[SOLVED] Help in choosing power supply

[thefxgamingrules]

To begin with, I live in India.
And prices from North American/European countries don't translate well here and availability is a bit of hit and miss too, for some brands.

I have a PC that I built an year ago, I tried to get it as close as possible to the original on PCPartPicker-
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/canudont/saved/#view=yk4Dqs

So, I want to get a new power supply, and was looking to get a CX550 (Grey Label), as I believed it was a fair quality unit.
Today, I read through this-

Discussion - PSU recommendations and power supply discussion thread - Tom's hardware

Below you will find MY standard list of recommended power supplies and beyond that this thread is intended as a landing place for questions or discussions regarding specific units, platforms or related PSU tech, all of which are all welcome to be discussed here. If it's related to power supplies...

forums.tomshardware.com

And well, most of the good power supplies mentioned here are either unavailable or way too expensive for me too afford.
I can shell out a maximum of 65 USD for a PSU...
Are there any quality units in this price range?

Thanks in advance.

 

[DSzymborski]

To begin with, I live in India.
And prices from South American/European countries don't translate well here and availability is a bit of hit and miss too, for some brands.

I have a PC that I built an year ago, I tried to get it as close as possible to the original on PCPartPicker-
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/canudont/saved/#view=yk4Dqs

So, I want to get a new power supply, and was looking to get a CX550 (Grey Label), as I believed it was a fair quality unit.
Today, I read through this-

Discussion - PSU recommendations and power supply discussion thread - Tom's hardware

Below you will find MY standard list of recommended power supplies and beyond that this thread is intended as a landing place for questions or discussions regarding specific units, platforms or related PSU tech, all of which are all welcome to be discussed here. If it's related to power supplies...

forums.tomshardware.com

And well, most of the good power supplies mentioned here are either unavailable or way too expensive for me too afford.
I can shell out a maximum of 65 USD for a PSU...
Are there any quality units in this price range?

Thanks in advance.

Darkbreeze is referring to the green-and-black label of Corsair CX as being low quality, not the current one, which is a good budget PSU.

Old green label Corsair:
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The gray label one is fine.

Right now, with the market messed up by COVID-19 and you being in an area with higher component costs, if you actually see a new Corsair CX 550 for just $65, you should jump on it very quickly before it gets scooped up. Our best price right now for that is $85.

Unfortunately, if it's not actually available at this price, then it is extremely unlikely you're going to find anything safe and dependable for $65.

 

[thefxgamingrules]

Thanks, the CX550 is going for 65USD, so I'll buy that.

 

[thefxgamingrules]

I have been looking for a decent budget PSU for my PC, that can be found in this post-

[SOLVED] - Help in choosing power supply

To begin with, I live in India. And prices from North American/European countries don't translate well here and availability is a bit of hit and miss too, for some brands. I have a PC that I built an year ago, I tried to get it as close as possible to the original on PCPartPicker-...

forums.tomshardware.com

So, I was ordering it today, but this caught my eye-

https://www.amazon.in/dp/B01HGRMZ9I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_g0-kFbT60J8JT


Is this any good? It's about 5$ more than the CX550?
Shall I buy this instead?


Thanks in advance.

 

[Lutfij]

The PSU referred to in the other thread is what I'd get as opposed to that Gigabyte unit. 5USD more for a 150W advantage, no thank you! I'd like to keep mu investments intact and not gamble with them.

 

[thefxgamingrules]

Okay, thanks!

 

[thefxgamingrules]

The PSU referred to in the other thread is what I'd get as opposed to that Gigabyte unit. 5USD more for a 150W advantage, no thank you! I'd like to keep mu investments intact and not gamble with them.

Is this one good?
https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0716GK7Z6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_E7.kFbS3EH7KT

 

[thefxgamingrules]

Here I am posting this once again, sheerly confused.
Do I buy a corsair cx550 or is this good too-
https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0716GK7Z6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_4JalFbAEB8NZJ
Thanks in advance

 

[Archaic59]

Here I am posting this once again, sheerly confused.
Do I buy a corsair cx550 or is this good too-
https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0716GK7Z6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_4JalFbAEB8NZJ
Thanks in advance

Depends on the power requirements of your system. The Corsair (2017) is probably a little better model in terms of quality and has a 5 year warranty compared to the Antec 3 years.

 

[thefxgamingrules]

Okay, thanks. I'll go with the CX550 because my PC consumes 380 under max load.

 

[Archaic59]

Okay, thanks. I'll go with the CX550 because my PC consumes 380 under max load.

Make sure it's the one with the black and grey label, not the green.

 

[thefxgamingrules]

Make sure it's the one with the black and grey label, not the green.

Yeah, sure!