good psu for i5-4460 + gtx 950

[swp1207]

I have changed my build list a lot and I have decided to go with an Intel Core i5-4460, 8gb ram ddr3-1600, gtx 950 2gb, and the asrock h97 anniversary motherboard. I am looking for a good power supply that can support my specs and some future upgrades. i hear a lot of bad reviews of a lot of power supplies, and this is probably the hardest part to pick for me. it doesn't need to be a gold certified or anything amazing, but i don't want to worry about it being a piece of junk. i would like to stay around $60, but if it is really worth spending extra, i will see if i can. but i don't want to go crazy like a $100 power supply. one more thing, i am only buying from amazon and newegg in the US. thanks guys.

 

[superninja12]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $78.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-26 15:08 EDT-0400

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $69.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-26 15:08 EDT-0400

both fantastic units g2 from superflow gs from seasonic.

 

[Erwin06]

500 watt PSu would be good enough..but for fueture proofing get a 600 watt..i have a gtx 950 from evga ssc and a g3258 running on a 650 watt

 

[superninja12]

500 watt PSu would be good enough..but for fueture proofing get a 600 watt..i have a gtx 950 from evga ssc and a g3258 running on a 650 watt

sorry to let you down erwin but future cards will use less and less power.

 

[Eximo]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-m12ii520bronze

Leaves a little room for upgrading to a heftier GPU in the future. Fully modular so it doesn't take up a lot of space with the wires.

 

[Ethanh100]

This is a good one for a good price right now: XFX XT 600W
made by seasonic, XFX PSUs are always high quality.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Made and designed by SEASONIC.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $56.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-26 15:12 EDT-0400

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

This is a good one for a good price right now: XFX XT 600W
made by seasonic, XFX PSUs are always high quality.

Wrong , it's made by Shenzhen Rui Sheng Yuan Technology.

Designed by SEASONIC , it's like a HYDANCE lower quality.

 

[superninja12]

This is a good one for a good price right now: XFX XT 600W
made by seasonic, XFX PSUs are always high quality.

Wrong , it's made by Shenzhen Rui Sheng Yuan Technology.

not high quality indeed but designed by seasonic.
still not good quality.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It's like a HYDANCE lower quality.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I have changed my build list a lot and I have decided to go with an Intel Core i5-4460, 8gb ram ddr3-1600, gtx 950 2gb, and the asrock h97 anniversary motherboard. I am looking for a good power supply that can support my specs and some future upgrades. i hear a lot of bad reviews of a lot of power supplies, and this is probably the hardest part to pick for me. it doesn't need to be a gold certified or anything amazing, but i don't want to worry about it being a piece of junk. i would like to stay around $60, but if it is really worth spending extra, i will see if i can. but i don't want to go crazy like a $100 power supply. one more thing, i am only buying from amazon and newegg in the US. thanks guys.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $56.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-26 15:17 EDT-0400

 

[Eximo]

Sort of misleading. Future enthusiast cards will stay within limits of what a pair of 8-pin connectors can provide. That is the 'normal' industry max per card. What changes is the performance that amount of power delivers. Nothing actually stopping them from just making bigger chips aside from the cost of chip/wafer size.

Nvidia has more or less been sticking with 8pin+6-pin as their top end on reference designs.

Now on the more consumer grade cards, yes, the trend is towards lower power. With GTX cards sneaking into the no external power required in the GTX750 and GTX750ti.

GTX950 is just a step above it. Just barely requires external power.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Sort of misleading. Future enthusiast cards will stay within limits of what a pair of 8-pin connectors can provide. That is the 'normal' industry max per card. What changes is the performance that amount of power delivers. Nothing actually stopping them from just making bigger chips aside from the cost of chip/wafer size.

Nvidia has more or less been sticking with 8pin+6-pin as their top end on reference designs.

Now on the more consumer grade cards, yes, the trend is towards lower power. With GTX cards sneaking into the no external power required in the GTX750 and GTX750ti.

GTX950 is just a step above it. Just barely requires external power.

Slot powered.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814126090
ASUS GTX 950.

 

[Guest]

For your price range, I recommend this Power Supply: FSP Group Berserker 500 500W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply ($49.99 + $5.92 Shipping @ Newegg)

It's more than enough for your build, with some upgrade potential.

The next ones I can recommend are around $75 or more. I'll post them if you want me to.

 

[superninja12]

Sort of misleading. Future enthusiast cards will stay within limits of what a pair of 8-pin connectors can provide. That is the 'normal' industry max per card. What changes is the performance that amount of power delivers. Nothing actually stopping them from just making bigger chips aside from the cost of chip/wafer size.

Nvidia has more or less been sticking with 8pin+6-pin as their top end on reference designs.

Now on the more consumer grade cards, yes, the trend is towards lower power. With GTX cards sneaking into the no external power required in the GTX750 and GTX750ti.

GTX950 is just a step above it. Just barely requires external power.

there are even gtx 950 units who can get enough power of the pcie slot like the 750 ti C:

 

[Erwin06]

500 watt PSu would be good enough..but for fueture proofing get a 600 watt..i have a gtx 950 from evga ssc and a g3258 running on a 650 watt

sorry to let you down erwin but future cards will use less and less power.

True but more power the better 😛
Atleast you have a peice of mind that you're psu won't take any of you're gpus down 😀

 

[superninja12]

For your price range, I recommend this Power Supply: FSP Group Berserker 500 500W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply ($49.99 + $5.92 Shipping @ Newegg)

It's more than enough for your build, with some upgrade potential.

The next ones I can recommend are around $75 or more. I'll post them if you want me to.

i cant find any info on this unit from an expert 😱, can you tell me why its good(curiosity).

 

[swp1207]

Wow, thanks for all of the fast replies! I am thinking of either the http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-m12ii520bronze or http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9 since they are both the same price, a bit over $60, but if the quality is better, then it should be worth it. The seasonic one is fully modular but the xfx has more power, i am stuck between the two for now.

 

[ikaz]

$30.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/evga-80-plus-600w-atx-12v-eps-12v-power-supply-black/8511029.p?loc=0&ref=8575135&acampID=fcc0a1400be511e69a78be97d9edcf320INT

 

[superninja12]

$30.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/evga-80-plus-600w-atx-12v-eps-12v-power-supply-black/8511029.p?loc=0&ref=8575135&acampID=fcc0a1400be511e69a78be97d9edcf320INT

just no.

 

[swp1207]

both psus have the same reviews on new egg too, plenty of good and bad, both have some doas and some people say they are unreliable. this is why i hate choosing psus because if you dont spend $100+ then you are probably not going to last with the one you got.

 

[swp1207]

looking over the reviews on newegg, over all, the seasonic has more positive reviews, so i might just go with that one. what do you all think?

 

[superninja12]

Alright in noob language

m12ii -good pwoersupply will last forever - modular- not hashwell compatible
xfx proseries - good owersupply will last forever - not moduler- not haswell compatible
gs 550w - good pwoersupply- 100% japanese capacitors- modular- haswell ready - gold efficient.

* Haswell has a new processor state called C6/C7 which reduces the processor's power usage when idle, the new state consumes so little power that they say older or cheaper power supply couldn't be stable with Haswell

great for your system

and dont go off amazon/newegg reviews for powersupplies..... they say it works 5/5 - noise-1 4/5....

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013
XFX TS Series P1550SXXB9 550W ATX12V 2.2 & ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Bronze Certified Active PFC Power Supply
The TS is Haswell Compatible , it's the one I linked above.

 

[superninja12]

ow my bad blackbird