Looking for Quality PSU under $100

[Dave1117]

So my last PSU found in this build fried due to an outage. http://pcpartpicker.com/b/Wmf7YJ Currently running my rig on a crappy insignia. I'm looking to upgrade to something RELIABLE and with enough power to support crossfire and overclocking in the future. I was looking at this one but people in the comments say it broke after a month. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438028

Help a man out? I wanna make the right choice here. My budget is under $100. in addition to this i'd also like to get an aftermarket cooler to give me peace of mind. For that i'm looking at this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA66Z28G5714

 

[Archaic59]

2 of the best-

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/evga-power-supply-220g20750xr%2Cxfx-power-supply-p1750bbefx/

 

[corndog1836]

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16817151107&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-Mobile&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-Mobile-_-pla-_-Power+Supplies-_-N82E16817151107&gclid=CjwKEAjwiZitBRCy0pb3rIbG9XwSJACmuvvzMce_opuC7GGIcQPTowAVmPV9Im-HuiCJa9UcYMN_4hoC5H7w_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds


Seasonic 750 watt $95

You cant go wrong it is top teir on this forum. Extremely high quailty and in your price range

 

[Dave1117]

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16817151107&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-Mobile&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-Mobile-_-pla-_-Power+Supplies-_-N82E16817151107&gclid=CjwKEAjwiZitBRCy0pb3rIbG9XwSJACmuvvzMce_opuC7GGIcQPTowAVmPV9Im-HuiCJa9UcYMN_4hoC5H7w_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds


Seasonic 750 watt $95

You cant go wrong it is top teir on this forum. Extremely high quailty and in your price range

Looks good. Just have to be sure it fits my motherboard and case. I believe mine is an AM3 socket. Should fit fine right? I notice very few power supplies seem to maintain above 4 stars rating on newegg. Could it be that they all have the potential to fail and have issues? Either way I think i'll take your word for it. Now I just need to pick a good aftermarket cooler.

 

[corndog1836]

It will fit for sure. Its the cooler you need to make sure about fittin in the case

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=35-103-099

Here is a really good low cost cooler

 

[Dave1117]

It will fit for sure. Its the cooler you need to make sure about fittin in the case

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=35-103-099

Here is a really good low cost cooler

Perfect. And I had precisely that cooler in mind. You think it would be enough to overclock my fx-6300 to 4.0ghz? I'm questioning whether or not it's worth it. I could go a little more expensive on the cooler if it would mean higher clock speeds.

 

[corndog1836]

Ine of the best if not the best brand of air cooler EVER IS noctua

https://www.google.com/search?q=noctua+nh+12us&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMI46qjxpjexgIVRqseCh0r5QN0&biw=360&bih=615#q=noctua+nh+12us&tbm=shop&spd=4517897227374173142&spud=0

 

[corndog1836]

The evo 212 would be good also for what you are doing. You need to check the height on these coolers to see if it will fit in your case.

 

[corndog1836]

Noctua is 158mm height
Evo 212 is 159mm height

 

[corndog1836]

By the way. Clock speeds are dependsnt on the chip. The cooler will give you more thermal room to raise voltages to try to increase overclock higher but if you dont get a good chip there is nothing you can do and no amount of voltage or low temps will not help firther. The noctua is the better cooler tho

 

[Dave1117]

Noctua is 158mm height
Evo 212 is 159mm height

I have a corsair 200r atx mid tower. Would the max height be in the manual maybe or should I just measure?

UPDATE: Ok here http://www.corsair.com/en-us/carbide-series-200r-compact-atx-case It says on this page "CPU coolers up to 160mm in height"

 

[corndog1836]

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/carbide-series-200r-compact-atx-case

Here is your case. 165mm cooler height


YOUR GOOD with either cooler

 

[Dave1117]

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/carbide-series-200r-compact-atx-case

Here is your case. 165mm cooler height


YOUR GOOD with either cooler

Thank you so much man you've been an outstanding help and thanks to you I won't waste my money. I need this pc for college work.

 

[corndog1836]

No prob..

 

[corndog1836]

Pick a solution and let us know if we could help by starting another thread. Good luck!!!

 

[Dave1117]

Pick a solution and let us know if we could help by starting another thread. Good luck!!!

Very close to ordering my parts here. Just to verify, is this the type of cooler you recommended?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608040

 

[corndog1836]

http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=63&lng=en&set=1

YES. here is thier website specs...