£50 PSU in 2016

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Morning Folks.

I've been looking at PSU's and like a lot of things it seems to be a bit of a price quagmire lately.. Crap shooting up in price and variations not listed in the PSU Teir table causing confusion galore.

The rig it will be used on will be running a G3258 with 8Gb ram and a R9 280X / GTX 770

I've found the following (Prices include delivery)
Seasonic S12 520W for £55
EVGA 500W (100-W1-0500-KR) - £36
XFX XT500 500W Power Supply 80 Plus Bronze - £46

Now I know the S12 is probably the best in that list.. but for the budget build I'm doing I don't really want anything I don't need. I'm using the G3258 after all rather than an i3.

If anyone has any other suggestions or hidden gems in their favorites then please lend a hand. I have managed to spec this build up - including OS for £300 ($390) so far and the PSU is the last piece of the puzzle.
 
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The EVGA-100-W1-0500-KR is a cheap, modular power supply and will be fine with that system. This one packs a little more punch and is also modular
 
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The CX really aren't a good pick when compared a good quality EVGA/SeaSonic PSU - especially when there isn't much of a price difference. However, i will add that a CX430 i have has lasted 3+ Years of heavy use with no issues to date. So while the CX series isn't the worst, nor is it on par with the others.
 
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CPU Choice shouldn't really affect which PSU you're choosing. The graphics card uses the most power and with an R9 280X or GTX 770 you would be most safe with the Seasonic S12II 520w. Best choice and not overkill. It's only a bit more money for much higher quality. R9 280X and the GTX 770 are not light GPU's either.
 
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It's not the pentium vs the i3, that will change the power usage, it's the 770 vs whatever else you end up getting in the future (although it will probably be lower power electrically).

Don't skimp on a PSU, an extra 50-100 watts will cost you £10 extra and nothing day to day (possibly even a day to day saving).
 
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as per my experience, it has lasted quite a lot of builds...even better than higher tiers at times...so yeah...its not bad...
besides price permitting thr are plenty of otyher choices, but the OP is in a really tight budget here...
 
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Yeah the only thing is that they use cheap, chinese/tiwanese electrical components for the PCB; which in a device handling quite large DC/AC current is never a good thing.
 
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i agree with u...but at times those chinese parts lasts longer than gud components...and tomshardware is not the only place whr u can find feedbacks...u need to luk out of the box at times...
having said that...i m not in any way contradicting u...the gud quality stuff is more resilient most of the times...agreed...
 
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Maybe if you get lucky, like you and i did, you won't get capacitors that end in a leakage of manganese dioxide or some nasty sulfuric acid :). But with PC components it's High risk, no reward; so it's best not to risk it.
 
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When you have budget constraints, wasting money on cheaper (not necessarily meaning low end chips, ones made without quality and durability in mind) components will only serve to tighten that budget futher in the long. This being said corsair isn't by any means the worst brand out there; just one of the worse reputable brands.
 
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i acompletely agree with u mate...
so wat is the alternative...one questione only...
i(as an op) am not ready to wait...and i dont have the budget...n ur ans will be???
considering this...that a decent psu ll last u for 2-3 mnths...after which u can always change it if u accumulate some amnt of cash...but a gud one ll last u 2-3 yrs if u can borrow that extra cash...

and i really want to learn this trick from u...if thr is a trick at all(pun intended)))... 😉
 
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Well if you're not ready to wait, then having a system which may EXPLODE! at any instant due to the slightest change, such as the butterfly effect, is your best bet. Really, the pain you will go through in enduring bad components is worse than the careful consideration and planning of picking a quality, reliable machine.

Good things don't come to those who wait, good things come to those who gain insight and plan for the future.
 
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It's not case of it'll do 500W for 3 months and then stop like a car engine might, or a strimmer, etc. It'll try to 500W the first time it is asked to and just fail. How it fails, it could be peaceful and just stop, or it could push very high voltages through your system for 1/2 second or so.

So in 'engine' terms it's like have a cracked piston, idling it may be fine, ask it for any power and it can blow the engine apart, no warning, just bang.
 
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I would say it's more like having a cheap piston. a cracked piston would have its integrity damaged and therefore obviously not be able to last whereas the integrity of the cheap piston would be seemingly in mint condition but it would be very badly made and not in favour of the large amounts of entropy and general wear and tear it will face. Similarly, the PSU using cheap capacitors/rectifier etc. will be in perfectly fine condition, just simply bad to start with and less durable.
 
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gud point...
 
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Best deal in the UK.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£50.51 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £50.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-20 15:51 BST+0100
 
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Very good deal. You're too late though; this is only active because me and Hellfire were having a friendly dispute on PSUs.
 
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