[SOLVED] psu for gtx 570

afifsheva · Jul 10, 2019

So i just bought a new gpu, but unfortunately my psu is not powerful enough. So i decided to look online and found 5 different psu, all of them have the same price. Heres the detail, also im on limited budget right now so i cant spend on stuff like corsair, seasonic, and expensive psu.

1.Seventeam 550 Watts (ST-550PAP)

+12v is 35A

+5v is 14A

It has 2x6+2 pin for pcie

2.Micronics 600 Watts Classic series

+12v is 45A

+5v is 22A

It has 2x6+2 pcie pin

3. Gigabyte 600 Watts

+12v is 35A

+5v is 30A

It has 1x6 pin pcie

4.Superflower 600 Watts (SF-600P12NSE)

+12v is 44A

+ 5v is 17A

It has 2x6+2 pin pcie

5.AONE Monster 600 watts (used but tested and works)
+12v is 42A
+5v is 18A
Unlike any other, this thing is 80+ bronze,
It has 2x6+2 pcie pin, also i think this is
Chinese brand.

So my question is what psu should i buy? The one capable of running gtx 570, and won't destroy my whole computer?

And sorry if my question is not detailed enough, im new to stuff like power supply.

PC Tailor · Jul 10, 2019

Avoid all of them - bar maybe the Superflower or Gigabye - but this depends entirely on the exact models?

Avoid the AONE, Micronics, and Seventeam like the plague!

jay32267 · Jul 10, 2019

Out of all you have listed.....I have heard better things about Superflower.....but I have never owned one.....nor will I.....as I have had great luck with Corsair.

PC Tailor · Jul 10, 2019

jay32267 said:
Out of all you have listed.....I have heard better things about Superflower.....but I have never owned one.....nor will I.....as I have had great luck with Corsair.

Corsair unfortunately make some awful quality PSUs too though, Namely the VS series.

afifsheva · Jul 10, 2019

So ive just found new psu and its called TOPOWER, its 500 watt and 80+ bronze what do you guys think? Is it safe to use and capable of gtx 570?

PC Tailor · Jul 10, 2019

afifsheva said:
So ive just found new psu and its called TOPOWER, its 500 watt and 80+ bronze what do you guys think? Is it safe to use and capable of gtx 570?

Definitely not!

Remember: Cheap PSU = Cheap Components = Big Risk
Everyone always says "these PSUs are too expensive" but when when you take them across their lifetime, they save you by far the most money.
There's a saying here: Whatever you save on a cheap PSU, will cost you a whole lot more when it dies. (and takes your other components out with it).

I'd personally recommend:

Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $0.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-10 11:10 EDT-0400

Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($91.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $91.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-10 11:10 EDT-0400

Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $74.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-10 11:11 EDT-0400

Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $89.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-10 11:11 EDT-0400

Seasonic offer 10 to 12 year warranties!
The top Corsairs can be 10 years!
Top EVGA can be 7-10 years!

The seasonic one above is nearly $100 yes, but over 10 years? Nothing in terms of cost, but everything in terms of quality and safety.

jay32267 · Jul 10, 2019

PC Tailor said:
Corsair unfortunately make some awful quality PSUs too though, Namely the VS series.

Correct.....and also the CX series is sub par imo.

PC Tailor · Jul 10, 2019

jay32267 said:
Correct.....and also the CX series is sub par imo.

Depends, the pre-2015 ones yes, the 2015 edition ones are decent enough. Still not top quality, but would happily recommend CX 2015 if someone really was on a budget.

jay32267 · Jul 10, 2019

PC Tailor said:
Depends, the pre-2015 ones yes, the 2015 edition ones are decent enough. Still not top quality, but would happily recommend CX 2015 if someone really was on a budget.

Yeah....andsometimes it's just a crap shoot. I have Chinese generic PSUs that have been running PCs for 20 years.

PC Tailor · Jul 10, 2019

jay32267 said:
Yeah....andsometimes it's just a crap shoot. I have Chinese generic PSUs that have been running PCs for 20 years.

But you know that when those ones blow - they'll take out the rest of the rig.

jay32267 · Jul 10, 2019

PC Tailor said:
But you know that when those ones blow - they'll take out the rest of the rig.

Yep. These are for work. They don't give me enough money for high end PSUs.

jay32267 · Jul 10, 2019

PC Tailor said:
But you know that when those ones blow - they'll take out the rest of the rig.

Also.....I have them fail pretty frequently. I replace a few a year. Sometimes they will take out everything....sometimes they won't take out anything. It depends on the fail mode of the supply.

jonnyguru · Jul 10, 2019

afifsheva said:
So i just bought a new gpu, but unfortunately my psu is not powerful enough. So i decided to look online and found 5 different psu, all of them have the same price. Heres the detail, also im on limited budget right now so i cant spend on stuff like corsair, seasonic, and expensive psu.

