Corsair CX430 or OCZ CXS500W?

[Letchy]

Hey everyone. I have done some research and it seems that the CX430 has come into question with reliability and the longevity of its life (I read that in the PSU guide on these forums)... I have also read that OCZ are quite good for PSUs as Corsair usually are.

Corsair CX430 or OCZ CXS500W?

Thanks guys.

 

[ksham]

For what kind of system? Gaming?

 

[slomo4sho]

What are your system specs and what is your budget?

 

[Letchy]

Okay. Here is my build - LINK

This is a low budget build for gaming primarily. My budget is around the £400 mark at the moment.

 

[ksham]

Not a very high powered gaming build. Sticking with the iGPU? Get the Corsair PSU.

 

[Letchy]

For some reason that list does not include the GPU I had chosen. I guess I removed it by accident... I will be using the Sapphire Radeon 1GB 7770 with the build.

 

[slomo4sho]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£95.64 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.49 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A85XMA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£59.00 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£38.91 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£46.79 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 335 Upgraded ATX Mid Tower Case (£25.98 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£34.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£10.68 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£63.59 @ Aria PC)
Total: £400.07
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

 

[Letchy]

I'm pretty happy with my build as it stands, thank you for giving me another option but I did not realise the GPU was not included in that list that I had linked...

My only intention for this thread was to find out which PSU would be better than the other, for gaming with that build I posted (now includes the GPU which is a 7770).

 

[slomo4sho]

Pick the XFX PSU in my build or the XFX P1-450S-X2B9.

You, you will want 2 sticks of ram instead of the single stick to take advantage of dual channel performance gains. Pickup two 2GB sticks.

 

[Letchy]

Pick the XFX PSU in my build or the XFX P1-450S-X2B9.

You, you will want 2 sticks of ram instead of the single stick to take advantage of dual channel performance gains. Pickup two 2GB sticks.

Thank you. I will be getting the ProSeries XFX PSU.

I am planning to buy x2 4GB sticks to take advantage of dual channel.