is astrum a good brand for psu?

[Samlance]

i need to know if i should buy a astrum 450w for my r9270x? or just keep my lc-8500btx 500w?
also is this 80 certified? it says 80 plus? is it the same thing?

 

[TheMohammadmo]

First of all, I have never heard of a brand called austrum so I would recommend not to go with it. I would go with corsair, cooler master, thermaltake, rosewill, evga etc. Make sure what ever psu you get it is semi or full modular or you will regret it when it comes to cable management like me

 

[Samlance]

First of all, I have never heard of a brand called austrum so I would recommend not to go with it. I would go with corsair, cooler master, thermaltake, rosewill, evga etc. Make sure what ever psu you get it is semi or full modular or you will regret it when it comes to cable management like me

what does modular mean?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Go with Seasonic , XFX , Antec , Corsair not CX Series.

 

[TheMohammadmo]

Sorry blackbird, I forgot to mention those other companies. Yeah the companies that blackbird said are also really good. If you go with corsair, get the ax or rm series. Let me tell you about modular. A non-modular power supply has all the wires already connected into the power supply and they stay there and you cant get rid of them unless you cut them or something stupid. Non-modular psu's make it really hard to have clean cable managment. Now about modular. There is two types of modular psu's, there is semi and then there is full. Full modular psu's are the best kind of psu's you can get right now in the market. With full, the power connectors come seperate in a pack and are not preattached to the psu like the non modular psu's are. Then with a full modular psu, you only use the wires that you need to use and the rest of the wires that you didn't use, you put them somewhere safe where they wont be lost and you wont forget them. Semi is the same except you need to plan your cable management because you need to route your 8 pin and 24 pin connectors the other way. Here is an article and a video to help you out a bit more http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9566 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm_2RG61hhk If you have any more questions please let me know

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Some lots of the rm series , the 750 and 850 have thermal issues.

 

[Samlance]

i think im going to get the gigabyte powerockk 500w

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

That is a poor choice.

 

[TheMohammadmo]

Agreed with blackbird, gigabyte isn't really popular with the whole entire psu market. They do have quality gpu, motherboard, etc. but in the psu there are 0!! Blackbird what psu would you recommend. Also sam, could you tell us a budget and all of your parts so me and blackbird can help you

 

[Samlance]

very basic msi motherboard, not sure exactly.
r9270x sapphire vapor-x
intel 3.0 ghz pentiom, i series
6 gb ram very basic ram

and then a budget would be around $45

 

[TheMohammadmo]

so you have one of the lower end builds I think this psu should be enough for that build ------->http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-power-supply-hive550

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Rosewill Capstone is a better choice.

 

[TheMohammadmo]

ok but there you go, sam now you know what psu you need to get.

 

[Samlance]

thanks so much