Is this a good PSU at all?

[ijoshvirk]

My friend is building a PC and he said if this power supply is any good, personally I am more experienced in motherboards, GPU's and CPU's. So I was just wondering if this one was any good;

http://www.ebuyer.com/621475-builder-500w-fully-wired-efficient-power-supply-psu500builderblack?mkwid=sWA3N2WiH_dc&pcrid=51630194939&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=Cj0KEQjw9YTJBRD0vKClruOsuOwBEiQAGkQjP_RMWnAkz83w0FiDFUe1cY-nO_cr5IzgzRYrp_E6FOwaAhAw8P8HAQ

Personally I dont think this will last at all but please do leave your thoughts down below, Thanks!

P.S. he is planning on having a GTX 780 with this...

 

[madmatt30]

An 860k & spending money on a h60 then wanting a £40 PSU ??
Is he nuts.

Tell him to dump the 860k idea completely.
Dump the h60
Buy a pentium g4560 , use the stock cooler , a cheap b250 board & ddr4 ram.

A far more sensible choice & upgradeable (the 860k is not)
In 99% of games its also going to thrash it completely.

 

[USAFRet]

Right...and I did not comment on the poor CPU choice.

This needs a whole different parts list.

What is the actual, total, budget for this?

 

[ijoshvirk]

An 860k & spending money on a h60 then wanting a £40 PSU ??
Is he nuts.

Tell him to dump the 860k idea completely.
Dump the h60
Buy a pentium g4560 , use the stock cooler , a cheap b250 board & ddr4 ram.

A far more sensible choice & upgradeable (the 860k is not)
In 99% of games its also going to thrash it completely.

He's the type of guy who goes for looks instead of performance honestly. Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[ijoshvirk]

An 860k & spending money on a h60 then wanting a £40 PSU ??
Is he nuts.

Tell him to dump the 860k idea completely.
Dump the h60
Buy a pentium g4560 , use the stock cooler , a cheap b250 board & ddr4 ram.

A far more sensible choice & upgradeable (the 860k is not)
In 99% of games its also going to thrash it completely.

He's the type of guy who goes for looks instead of performance honestly. Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[sizzling]

Unless buying second hand there is no good reason to buy such an outdated system.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

if he is into looks, ask him to get a cool looking case. it doesnt affect the core parts anyway. none of his part selection has LED or RGB. if u want an honest answer, just tell us the overall budget and his performance expectations. we will keep aesthetics in mind 😉

 

[madmatt30]

Into looks ? I'm not seeing an 860k looking any better than a Pentium (not that you can see it with a cooler fitted anyway)
Pentium & 860k - same price , pentium is a lot stronger performer.

Msi-a78m - yea it's cheap but looks - that is imo an ugly ugly board with those sky blue caps everywhere.
A decent b250 will cost £10-15 more max.
The pentium is so low powered you'll get away with a cx450 which is £12 less & counteracts that difference.
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/450w-corsair-cx-series-cx450-psu-80plus-bronze-fully-wired-single-rail-374a-plus12v-120mm-fan-atx-ps