How to find a quality psu?

[Thealchemistx]

The more reviews I read on the available products in my vicinity the more I am left with the impression that there is no quality made psu that costs under 100€.The current one I have has just started making too many problems and even though it might still be under warranty I refuse to have it in the pc,it is a as it says a "Real power eco silent 600w supply 80+ bronze" and the rest of the pc is :
Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M-HD3
Memory:kingston hyper x fury 16gb DDR3
HDD:1TB Toshiba DT01ACA100
SSD: kingston hyper x fury 128gb
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690
GPU:Sapphire amd radeon r9 290 tri-x 4Gb
+3 pc fans inside case

No overclocking currently in mind nor in the near future,
any recommendations on the psu brands or specific models with 600w or slightly more that should cost around and preferably less than 100€?

 

[ZeroThier]

Corsair, Silverstone, BeQuiet! or Coolermaster, 600W+, Bronze Certification at least.

 

[DSzymborski]

The more reviews I read on the available products in my vicinity the more I am left with the impression that there is no quality made psu that costs under 100€.The current one I have has just started making too many problems and even though it might still be under warranty I refuse to have it in the pc,it is a as it says a "Real power eco silent 600w supply 80+ bronze" and the rest of the pc is :
Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M-HD3
Memory:kingston hyper x fury 16gb DDR3
HDD:1TB Toshiba DT01ACA100
SSD: kingston hyper x fury 128gb
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690
GPU:Sapphire amd radeon r9 290 tri-x 4Gb
+3 pc fans inside case

No overclocking currently in mind nor in the near future,
any recommendations on the psu brands or specific models with 600w or slightly more that should cost around and preferably less than 100€?

There are many good PSUs under 100€. Look for ones made by SeaSonic, EVGA (the ones with 2 or 3 in their model name, not 1), XFX (except XT).

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

The Tom's power supply tier list isn't perfect, but it does give you a lot of great PSUs in the top couple tiers to look out for.

 

[Isokolon]

Corsair, Silverstone, BeQuiet! or Coolermaster, 600W+, Bronze Certification at least.

this is not a guideline to follow.

the Corsair CSM is even gold certified and is truely awful.
BeQuite! Pure Power series or Straight Power 7 / 8 aren't something I'd put in my rig as well
SilverStone Element series -- not worth the pennies you pay for it
and any Coolermaster unit that's not a V or VS is basically junk.

the only PSU-brands one can truely buy without knowing anything about the specific lines are Seasonic & Super Flower (and maybe XFX apart from the XT-line and the TS430 which for some reason the Tier list lists as quality unit)

the PSU tier list is a good guideline, although pretty outdated and with it's flaws.
it doesn't take into account some newer series, like the excellent Corsair RMx
it rates some units as Tier2 that belong right at the top (Seasonic G for example) and others that shouldn't be there in the first place (Corsair RM series, or the XFX TS430, the only TS-PSU that's not recommendable)
best to double check if you found one or just link a store you're looking to buy from and ask for help here.

 

[ZeroThier]

Corsair, Silverstone, BeQuiet! or Coolermaster, 600W+, Bronze Certification at least.

this is not a guideline to follow.

the Corsair CSM is even gold certified and is truely awful.
BeQuite! Pure Power series or Straight Power 7 / 8 aren't something I'd put in my rig as well
SilverStone Element series -- not worth the pennies you pay for it
and any Coolermaster unit that's not a V or VS is basically junk.

the only PSU-brands one can truely buy without knowing anything about the specific lines are Seasonic & Super Flower (and maybe XFX apart from the XT-line and the TS430 which for some reason the Tier list lists as quality unit)

the PSU tier list is a good guideline, although pretty outdated and with it's flaws.
it doesn't take into account some newer series, like the excellent Corsair RMx
it rates some units as Tier2 that belong right at the top (Seasonic G for example) and others that shouldn't be there in the first place (Corsair RM series, or the XFX TS430, the only TS-PSU that's not recommendable)
best to double check if you found one or just link a store you're looking to buy from and ask for help here.

I'm using a corsair CX850 (yes I know kinda bad choice but it went cheap during a sale and was convenient as I was upgrading to a 970 at the time and needed extra juice) and have been for more than a year and haven't had any problems. Before I used a CM 500W for 2yrs and hadn't had any problems either. Funnily enough I haven't heard of XFX making PSU's, if I had known I would've gotten rid of Silverstone and replaced with XFX.

 

[Isokolon]

I'm using a corsair CX850 (yes I know kinda bad choice but it went cheap during a sale and was convenient as I was upgrading to a 970 at the time and needed extra juice) and have been for more than a year and haven't had any problems. Before I used a CM 500W for 2yrs and hadn't had any problems either. Funnily enough I haven't heard of XFX making PSU's, if I had known I would've gotten rid of Silverstone and replaced with XFX.

yeah well, a Corsair CX850, being poor and all, should work for over a year without issues. otherwise nobody would buy Corsair products ever again^^
2 years is usually no age for a PSU. on their better products, Corsair & Seasonic offer 10 years of WARRANTY, meaning they trust their PSUs to last for 10 years at least

XFX entered the market in late 2008, they got Seasonic as their OEM and (at least were) very decently priced.
I got a XFX Pro 650W back in early 2009, the unit is still running without any issues.

 

[ZeroThier]

I'm using a corsair CX850 (yes I know kinda bad choice but it went cheap during a sale and was convenient as I was upgrading to a 970 at the time and needed extra juice) and have been for more than a year and haven't had any problems. Before I used a CM 500W for 2yrs and hadn't had any problems either. Funnily enough I haven't heard of XFX making PSU's, if I had known I would've gotten rid of Silverstone and replaced with XFX.

yeah well, a Corsair CX850, being poor and all, should work for over a year without issues. otherwise nobody would buy Corsair products ever again^^
2 years is usually no age for a PSU. on their better products, Corsair & Seasonic offer 10 years of WARRANTY, meaning they trust their PSUs to last for 10 years at least

XFX entered the market in late 2008, they got Seasonic as their OEM and (at least were) very decently priced.
I got a XFX Pro 650W back in early 2009, the unit is still running without any issues.

Yeh, I needed the extra juice if I wanted to upgrade my gpu at all, any gpu with a significant performance boost comparing to my older gpu would've need a 550w psu atleast . And couple months after I was like "oh dear why did I buy this" after seeing a bunch of reviews but oh well, it works and thats all I need. Bear in mind I'm a student and only built my pc in 2014, so I haven't been in the game as much as other people haha.