XFX TS 550 or Cooler Master GX2 / V550 NEED HELP BUYING NEW PSU

[john5220]

Which do you all think is the better more reliable one less likely to come DOA?

The Cooler Master GX2 550 watts and Cooler Master V550 with 100% Japanese capacitors?

Or the MUCH cheaper XFX TS 550 for just $50 on amazon?

and the corsair CX600m is $56

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ALK3HF4/ref=twister_B00ARAHZ6A?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

[john5220]

I am also looking at this

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...f_rd_i=desktop

is it enough to power a HD 7870 factory OC GPU from XFX and a i3 CPU?

 

[lehtv]

You can rule out the GX2 550 off the bat, it's not as good as the XFX unit even though it costs more. XFX TS 550 is a Seasonic built unit, should be very good. With 5year warranty, I'd expect it to have all solid caps as well. There's a Bronze and a Gold version of this unit, but 50 bucks is a great price either way.

Cooler Master V550 is built by Enhance. Seasonic is generally better than Enhance, although Techpowerup did review the V550S and gave it an 8.9, it should be a nice unit. Still, the only reason to pay extra for the V550 over the XFX TS550 Bronze is higher efficiency, which isn't worth much at all, maybe 5-10 bucks.

That EVGA 500W unit is way below the quality of the other units mentioned, I don't recommend it. It has only 3 year warranty, only 80plus efficiency, and it's built by HEC which isn't exactly known for producing high quality stuff, although their collaboration with EVGA seems to be a bit higher quality than you'd normally expect from them. In any case, Seasonic and Enhance >> HEC.

In terms of power requirements, 500-550W is the correct size to get, although some 400-450W units also do come with the necessary PCIe connectors. Your rig will be using only around 200-250 watts while gaming, so a Rosewill Capstone 450W would also work fine. $55 for a Gold unit with top quality and 7 year warranty. The 550W unit is $10 more if you want to future proof your PC a bit for more power hungry components.

 

[john5220]

Hi thanks for the response

what about the corsair series?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ALK3HF4/ref=twister_B00ARAHZ6A?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

CX430m and CX600m

Amazon has the CX600m corsair for $56 LOL sounds like a steal of a deal if its good that is. also says its the number one best seller in PC power supplies on amazon.

btw 430 enough to power a HD 7870 super OC factory edition and core i3?
I currently have a cooler master elite 460W and it stinks its a trash dual rail with 18a on each rail and it cannot power the video card. It shuts off when gaming intense games. And yes I tried every combination and option available to get it to power but won't work.

I should also mention I have another cheap trash $10 generic PSU with 36 amps on single rail and it will power the system over the cooler master. But I don't trust that generic PSU incase it fries my pc components.

 

[john5220]

ok apparently a reviewer said the CX corsair fried his R9280

WOW I taught corsair cx were good stuff? man I need a PSU that won't fry any of my components. Would the xfx ts be the best bet in a case like that?

 

[lehtv]

Corsair CX are better quality than most other cheap units but they're still cheap units. Only 3yr warranty, mediocre caps, a bit underpowered with respect to the power rating. They should have trustworthy safeguards though... if a cx unit actually killed the reviewer's GPU, it sounds like the unit was faulty.

Get the capstone 450w, capstone 550w or the xfx ts550

 

[john5220]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006BCKHIQ

Amazon has a sale on the 750W capstone gold for $59 free shipping.

I wonder if thats a safer bet against DOA than 550W TS xfx

750W is so much power I really didn't need that much power. LOL seems so wasted
I wonder if to buy that or wait for a deal on another PSU?

 

[john5220]

Guys I ordered this

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Rosewill capstone 750W

I got it for $59 on amazon LLC. I trust buying direct from amazon llc over merchants for some reason in the past I had very good experience in getting my money back.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=266

^ it scores the same as cooler master 750V gold. So i assume this rosewill is a good PSU for me for many years to come

 

[lehtv]

Yep, that's s good pick

 

[john5220]

hee hee and its going cheaper than the 650 watts version aswell LOL I wonder of Amazon made a mistake with the pricing. lol

Holy Molly 62 amps on a single 12V rail, this thing could run dual 8 pin GPU I bet.

Good thing for you lehtv else I would not have even think of looking for this PSU

 

[SteveGrabowski]

All the Rosewill Capstone's are amazing power supplies. They're made by Super Flower, who builds very high quality units. You got a really good deal and can run any graphics card on the market other than perhaps an R9 295x2.

 

[lehtv]

All the Rosewill Capstone's are amazing power supplies. They're made by Super Flower, who builds very high quality units. You got a really good deal and can run any graphics card on the market other than perhaps an R9 295x2.

295x2 should be fine, it consumes around 500w tops while gaming, usually less than that, leaving 250w for the rest.