1.Seventeam 550 Watts (ST-550PAP)
2.Micronics 600 Watts Classic series
3. Gigabyte 600 Watts
4.Superflower 600 Watts (SF-600P12NSE)
5.AONE Monster 600 watts (used but tested and works)

So my question is what psu should i buy? The one capable of running gtx 570, and won't destroy my whole computer?

And sorry if my question is not detailed enough, im new to stuff like power supply.

What bizzaro country do you live in where those are your only options?

What's the new GPU you bought? What's your current PSU? I mean... you may not even need 550~600W. I can use a good 550W for a Vega64 or 2080 Ti. And if you had the money for a Vega64 or 2080Ti, then you better have the budget for a better PSU!!

Can you provide a link to the store you would use (if you're shopping online) so we can make some suggestions based on what's available to you and what they cost in your region (since some units are a lot higher price is some regions vs. other).

jonnyguru · Jul 10, 2019

PC Tailor said:
Avoid all of them - bar maybe the Superflower or Gigabye - but this depends entirely on the exact models?

Avoid the AONE, Micronics, and Seventeam like the plague!

You can't go by brand alone. The Super Flower he listed is absolute garbage (old version of Corsair VS level of quality), he doesn't specify WHICH Gigabyte 600W (there are a few) and Micronics and Seventeam do actually make very good PSUs (just not any of those).

PC Tailor said:
Corsair unfortunately make some awful quality PSUs too though, Namely the VS series.

Specifically the old VS isn't very good. Which is why it was replaced with the new version two years ago.

jay32267 said:
Correct.....and also the CX series is sub par imo.

I would totally challenge you on that. The current version of the CX uses and LLC front end, has DC to DC on the secondary for +3.3V and +5V and a rifle bearing fan. I would bet dollars to donuts that the CX series is actually a better PSU than half of what you would end up recommending simpy because you don't know any better.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-cx450-psu,5678.html

PC Tailor said:
Depends, the pre-2015 ones yes, the 2015 edition ones are decent enough. Still not top quality, but would happily recommend CX 2015 if someone really was on a budget.

Noty "top" quality, no. But it's actually the same as a TX-M but without the Japanese caps, lowe efficiency (barely). If you don't care about the higher efficiency and the fact that it's not modular, it's a great PSU.

Keep in mind: I'm talking about the CX (non-M) here. The CX-M is still a generation behind.

afifsheva said:
So ive just found new psu and its called TOPOWER, its 500 watt and 80+ bronze what do you guys think? Is it safe to use and capable of gtx 570?

Annnndd.... Topower got out of the PSU business about seven years ago. So you have to wonder HOW LONG HAS THAT PSU BEEN SITTING ON THE STORE'S SHELF?!?!?!

DON'T BUY IT!!!!!

PC Tailor · Jul 10, 2019

jonnyguru said:
You can't go by brand alone. The Super Flower he listed is absolute garbage (old version of Corsair VS level of quality), he doesn't specify WHICH Gigabyte 600W (there are a few) and Micronics and Seventeam do actually make very good PSUs (just not any of those).

Completely agreed - which is why I asked for the exact models next to it. Also why my post initially started with "Avoid them all!"
Because I have seen the many Gigabyte poor quality ones, and some of the Super Flower ones, many of which I've also seen your analysis of them!
Hell as much as I love them, Seasonic still make their budget models! I'll never go off brand alone, unless the brand is KameHameHa of the Himalayan isles. Or obviously the brand is notorious for a lot of bad power supplies.

jonnyguru said:
Which is why it was replaced with the new version two years ago.

Didn't actually see they released a new edition of them, are they much of an improvement over the previous VS series?

jonnyguru said:
Noty "top" quality, no. But it's actually the same as a TX-M but without the Japanese caps, lowe efficiency (barely). If you don't care about the higher efficiency and the fact that it's not modular, it's a great PSU.

Again, completely agreed, which is why I have recommended these quite often when people have chosen not to go for the top Seasonic or top Corsair ones for example.

jonnyguru said:
Annnndd.... Topower got out of the PSU business about seven years ago. So you have to wonder HOW LONG HAS THAT PSU BEEN SITTING ON THE STORE'S SHELF?!?!?!

This I disagree on, the Topower are known for being some the best - you're mad!

In all seriousness though, they are banging doorstops.

jonnyguru · Jul 10, 2019

PC Tailor said:
This I disagree on, the Topower are known for being some the best - you're mad!

In all seriousness though, they are banging doorstops.

