nice warranty, all good to go.

HFGL!

 

[gasolin]

I dont have the biggeste budget but a corsair tx650m is for sale new for 90 euros (almost the same as a tx550m)

3500x 40 euros, msi b550 for 100-105 euros (bios flash, 2 x m.2 support, pci e 4 support, heatsink), case 55-65 euros

ssds and gpu i have, i just hope my gpu works (fans spinning)

Update Corsair tx650m is what i bought

 

[Rover4444]

I dont have the biggeste budget but a corsair tx650m is for sale new for 90 euros (almost the same as a tx550m)

3500x 40 euros, msi b550 for 100-105 euros (bios flash, 2 x m.2 support, pci e 4 support, heatsink, case 55-65 euros

ssds and gpu i have, i just hope my gpu works (fans spinning)

Update Corsair tx650m is what i bought

100 euros for a b550 seems pretty steep. Could get a used X570 for that much I think.

 

[gasolin]

Not for that price only one x570 board for under 200 euros all other boards i over 200 euros, 235 ish or more

 

[gasolin]

My set up was finally a bit different (im sorry for the inconvenience my profile has been, i have been hacked)

Turns out my asus rtx 4070 wasn't working (the new owner told me) the new owner was okay with getting something that might not work but had warranty.

Found a deal for a little more expensive pc than i first budgeted for

This thinking a 3500x or 3600x or 5600x or a cheap 5700x, 32 or 64 gb ddr4 or ddr5 and which mb, which gpu, just give me something decent that isn't noisy

i3 14100 with grahphic, yes, 4 cores but latest 4 cores and i have used,tried a 12100 and 13100 perfomance is as good or in most cases better than a 10400 and 11400, even an i7 8700k isn't faster at all, a stock i9 9900k is higher in multicore but falls way behind in single core performance, low temps and graphics

I have a big aio that is silent but wanted something more simple, 4 cores 8 threads, just give me an inexpansive 120mm aio that is silent Thermalright Assassin X120 R SE Black

Asus Z790-P Prime ddr5 support + good price (as i remember no bug led)

G.Skill Ripjaws S5 DDR5-6400 - 32GB - CL32 not 100% on the qvl list from asus but on g skills list and pcparttpicker, speed and size is sweetspot for intel

2x 2 tb kc3000 and 970 evo plus (old nvme's)

Yesd my old card was an asus dual 4070 and the new owner told me it's not working, 3 fan (instead of 2) Asus GeForce® RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Prime

Super silent, thats what i like

Case (value for your money), one case c330 TG RGB comes with 6 argb fans for only 49 euros. DUTZO C731 Mesh TG ARGB i bought it for a low price, now it's gone up

Power Corsair tx650m 90 euros, only used i can get someting better Powertechup say 213 watt for a 5060 ti (spikes 20ms) which is same as my 4070 omg cpu highest rated power consumption is 75 watt, max 300 watt a 650 watt psu is perfect + around 50 watt (ssd's and fans and what ever the mb needs besides the cpu)

 

[Ruru]

My set up was finally a bit different (im sorry for the inconvenience my profile has been, i have been hacked)

Turns out my asus rtx 4070 wasn't working (the new owner told me) the new owner was okay with getting something that might not work but had warranty.

Found a deal for a little more expensive pc than i first budgeted for

This thinking a 3500x or 3600x or 5600x or a cheap 5700x, 32 or 64 gb ddr4 or ddr5 and which mb, which gpu, just give me something decent that isn't noisy

i3 14100 with grahphic, yes, 4 cores but latest 4 cores and i have used,tried a 12100 and 13100 perfomance is as good or in most cases better than a 10400 and 11400, even an i7 8700k isn't faster at all, a stock i9 9900k is higher in multicore but falls way behind in single core performance, low temps and graphics

I have a big aio that is silent but wanted something more simple, 4 cores 8 threads, just give me an inexpansive 120mm aio that is silent Thermalright Assassin X120 R SE Black

Asus Z790-P Prime ddr5 support + good price (as i remember no bug led)

G.Skill Ripjaws S5 DDR5-6400 - 32GB - CL32 not 100% on the qvl list from asus but on g skills list and pcparttpicker, speed and size is sweetspot for intel

2x 2 tb kc3000 and 970 evo plus (old nvme's)

Yesd my old card was an asus dual 4070 and the new owner told me it's not working, 3 fan (instead of 2) Asus GeForce® RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Prime

Super silent, thats what i like

Case (value for your money), one case c330 TG RGB comes with 6 argb fans for only 49 euros. DUTZO C731 Mesh TG ARGB i bought it for a low price, now it's gone up

Power Corsair tx650m 90 euros, only used i can get someting better Powertechup say 213 watt for a 5060 ti (spikes 20ms) which is same as my 4070 omg cpu highest rated power consumption is 75 watt, max 300 watt a 650 watt psu is perfect + around 50 watt (ssd's and fans and what ever the mb needs besides the cpu)

Go for 5000 series CPU, I upgraded from 3600 to 5800X and the difference was between day and night.

 

[gasolin]

No thanks i wanted a cpu with graphics

I thought i wanted an inexpensive 5700x (close to the price of a 5600x) but don't have a graphic chip and 5000g cpus are pci e 3.0

Im very happy with my i3 14100, no degradation, low power consumption and cooled by a super inexspensive Thermalright Assassin X120 R SE Black cpu cooler and sinle core performance might not be a s high as ryzen 9600x but still outperforms any ryzen 5000

 

[Ruru]

No thanks i wanted a cpu with graphics

I thought i wanted an inexpensive 5700x (close to the price of a 5600x) but don't have a graphic chip and 5000g cpus are pci e 3.0

Im very happy with my i3 14100, no degradation, low power consumption and cooled by a super inexspensive Thermalright Assassin X120 R SE Black cpu cooler and sinle core performance might not be a s high as ryzen 9600x but still outperforms any ryzen 5000

Doesn't every 13th and 14th gen CPU have the degradation issue, from i3-13100 to i9-14900KS? And maybe if it outperforms a Ryzen in a singlecore benchmark, the real world usage can be a totally different thing

Anyway, I suppose you have the latest BIOS with the motherboard you're using it so it should prevent the degradation and it's a good budget CPU. Didn't mean to bash that but personally I just don't see a reason to go for Intel these days.

 

[gasolin]

Not at all, only the higher tier cpus because of to much voltage

I didn't like the tx650m do to a noticeable fan

Im on (using) my RM850X