[SOLVED] Best PSU for under £50?

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deadlou666

deadlou666

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Hi, i'm buying an rtx 2060 and i need a PSU for that, a xeon e3 1241 v3 (80watts), 24gb ram and 4 ssds, i also need it to be £50 or under, does anyone have any suggestions??

i've found so far a Cooler Master MWE 550 or 450 watt £40/50and also an "MSI MAG A650BN (£50)"

i would appreciate any help!!!
 
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If you do not have enough money to buy proper, good quality PSU, do not buy that expensive GPU. Instead buy cheaper GPU, so that you have more money to buy proper PSU.

Since PSU powers everything, it is the most important component inside the PC, and you do not want to cheap out on a PSU.

Good quality PSUs to go for, are Seasonic Focus/PRIME or Corsair RM/RMx/RMi/HX/HXi/AX/AXi,
pcpp: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/tnVBD3,WxL48d,97848d,ZnGnTW/

(All 3 of my PCs are also powered by Seasonic, full specs with pics in my sig.)
 
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a 2070 super can get up to 215 watts

and the 8700k can go upwards of 130watts

TBF i probably asked the wrong question sorry, are these units quality/ wont explode or cause a fire hazard??
 
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deadlou666 said:
are these units quality
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If you want cheap and good PSU, you have to buy two PSUs; the cheap one (e.g CM MWE) and the good one (e.g Seasonic PRIME). Simple as that.

So, given that i linked you good quality PSUs, that cost 100+ quid, then you can figure out by yourself, how "quality" those 50 quid units are.

Will they blow up/explode and catch fire? Most likely not. Then again, if you pay peanuts - you will get monkeys and you can be another one, who buys those cheap firecrackers. PSU doesn't need to catch fire, to go "pop" and fry everything it is connected to.

In the end, which is cheaper for you:
  1. Save 50 quid now, to get low quality PSU.
  2. Pay 500+ quid, once the cheap PSU fries your entire build.
?

Here, do i really need to repeat myself, that:
Aeacus said:
Since PSU powers everything, it is the most important component inside the PC, and you do not want to cheap out on a PSU.
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:sarcastic:
 
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--SID-- said:
TX650M Gold is a decent PSU and better than 90% of the 650w SS units.
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Really?
Currently, there are in total of 18 different Seasonic models, that are 650W. Your preference would put almost all of them below TMx, only sparing 2 models.
You really seem to hate Seasonic. 🙄

I'd say Corsair TMx is on-par with Seasonic Core series, but still worse than Seasonic Focus and PRIME series. Or in other words, TXm is better than 28% (or 5 models) of all current Seasonic 650W units.
 
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Aeacus said:
You really seem to hate Seasonic
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It's a realistic point of view.

Aeacus said:
I'd say Corsair TMx is on-par with Seasonic Core series, but still worse than Seasonic Focus and PRIME series. Or in other words, TXm is better than 28% (or 5 models) of all current Seasonic 650W units.
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That's how you see it through your pink SS glases. Compared to all 650w Seasonics, TXM Gold has a better fan, better fancontrol by a MCU, better PCI-e cables and connectors (16AWG and 13A HCS instead of 18AWG a 9A minifit) and a 50 degree rating instead of 40 degree.

Core is not on par with TXM. Core is a lot worse and should compete CX non modular. Even Seasonics own B12 BC/ G12 GC can compete a Core.
 
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--SID-- said:
Compared to all 650w Seasonics, TXM Gold has a better fan, better fancontrol by a MCU, better PCI-e cables and connectors (16AWG and 13A HCS instead of 18AWG a 9A minifit) and a 50 degree rating instead of 40 degree.
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All that and still worse reliability than most of 650W Seasonic units. This doesn't make TXm 90% better than Seasonic units. More like only 40% better of all current Seasonic units.
 
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deadlou666 said:
seasonic over here in the UK are alot more expensive than what seems to be other better products (like corsair) so it seems like a great choice
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Sure, you can go with Corsair as well. I even suggested several Corsair units to you.

Reason why Corsair PSUs, in general, are cheaper than Seasonic (or Super Flower), is because Corsair is far bigger brand with loads more production. Though, Corsair doesn't make any PSU they sell. Instead, Corsair outsources ALL their PSUs, mostly to CWT or Great Wall. Thus, they can reduce the price, compared to the smaller, with limited production.
Seasonic and Super Flower, both are PSU OEMs, making their own PSUs. Seasonic has even made PSUs for Corsair. E.g Corsair AX-series is made by Seasonic (except AX-1200, which is made by Flextronics).
 
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Aeacus said:
and still worse reliability
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Where is the worse reliability based on?

Aeacus said:
Seasonic and Super Flower, both are PSU OEMs, making their own PSUs.
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In case of Seasonic that's not entirely true. 40% of the SS lineup is outsourced.

Aeacus said:
Seasonic has even made PSUs for Corsair. E.g Corsair AX-series is made by Seasonic
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Yeah, and the latest AX is discontinued because of issues with GPUs and the lack or lazyness of SS to solve it. No actual Corsair is made by SS.
 
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--SID-- said:
Where is the worse reliability based on?
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Warranty length.

In a nutshell:
up to 2 years - terrible reliability
3 years - poor reliability (e.g Corsair VS/CS)
5 years - mediocre reliability (e.g Seasonic G12, Corsair CX/CXF)
7 years - good reliability (e.g Seasonic Core/Focus GM, Corsair TX/AX)
10 years - great reliability (e.g Seasonic Focus GX/PX, Corsair RMx/HX/HXi/AXi)
12 years - superb reliability (e.g Seasonic PRIME)

TXm has 7 years of warranty, on-par with Seasonic Core/Focus GM series.
If Corsair would have more trust on their TX-series reliability, warranty would also be longer. But it isn't.

What good is a PSU, which has almost all the metrics on mythic level, except that it isn't reliable (e.g 1 year warranty), compared to the PSU that doesn't touch the sky with it's metrics, but is built solid and is very reliable (e.g with 10 years of warranty)?
Or in other words, glass cannon or sturdy workhorse?
 
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Vic 40 said:
Not even close to the budget of the OP, why do you think it's alright to push people beyond that budget this much?
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OP is planning to buy RTX 2060, which goes for 300 quid. Due to that, not enough money is left for good PSU. And since PSU is the most important component inside the PC, since it powers everything, smart thing to do, is downgrade on GPU. E.g GTX 1660 Super/Ti, at ~200 quid, thus freeing up funds for proper PSU. That's why.

If one has money to buy expensive GPU, one also has money to buy proper PSU.
 
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