should i swap out my PSU?

[HexGaming5]

hey guys
so a little while back i was in a jam and had to buy a psu fast, after seeing it at the end of a LTT video and doing a little bit of research to make sure it wasnt as bad as a corsair vs, i purchased a Cooler Master b600 V2, this psu has been running my pc for atleast 4 months now.
my pc: i5 2400, gtx 780, 8gb ddr3
I have had absolutely no problems with it at all, however i'm thinking maybe i should buy another psu and i can chuck this still perfectly working b600 v2 into my lan party pc which needs a psu, now i have a very small selection because of budget and because of stores i can buy from so would any of these be a good replacement or should i stick with the b600 v2:
Silver stone SST-ST60F-ESB
Corsair cx 600 (doubtful)
Antec vp 600p
SilverStone Strider Essential 700W
Be Quiet! System Power 8 600W
thoughts?

 

[madmatt30]

Your cooler master is about the same quality as a corsair vs in all fairness

None of those listed are really excellent quality - they're probably all better than the b600 though.

 

[Tenslaster2980]

hey guys
so a little while back i was in a jam and had to buy a psu fast, after seeing it at the end of a LTT video and doing a little bit of research to make sure it wasnt as bad as a corsair vs, i purchased a Cooler Master b600 V2, this psu has been running my pc for atleast 4 months now.
my pc: i5 2400, gtx 780, 8gb ddr3
I have had absolutely no problems with it at all, however i'm thinking maybe i should buy another psu and i can chuck this still perfectly working b600 v2 into my lan party pc which needs a psu, now i have a very small selection because of budget and because of stores i can buy from so would any of these be a good replacement or should i stick with the b600 v2:
Silver stone SST-ST60F-ESB
Corsair cx 600 (doubtful)
Antec vp 600p
SilverStone Strider Essential 700W
Be Quiet! System Power 8 600W
thoughts?

What's the wattage on the LAN Party PC? Any of the PSUs would work for either.
Personally I'd keep the one you have, and buy a new one for the LAN PC only if necessary.

 

[HexGaming5]

hey guys
so a little while back i was in a jam and had to buy a psu fast, after seeing it at the end of a LTT video and doing a little bit of research to make sure it wasnt as bad as a corsair vs, i purchased a Cooler Master b600 V2, this psu has been running my pc for atleast 4 months now.
my pc: i5 2400, gtx 780, 8gb ddr3
I have had absolutely no problems with it at all, however i'm thinking maybe i should buy another psu and i can chuck this still perfectly working b600 v2 into my lan party pc which needs a psu, now i have a very small selection because of budget and because of stores i can buy from so would any of these be a good replacement or should i stick with the b600 v2:
Silver stone SST-ST60F-ESB
Corsair cx 600 (doubtful)
Antec vp 600p
SilverStone Strider Essential 700W
Be Quiet! System Power 8 600W
thoughts?

What's the wattage on the LAN Party PC? Any of the PSUs would work for either.
Personally I'd keep the one you have, and buy a new one for the LAN PC only if necessary.

well thats what i was originally going to do its just i love my 780 and i really dont want it to get grenaded by my psu. (not saying that it will but you know what its like with power supplies haha)
the lan party pc is only a 755 optiplex board in a dell 3100 case with a q6600, 8gb ddr2 and a little 550ti. its just a pc i built from spare parts but i dont have any decent psu's right now.

 

[HexGaming5]

Your cooler master is about the same quality as a corsair vs in all fairness

None of those listed are really excellent quality - they're probably all better than the b600 though.

Well Shit xD
out of the ones i listed which do you think is the best quality?

 

[Tenslaster2980]

hey guys
so a little while back i was in a jam and had to buy a psu fast, after seeing it at the end of a LTT video and doing a little bit of research to make sure it wasnt as bad as a corsair vs, i purchased a Cooler Master b600 V2, this psu has been running my pc for atleast 4 months now.
my pc: i5 2400, gtx 780, 8gb ddr3
I have had absolutely no problems with it at all, however i'm thinking maybe i should buy another psu and i can chuck this still perfectly working b600 v2 into my lan party pc which needs a psu, now i have a very small selection because of budget and because of stores i can buy from so would any of these be a good replacement or should i stick with the b600 v2:
Silver stone SST-ST60F-ESB
Corsair cx 600 (doubtful)
Antec vp 600p
SilverStone Strider Essential 700W
Be Quiet! System Power 8 600W
thoughts?