Actually, there were good Topower PSUs.... A DECADE AGO....

https://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/05/21/topower_powerbird_800w_power_supply/

https://www.hardocp.com/article/2008/10/07/topower_powerbird_series_power_supplies/

These actually shipped in that HP Blackbird gaming PC that was on the market right after HP bought Voodoo PC. Dealing with HP is part of what financially breaking Topower as a company. Now they make those reflectors that go in the streets (center lane, etc.)

jonnyguru · Jul 10, 2019

PC Tailor said:
Didn't actually see they released a new edition of them, are they much of an improvement over the previous VS series?

HUGE improvement. RMA rate actually dropped from 4% to less than 1%.

afifsheva · Jul 11, 2019

jonnyguru said:
What bizzaro country do you live in where those are your only options?

What's the new GPU you bought? What's your current PSU? I mean... you may not even need 550~600W. I can use a good 550W for a Vega64 or 2080 Ti. And if you had the money for a Vega64 or 2080Ti, then you better have the budget for a better PSU!!

Can you provide a link to the store you would use (if you're shopping online) so we can make some suggestions based on what's available to you and what they cost in your region (since some units are a lot higher price is some regions vs. other).

PC Tailor · Jul 11, 2019

afifsheva said:
my gpu that i bought is gtx 570 and the power consumption is too big for my current psu (450w) i live in indonesia and heres the link of the PSU ive listed

GIGABYTE
https://shopee.co.id/PSU-GIGABYTE-600-WATT-i.20231230.2198128107

SUPERFLOWER
https://shopee.co.id/PSU-SUPERFLOWER-SF-600P12N-SE-600-watt-i.20231230.2059708328

SEVENTEAM
https://shopee.co.id/PSU-SEVENTEAM-550-WATT-i.20231230.2198112060

AONE Monster
https://shopee.co.id/PSU-AONE-MONSTER-600-WATT-i.20231230.1602148597

MICRONICS
https://shopee.co.id/PSU-MICRONICS-600-WATT-CLASSIC-SERIES-i.20231230.2198089203

TOPOWER
https://shopee.co.id/PSU-TOPOWER-80-PLUS-BRONZE-500-WATT-i.20231230.1602085885

also ive found this two, what do you guys think?
https://shopee.co.id/PSU-POWER-STATION-2-80-PLUS-650-WATT-MODULAR-i.20231230.1599889955

https://shopee.co.id/PSU-MICRONICS-CYCLONE-II-SERIES-500-WATT-i.20231230.1599879822

Avoid all of them, look at the list above that was suggsted!

jonnyguru · Jul 11, 2019

I've been to Indonesia. They HAVE computer stores. This place looks like an eBay or Craigslist type of place.

Sll of your choices are old shit and/or used shit.

I agree with @PC Tailor. All of your links are horrible choices.

You should increase your budget at least X 4.

If you can't do that, you shouldn't have bought the GTX 570 card.

afifsheva · Jul 12, 2019

jonnyguru said:
I've been to Indonesia. They HAVE computer stores. This place looks like an eBay or Craigslist type of place.

Sll of your choices are old shit and/or used shit.

I agree with @PC Tailor. All of your links are horrible choices.

You should increase your budget at least X 4.

If you can't do that, you shouldn't have bought the GTX 570 card.

so i found this psu its called Cougar 700CM, i think im going for this one for now anyway i will replace it soon with more powerful and safer psu whenever i got money.

jonnyguru · Jul 12, 2019

afifsheva said:
so i found this psu its called Cougar 700CM, i think im going for this one for now anyway i will replace it soon with more powerful and safer psu whenever i got money.

That is a much better PSU then the others you listed.... but also very old. Is this one used as well?

Also: Why so much power? Are you running dual GPUs? A XEON CPU?

afifsheva · Jul 13, 2019

jonnyguru said:
That is a much better PSU then the others you listed.... but also very old. Is this one used as well?

Also: Why so much power? Are you running dual GPUs? A XEON CPU?

i bought it from my father's friend, he sells electronics/pc component. the PSU is not used yet since he doesnt need it.

And no im not running dual gpu, only single gtx 570. For CPU i have AMD Phenom x4 b55 (4 cores unlocked)
and im also not planning to overclock my CPU or GPU since im afraid that its going to broke it

PC Tailor · Jul 13, 2019

afifsheva said:
i bought it from my father's friend, he sells electronics/pc component. the PSU is not used yet since he doesnt need it.

And no im not running dual gpu, only single gtx 570. For CPU i have AMD Phenom x4 b55 (4 cores unlocked)
and im also not planning to overclock my CPU or GPU since im afraid that its going to broke it

What is wrong with the previously suggested PSUs exactly? Is it difficult to get them in your location?

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