Looking for a good budget PSU

[imported_juanflaiter]

Hi, I´m a student from Chile.

I´ve had a dozen of budget PSU, mostly brands nobody knows, the "best" i´ve had is Codegen 450w, with just 16A@12v.

I need a good PSU that can handle 3.3 vDimm & 2.0 vCore (I´m using a pair of Kingston HyperX BH5 modules & a DLT3C with a ThermalRight SP97 on a DFI Ultra Infinity II).

Here in Chile hardware is not expensive, although PSU are really expensive, mostly because of shipping costs (PSUs can be pretty heavy).

My possibilites are:

Logisys 500w Aluminium moded gaming power supply
It has 25A@12V no PFC
Price: U$80

Powmax Demon 580w
It has 24A@12V no PFC
Price: U$50

Codegen 450w
It has 16A@12V no PFC
Price: U$20

ISO Made in USA
It has 18A@12V
Price: U$40

As you can see, my possibilities are not that pretty. It seems the Powmax may be a good buy, although I´ve heard they can be crappy. Thermaltake PSU are really expensive 100 bucks or more, also you can buy Vantec for 120 bucks, Antec Trupower550 200 bucks (OMG)

I can´t afford wasting more than 80 dollars in a PSU, and I need a good one. Which one would you choose? Anybody heard something about ISO?

Please help me, or maybe you can send me one lol xD

Greetings (Sorry for my English)

 

[kkeennyy]

pay for quality up front, or pay for lack of quality down the line. The first option is less costly over all.

 

[XeonTux]

I got a Antec 550 EPS, both them and the ATX are more like ~$100 not $200. Yeah I can understand thats a lot.

If you must be on the cheap end maybe look into Sparkle and Enhance

 

[TwoBills]

Check out an Enermax 350. 26amps on the 12v rail. $59 +.

 

[Arcanedeath]

I'd suggest one of 4 brands Antec, Enermax, Fortron, and Sparkle, well also PC power and cooling but thats out of your price range. just get a 350+ watt PSU from any of those companies in your price range and you should be fine.

 

[imported_juanflaiter]

I´m in Chile, all the PSUs you are recommending can´t be found in here. A friend bought the ISO today, it seems really good, nice steady voltages and can keep up with load. I´ll buy that one. (Seems Chieftech is the manufacturer, because they come with Chieftech/Chenming Cases)

Thanx!