PSU for rig, with scope to upgrade, Seasonic choices...

[deusvolt]

Hi,

I'm looking at buying a new PSU, following an EVGA 500W blowing out my 5amp kettle plug fuses.
As ever, any help much appreciated.

My rig will be
Intel i5 2400 3.1ghz
DQ67SW mobo,
16gb ddr3 ram,
2x HDDs (SATA, 1 western digital, 1 hitachi)
1x DVD-RW
Healthy use of USB slots (2x 3.0 and 4x 2.0 I believe)
GPU currently Radeon HD 5750, which needs upgrading in the next couple of months, hence the aim to future proof my PSU purchase.
Win7 64 bit

I've been recommended Seasonic as a reputable brand after my EVGA debacle.

To check: ATX form factor is the 'normal' form of PSUs, correct?

I'm looking at either of these Seasonic 430 or 520 watt PSUs, depending on room for future upgrading, but happy to entertain other options. Budget up to £60 I guess.

http://www.cclonline.com/product/167390/SS-430GB/Power-Supplies/Seasonic-S12II-430-SS-430GB-Bronze-430-Watt-PSU/PSU0761/

http://www.cclonline.com/product/69203/SS-520GB/Power-Supplies/Seasonic-S12-II-Bronze-520W-Silent-Power-Supply/PSU0260/

Is it worth me saving a tenner and losing 90watts? I'm not sure how power hungry newer GPUs are these days, so might be worth me investing a bit more. I won't be looking at a top flight GPU, but maybe around £100-150 or so.

As ever, thank you all in advance, this has been a trying time for me being computerless for over a week - probably the first time in years, barring a holiday abroad!!!

EDIT:
Oh, on the cheaper side there is a Corsair CX 500W, not sure if any good....
http://www.ebuyer.com/278634-corsair-cx-500w-fully-wired-80-bronze-power-supply-cp-9020047-uk

EDIT EDIT:
Also been recommended this: Antec VP-Series 550W
http://www.ebuyer.com/519966-antec-vp-series-550w-fully-wired-efficient-power-supply-0-761345-06468-2?affid=85386&affname=VigLink+Inc&awc=2690_1424868903_f2609e3cbaa398416ce49585ff837e4b

EDIT EDIT EDIT: may have found my PSU
Corsair CXM 600W semi-modular for under £60, surely some catch here?
http://www.ebuyer.com/429985-corsair-cxm-600w-semi-modular-80-bronze-power-supply-cp-9020060-uk

 

[synphul]

I'd be more confident in something like these

http://www.cclonline.com/product/136211/0761345077033/Power-Supplies/Antec-TP-550C-TruePower-Classic-550W-Power-Supply/PSU0652/

http://www.cclonline.com/product/89883/P1-650X-XXB9/Power-Supplies/XFX-Pro-Series-650W-Power-Supply-Unit-Modular-Edition-Bronze/PSU0395/

Both are seasonic made if I'm not mistaken. Seasonic are solid units, but the ones with the seasonic name tend to be a bit more expensive. They're an actual manufacturer vs companies like xfx who outsource and put their name on other products. As far as corsair, unless it's their axi line I'd avoid them like the plague. Just my .02 worth, there might be a specific model here and there that can be cherry picked and aren't junk units but overall not something I'd even dig through trying to find a good one.

 

[deusvolt]

EDIT: I won't buy the below as apparently they don't bundle any modular cables with the PSU. What a jip!

Thanks, think I will go with Antec Neo Eco 520C 520W Power Supply, supposed to be Seasonic made, but I only found it thanks to your reply synphul

http://www.cclonline.com/product/121631/0-761345-10622-1/Power-Supplies/Antec-NeoECO-520C-Power-Supply-Unit-520W/PSU0599/

 

[deusvolt]

Will this be enough ...?

XFX ProSeries 450W http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/p1-450s-x2b9.html

 

[synphul]

That should work pretty well. It seems like a solid seasonic based unit and makalu over at guru3d did some extensive testing on it. Looks pretty good, clean power, low ripple, quality components. May not be a top of the line model with all the bells and whistles but is well built and solid for it's budget compared to others I think. I've been happy with seasonic units and found them to be really reliable.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=317192

 

[deusvolt]

Yeah I saw that, so looks good. Not much room to upgrade in future but I just reassessed finances and I am broke!
Need a new keyboard and extension cable with surge protector.

Thanks for all your help synphul, much appreciated.

 

[deusvolt]

Actually I'm going for the 550w version, for tghe sake of a tenner it should save me having to buy a whole new psu when I upgrade the GPU in the future (currently rocking the ATI HD 5750, it does ok, far better than I ever expected)