Powerbox Goldenfield ATX-500W?

[edwardthedriver9]

PC CONFIGURATION BELOW

Hello everyone. I decided to post here, because I am very concerned if that PSU can handle my configuration long-term or I should better change it immediately. I had few problems already with a BIOS post message showing me "unstable psu" not too long ago and I could change settings in BIOS. Yesterday I restarted my PC after a 2-3 hours game session and it hanged at the BIOS startup screen. Started it again and showed me a POST message again saying that "overclocking failed". Returned everything to default settings. All I had changed was underclocking the CPU a little bit and setting it at 3.3 GHZ constant speed(Stock speed). With these settings it worked half month until yesterday. I guess it's the PSU I didn't change since I got the PC with it's old components. I can't find any info about it, no reviews. Please tell me is there anyone who uses that PSU and is it safe to keep it working with my PC config?

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS M5A78LE-USB3
CPU: AMD FX-6100 3.3 GHZ
GPU: NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 750 TI
PSU: POWERBOX ATX-500W

 

[DRagor]

Judging solely by this

it's about 300 W unit in reality. Considering this and the fact that it already has some age (and also that it seems this PSU has only 1 year warranty), I would not recommend using it anymore. No reviews usually equals poor quality unit.

 

[Snipergod87]

Thats a really bad PSU, you need to replace it.

 

[edwardthedriver9]

Is Intertech-SL700 a good quality PSU?

 

[Snipergod87]

That one is pretty bad as well.

 

[salerhino]

Your GPU is really low wattage so you don't need anything "strong".
Give us some list with available power supplies and we will find the best one for you.
Also, better 350W true power than 500W fake power which is in reality less than 300W.
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(Like that on the picture, I doubt it that it can work on 300W load).

 

[edwardthedriver9]

Alright, found these in my current budget:
- SG-D600SCR, 600W, PFC Activ
- Inter-Tech Argus APS-520W, 520W, PFC Activ
- FSP HE-500+, 500W, 80 PLUS, ATX 2.4, PFC Activ
- Antec Basiq, 450W

 

[Snipergod87]

I would choose the Antec Basic VP450w from only that list.

 

[edwardthedriver9]

Oh and I forgot another one: Thermaltake Smart, 430W, PFC Activе, 80 PLUS.

P.S - I was often recommended to use Corsair CX-600. If none of these in the list is good quality, what do you think about the corsair?

 

[salerhino]

CX600 is not the best on the world but hey, it is still better than those on the list in my opinion.