What's the wattage on the LAN Party PC? Any of the PSUs would work for either.
Personally I'd keep the one you have, and buy a new one for the LAN PC only if necessary.

well thats what i was originally going to do its just i love my 780 and i really dont want it to get grenaded by my psu. (not saying that it will but you know what its like with power supplies haha)
the lan party pc is only a 755 optiplex board in a dell 3100 case with a q6600, 8gb ddr2 and a little 550ti. its just a pc i built from spare parts but i dont have any decent psu's right now.

Jeez haha, that's an old one. You might be able to knock it down to a 500W PSU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817139197
This is the cheapest I could find, anything less seems to be made from cheap Chinese crap.

 

[HexGaming5]

hey guys
so a little while back i was in a jam and had to buy a psu fast, after seeing it at the end of a LTT video and doing a little bit of research to make sure it wasnt as bad as a corsair vs, i purchased a Cooler Master b600 V2, this psu has been running my pc for atleast 4 months now.
my pc: i5 2400, gtx 780, 8gb ddr3
I have had absolutely no problems with it at all, however i'm thinking maybe i should buy another psu and i can chuck this still perfectly working b600 v2 into my lan party pc which needs a psu, now i have a very small selection because of budget and because of stores i can buy from so would any of these be a good replacement or should i stick with the b600 v2:
Silver stone SST-ST60F-ESB
Corsair cx 600 (doubtful)
Antec vp 600p
SilverStone Strider Essential 700W
Be Quiet! System Power 8 600W
thoughts?

What's the wattage on the LAN Party PC? Any of the PSUs would work for either.
Personally I'd keep the one you have, and buy a new one for the LAN PC only if necessary.

well thats what i was originally going to do its just i love my 780 and i really dont want it to get grenaded by my psu. (not saying that it will but you know what its like with power supplies haha)
the lan party pc is only a 755 optiplex board in a dell 3100 case with a q6600, 8gb ddr2 and a little 550ti. its just a pc i built from spare parts but i dont have any decent psu's right now.

Jeez haha, that's an old one. You might be able to knock it down to a 500W PSU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817139197
This is the cheapest I could find, anything less seems to be made from cheap Chinese crap.

eh im not a fan of the corsair vs series because their all Chinese parts. i might just go for the vp 500p or buy the silverstone strider 600w and put that in my main pc and put the b600 v2 in the lan pc

 

[Tenslaster2980]

hey guys
so a little while back i was in a jam and had to buy a psu fast, after seeing it at the end of a LTT video and doing a little bit of research to make sure it wasnt as bad as a corsair vs, i purchased a Cooler Master b600 V2, this psu has been running my pc for atleast 4 months now.
my pc: i5 2400, gtx 780, 8gb ddr3
I have had absolutely no problems with it at all, however i'm thinking maybe i should buy another psu and i can chuck this still perfectly working b600 v2 into my lan party pc which needs a psu, now i have a very small selection because of budget and because of stores i can buy from so would any of these be a good replacement or should i stick with the b600 v2:
Silver stone SST-ST60F-ESB
Corsair cx 600 (doubtful)
Antec vp 600p
SilverStone Strider Essential 700W
Be Quiet! System Power 8 600W
thoughts?

What's the wattage on the LAN Party PC? Any of the PSUs would work for either.
Personally I'd keep the one you have, and buy a new one for the LAN PC only if necessary.

well thats what i was originally going to do its just i love my 780 and i really dont want it to get grenaded by my psu. (not saying that it will but you know what its like with power supplies haha)
the lan party pc is only a 755 optiplex board in a dell 3100 case with a q6600, 8gb ddr2 and a little 550ti. its just a pc i built from spare parts but i dont have any decent psu's right now.

Jeez haha, that's an old one. You might be able to knock it down to a 500W PSU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817139197
This is the cheapest I could find, anything less seems to be made from cheap Chinese crap.

eh im not a fan of the corsair vs series because their all Chinese parts. i might just go for the vp 500p or buy the silverstone strider 600w and put that in my main pc and put the b600 v2 in the lan pc

Unless you plan on upgrading your main PC, I suggest getting the VP 500p for the main PC.

