quality power supply instead of HKC

[not you]

Hello community

I have a HKC 550W psu and there is a problem with it i think

when i push the video card over 40% of its capacity (does not happen usually i play in 900p so the only game that made my computer turn off was Evolve) (gtx 970 g1 gaming) the computer
(i think the video card) gives odd cracking sound and the computer turns off

if i remove the card i see no problem and the card run fine before i put in a better cpu cooler
(this: arctic freezer 13) i think the psu cant handle them now so i want to buy a better (with sli in mind later)

would this be a good choise?
http://www.deepcool.com/product/powersupply/dq/2013-12/33_592.shtml

or this http://www.aqua.hu/seasonic-s12-ii-620w-tapegyseg-191935.html?

my budget can go from 100$ to 200$ (i hope 200 is not needed 😉 ) (if it is 100$ or under i can buy it now if not i have to wait a bit)

thanks for helping me

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

You want to stay with good brands over more wattage.

Check this list and get Tier 1 or 2 PSUs: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
or here.

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Standard
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Platinum
Titanium

Again, all PSUs are researched by reading professional, unbiased reviews with the correct testing equipment. Some units won't be returning, due to discontinuation and / or too old.

List updated - May 21th 2015

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\Tier One
The highest quality and most stable Power Supply Units available. Protected by industrial grade protection circuitry and can output wattage at a rated maximum temperature of 50°C or below. These units are also Haswell certified, meaning they can cope with the C6 and C7 sleep states of 0.05Amps without triggering the under-current protection switch. May even go over labelled wattage and still work until it safely shuts down.


Antec High Current Pro Platinum Delta Electronics

Be Quiet
Dark Power Pro P10 / 850w FSP (550w - 750w) / Seasonic (850w - 1200w)
Dark Power Pro P11 850w FSP

Corsair
AX / AXi series 760w - 1200w Seasonic (AX) / Flextronics (AXi)
AX1500i Flextronics
HXi Channel Well Technology

Cooler Master V series / V series 1200w Seasonic

EVGA
SuperNova G2 / P2 / T2 Super Flower
Supernova GS Seasonic
Supernova PS Seasonic

Enermax DigiFanless 500w Channel Well Technology

Firepower Silencer MK3 1200w Super Flower
FSP Aurum PT FSP
LEPA G1600 Enermax

Seasonic
Platinum series Seasonic
Snow Silent 1050w Seasonic
X series / X series XM2 Seasonic

Silverstone Nightjar Platinum 520w Seasonic

Super Flower
Leadex Gold / Platinum Super Flower
Golden King Super Flower
Golden Silent / 430w Super Flower

XFX
Pro series Black edition Seasonic
Pro series Black edition Limited Edition 1000w Seasonic
Pro series XXX / Semi-Modular Seasonic
XTR series Seasonic
XTS Fanless Seasonic

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Tier Two
As above, just slightly lower quality. Still safe to use and are all stable for any PC of today's standards, including Haswell C Stepping certification and 100% Japanese Capacitors. It is rare to find a PSU here with Taiwanese Capacitors and perform very well here, but they are here just in case.

Andyson
Platinum-R 1200 Andyson
Titanium N 700w Andyson

Antec
EDGE Seasonic
Earthwatts Delta Electronics/ Earthwatts Platinum FSP
High Current Gamer Delta Electronics (Non-Modular) / Seasonic (Semi-Modular)
Truepower Classic Seasonic (Essentially a Non-Modular version of the EDGE series)

Azza Platinum Super Flower
Be Quiet Straight Power 10 FSP
Cooler Master VS Series Enhance
Corsair RM 850w Channel Well Technology
Enermax Platimax Enermax
EVGA Supernova B2 Super Flower

Firepower
Silencer MK III 400 500 600 / 750 850 Super Flower
ZX Great Wall

Fractal Design Edison M Seasonic
High Power / Sirfa Astro GD Sirfa

Rosewill
Capstone series Super Flower
Lightning series Super Flower
Silent Night 500 Watts Super Flower
Tachyon series Super Flower

