Which power supply for 60€?

[karl8]

Which power supply 80+ priced 60€ are better than Cooler Master GX 550W?
It's a 80+ bronze.

I remember you it (the CM) has 1 12V line with 44A.
I will never do Sli or Crossfire.

Shop: atelco.de
(it's in front of home, so I prefer to spend something more)

Specifications:
case Cooler Master Scout
psu Cooler Master 550GX => this will probably be changed
cooler CM Hyper 212+
RAM G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-12800U CL9
CPU i5 2400
motherboard GIGABYTE GA-P67A-D3-B3
monitor ASUS VE228H

VGA: for NOW nVidia GeForce 8800GT
It will be changed with incoming AMD 7870, nVidia 660 or superior (7950 or 670).
Probably it won't ever run nVidia top's VGA (x80), but any 200W one yes.

 

[Volkszorn88]

What are your system specs? So we can see what would be best for your rig.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Ocz stealthXstream 2, 600watt, 80+, 4x18amp rails. I have one, got very good reviews, and delivered over 700watts with ease. Cost me £60 brand new

 

[John Doe]

I'd avoid the GX:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story3&reid=188

it's an awful unit as you can see. Don't let the CoolerMaster name fool you those. Budget CM units (GX, eXtreme Power's) are pretty much garbage while the high-end ones (Real Power Pro/UCP) are great units.

Where are you buying from?

 

[n-ster]

How much is the XFX Core 650W?

 

[Fourstaff]

How much is the XFX Core 650W?

€81, maybe the 550w instead? http://www.caseking.de/shop/catalog...ore-Edition-PRO-Netzteil-550-Watt::16368.html

Not too sure about the quality of Corsair 600CX V2, but price is not bad
http://www.caseking.de/shop/catalog...rsair-Netzteil-600-CX-V2-600-Watt::16943.html

 

[Bo$$]

http://www.caseking.de/shop/catalog...ower-L8-modular-Netzteil-430-Watt::17343.html
or for a little moar
http://www.caseking.de/shop/catalog...rsair-Netzteil-600-CX-V2-600-Watt::16943.html

 

[n-ster]

The XFX 550W would be my pick then

 

[John Doe]

I'd consider this one as well.

http://www.caseking.de/shop/catalog...II-520-Netzteil-SS-520GB-520-Watt::14331.html

 

[karl8]

Added specifications and shop.

 

[entropy13]

Added specifications and shop.

The good PSUs are all more than €60 in the shop you mentioned:
Antec High Current Gamer (520 or 620W)
XFX PRO650W Core Edition
Thermaltake Toughpower XT (575 or 675W)


I don't know much about the be quiet! PSUs however, and I'm not familiar with the Super Flower PSUs they have (most of the reviews I've read are the ones that are 80PLUS Gold/Platinum).

The Thermaltake PSUs named after cities over there are made by HEC, so I guess they won't be any much different from the Cougar PSUs...

 

[n-ster]

In that case the CX600 V2 looks, OK, for the rest you really just have to google the reviews

 

[ChristTheGreat]

what about an OCZ ZS-Series 550W?

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=248

 

[Bo$$]

what about an OCZ ZS-Series 550W?

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=248

that is an awsome PSU choice too

 

[karl8]

There aren't available; between these, is there anyone decent?
And what about their ripple?
Thermaltake Berlin 630W
Seasonic S12II-430 Bronze, 430 Watt (but only 30A on 12V rail)
Cougar SE 400 Watt (80+ Silver)
Corsair Builder Series CX600 V2, 600 Watt (the only one mentioned to be present)

 

[n-ster]

There aren't available; between these, is there anyone decent?
And what about their ripple?
Thermaltake Berlin 630W
Seasonic S12II-430 Bronze, 430 Watt (but only 30A on 12V rail)
Cougar SE 400 Watt (80+ Silver)
Corsair Builder Series CX600 V2, 600 Watt (the only one mentioned to be present)

The Seasonic is good, but the Wattage may be insufficient for you. Best to go Corsair unless you decide to have a higher budget

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Ocz stealthXstream 2 600w review.


http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/OCZ-StealthXStream-2-600-W-Power-Supply-Review/1058/10

We could pull up to 712 W from this power supply with efficiency still above 80%. So you buy a 600 W power supply and get a 700 W.

 

[n-ster]

Ocz stealthXstream 2 600w review.


http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/OCZ-StealthXStream-2-600-W-Power-Supply-Review/1058/10

It is good indeed, especially in Ripple, efficiency and wattage but...
Here's the bad. I personally would stay away from it because of the 0.31V (2.6%) variation on the 12V rail and the 0.13V (~4%) variation on the 3.3V rail.

http://www.kitguru.net/components/p...stealthxstream-2-600-w-power-supply-review/4/

 

[ChristTheGreat]

That doesn't seem like a great PSU IMO... 60mV ripple on 12V, close to 2% voltage difference on the 12V rail and more on the 3.3... not my cup of tea

My expectation is 2% max on 3.3 and 5, and 1% or very close on 12V, with <50mV, preferable 0mV ripple on the 12V and reasonable on the others.

Going down the line, +3.3V regulation going from test 1 to 8 shows only a 2.4% drop. Not bad. +5V only dropped 1.4%. Even better. +12V dropped 1.5%. That's pretty decent. So I'm happy with voltage regulation on this unit. What about efficiency?

1.5% for +5v, 1.4 for +12v and 2.4% for 3.3v ...

The ripple suppression is good most of the time, although the +12V did get as high as 60mV, which is still within the ATX12V specification of 120mV, but higher than we've seen in a while with recent developments in power supply platforms.

anyway you think it doesn't seems to be a good PSU.. That's not what jonnyguru said.. And I didn't said it was the best choice. People must know what they can buy that aren't cheap

There aren't available; between these, is there anyone decent?
And what about their ripple?
Thermaltake Berlin 630W
Seasonic S12II-430 Bronze, 430 Watt (but only 30A on 12V rail)
Cougar SE 400 Watt (80+ Silver)
Corsair Builder Series CX600 V2, 600 Watt (the only one mentioned to be present)

Are they the only one you can get? if so, I would go with Corsair CX.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

It is good indeed, especially in Ripple, efficiency and wattage but...
Here's the bad. I personally would stay away from it because of the 0.31V (2.6%) variation on the 12V rail and the 0.13V (~4%) variation on the 3.3V rail.

http://www.kitguru.net/components/p...stealthxstream-2-600-w-power-supply-review/4/

Its good enough for me, it got good reviews in every review i read, so it will be fine for my system. I'm sure there are psu's people will say are better than this that get worse results than mine.

 

[n-ster]

1.5% for +5v, 1.4 1.5 for +12v and 2.4% for 3.3v ...



anyway you think it doesn't seems to be a good PSU.. That's not what jonnyguru said.. And I didn't said it was the best choice. People must know what they can buy that aren't cheap

My bad, idk what I saw for the 12V Yes that PSU is fine if the price is right., it is just outside of my expectations, which means it is pretty good/very good lol But that PSU isn't there @ atelco.de

 

[John Doe]

There aren't available; between these, is there anyone decent?
And what about their ripple?
Thermaltake Berlin 630W
Seasonic S12II-430 Bronze, 430 Watt (but only 30A on 12V rail)
Cougar SE 400 Watt (80+ Silver)
Corsair Builder Series CX600 V2, 600 Watt (the only one mentioned to be present)

The CX is a low-end CWT (GPA/DSA), as well as the Berlin. But the Berlin is a specific design. Cougar is... well, HEC garbage. lol. As pointed before, the S12 is the strongest choice out of all. It's the design that's used in PCP&C Silencer units. You can get it since newer GPU's are going to be significantly more efficient. At 22nm, I'd expect the power of a 570 (200W) at 150W or less, which the SeaSonic can handle. If it can handle a 460 (easy - 150W peak), it'll handle a 22nm GPU as well.

Also, your system is stock and pretty efficient. Even if you overloaded the S12, it still would have given lower ripple than those.

 

[n-ster]

the CX V2 series doesn't seem bad at all, at least the 430W one is very good

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story3&reid=239

I think this performance is awesome already, the CX430 V2 vs the S12II price/perf for him would obviously the Corsair.

 

[John Doe]

the CX V2 series doesn't seem bad at all, at least the 430W one is very good

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story3&reid=239

I think this performance is awesome already, the CX430 V2 vs the S12II price/perf for him would obviously the Corsair.

Yeah, just checked Atelco. P/P isn't so good on the SeaSonic. About €65 for 430W. Though, it's based on a more solid platform than the CX. Those low-end CWT don't go beyond 600W or so, while the S12 goes up to 760W. PCP&C labels the same SeaSonic (430W) as 500W, yet it delivers good performance. BTW, just noticed this;

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-HD-7900-XDR2-Rambus-Memory,13408.html

Guess I guessed it right when I said 150W and below.

That said, I think this should be his best bet:

http://www3.atelco.de/500+-+600+Wat...550P14XE+Golden+Green+Pro+80plus+gold.article

Original version of the Kingwin LZG, NZXT Hale90 etc.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story4&reid=199

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=250

 

[n-ster]

way outside his budget lol...