Seasonic
G series / G series V2 Seasonic
M12-II EVO (fully modular) Seasonic
S12G (Think of 2011 - 2013 Seasonic G series) Seasonic
S12-II Seasonic

SilentumPC Supremo M1 Gold 550w Sirfa

Silverpower
SP 460w Fully Modular Seasonic
SP Semi-modular Seasonic

Silverstone
Strider Gold Evolution Enhance
Strider Plus 750w 850w 1000w 600w Enhance

Super Flower Golden Green / Modular / HX series Super Flower
Sentey Golden Steel Power 850 Watts Super Flower

Thermaltake
Toughpower Gold 850M Enhance
Toughpower Grand Platinum 850w 1200w Enhance
Toughpower DPS Gold Channel Well Technology

XFX TS 430w / 550w-SEW Seasonic

Right now this is a good PSU:

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $54.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-30 14:05 EDT-0400

This is another good one and it is a 650w. Depending on your other parts get the 550w.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $59.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-30 14:10 EDT-0400

 

[sizzling]

The fact you heard crackling is a strong indicator your PSU is failing, please do not use your PC until you replace that unit with a quality one. If it dies completely which it could do now even with light load it coil cause significant damage. I'm not trying to scaremonger but I wouldn't want you to loose the rest of your system.

 

[not you]

https://www.pcland.hu/evga_750w_supernova_g2_80_bronze-110-b1-0750-vr?forras=3 is this good it write g2 and its tier 1 right?

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

G2 Is tier 1. You do not need a 750w. You are better off getting the 550w GS or 650w GS. It is tier 1.

 

[not you]

sli later? no problem?

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

650w is the way to go. What is your CPU?

 

[not you]

a10-6800k

 

[not you]

IntelTurtleFan your new build is great

 

[not you]

https://www.pcland.hu/evga_750w_supernova_g2_80_bronze-110-b1-0750-vr?forras=3 this g2 is kind of cheap is it good?

 

[not you]

why g2 write bronze? shouldnt g mean gold? or it is some other strange thing product namers make up?

 

[kwa-e]

It's a B1 750w, tier 3 power supply.

 

[not you]

but they write g2 and also they write the picture is for illustration purpose only

 

[not you]

i will go there and check it

 

[not you]

thiese ones any good?
http://www.arukereso.hu/tapegyseg-c3158/xfx/core-edition-80-750w-proseries-p1-750s-nlb9-p44454611/
http://www.arukereso.hu/tapegyseg-c3158/xfx/pro-series-750w-xxx-edition-p1-750x-xxb9-p149171265/
http://www.arukereso.hu/tapegyseg-c3158/xfx/pro-series-850w-xxx-edition-p1-850x-xxb9-p149171263/

 

[kwa-e]

Any of those XFX units are good, Excellent build quality and stability.

If you can find a 550w XFX for cheaper, It would be ideal. You do not need anything more than 500w for a GTX 970 system, and 750w for a 970 SLI setup

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

The XXX is tier 1. I would pick the 850w one.

 

[not you]

but it is not gold this is gold: http://www.arukereso.hu/tapegyseg-c3158/xfx/proseries-750w-p1-750g-ts3x-p247931907/
850w bronze or 750w gold?

 

[not you]

also am i right? can the psu cause the problem i have? or i should return the video card? i still have the warranty but it showed no sign of problem with the other cooler

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

Tier 1 vs Tier 2. Both are good I do not think it is going to make much of a difference.

 

[not you]

and also has no problems when playing a bit less intensive game like dying light (also maxed) it gives strange sound but dont turn off when playing shadow of mordor (also maxed) only turns off if i play Evolve

 

[not you]

if this is not g2 in the shop http://www.arukereso.hu/tapegyseg-c3158/evga/supernova-750w-g2-110-b1-0750-vr-p234168127/
i will buy this one http://www.arukereso.hu/tapegyseg-c3158/xfx/pro-series-850w-xxx-edition-p1-850x-xxb9-p149171263/
since its cheaper than this http://www.arukereso.hu/tapegyseg-c3158/xfx/proseries-750w-p1-750g-ts3x-p247931907/
good choise?