 

[madmatt30]

Sadly enough the best out of that list is honestly probably the cx600 or the bequiet

They're middling quality , the CX is cwt , the bequiet is Hec.
They're both choc full of capxom & teapo caps (your coolermaster has jun fu caps inside which are arguably worse)

The bequiet would probably be first choice simply because it has a 40c rating & 3 year warranty.

If you could find the antec vp650 though which is a good quality delta unit ??

 

[HexGaming5]

hey guys
so a little while back i was in a jam and had to buy a psu fast, after seeing it at the end of a LTT video and doing a little bit of research to make sure it wasnt as bad as a corsair vs, i purchased a Cooler Master b600 V2, this psu has been running my pc for atleast 4 months now.
my pc: i5 2400, gtx 780, 8gb ddr3
I have had absolutely no problems with it at all, however i'm thinking maybe i should buy another psu and i can chuck this still perfectly working b600 v2 into my lan party pc which needs a psu, now i have a very small selection because of budget and because of stores i can buy from so would any of these be a good replacement or should i stick with the b600 v2:
Silver stone SST-ST60F-ESB
Corsair cx 600 (doubtful)
Antec vp 600p
SilverStone Strider Essential 700W
Be Quiet! System Power 8 600W
thoughts?

What's the wattage on the LAN Party PC? Any of the PSUs would work for either.
Personally I'd keep the one you have, and buy a new one for the LAN PC only if necessary.

well thats what i was originally going to do its just i love my 780 and i really dont want it to get grenaded by my psu. (not saying that it will but you know what its like with power supplies haha)
the lan party pc is only a 755 optiplex board in a dell 3100 case with a q6600, 8gb ddr2 and a little 550ti. its just a pc i built from spare parts but i dont have any decent psu's right now.

Jeez haha, that's an old one. You might be able to knock it down to a 500W PSU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817139197
This is the cheapest I could find, anything less seems to be made from cheap Chinese crap.

eh im not a fan of the corsair vs series because their all Chinese parts. i might just go for the vp 500p or buy the silverstone strider 600w and put that in my main pc and put the b600 v2 in the lan pc

Unless you plan on upgrading your main PC, I suggest getting the VP 500p for the main PC.

no can do, the 780 needs atleast a 600w psu

 

[HexGaming5]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from HexGaming5 : "would a 780 run on a 550w psu?"

now i know the 780 is listed as needing a 600w as minimum but i have seen conflicting answers to this question.
right so i currently run a cooler master B600 v2 im worried that if it fails it will take my system with it and was thinking of getting cooler master gx psu however their rather expensive and ii dont have much cash so the cooler master gx 550w looks good however im worried about being able to feed the 780. should i;
A. stick with the b600 v2
B. get the gx550
C. get an Antec VP600p
i need a psu for my lan rig anway so if i have do replace the b600 it will still have a use in a cheapo system that is less of a hit if it fails.

A 780 is a ~250W card, so a lot will depend on the balance of your components..... what are you pairing it with?

Where are you located? And what's your budget for a PSU? I wouldn't recommend any of the 3 options if at all possible.

A 780 is a ~250W card, so a lot will depend on the balance of your components..... what are you pairing it with?

Where are you located? And what's your budget for a PSU? I wouldn't recommend any of the 3 options if at all possible.

its paired with:
i5 2400
8gb ddr3
acer X3990 mobo
1x WD Green 1tb
1x WD Black 750gb

These are the places where i can get psu's from:
http://www.msy.com.au/vic/northmelbourne/24-power-supply
http://cplonline.com.au/power-supply.html
and my budget is $100 (AUD) i can not spend anymore than that as im already taking money out of my account to pay for the other $50.

 

[HexGaming5]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from HexGaming5 : "which one of these PSU's should i get?"

Right no one can give me a straight answer on the ones I've suggested so i'm just going to supply the whole catalog and people can suggest something, these are the 2 stores i can buy a PSU from:
http://cplonline.com.au/power-supply.html?dir=asc&order=price&p=2
http://www.msy.com.au/vic/northmelbourne/24-power-supply#/page-3
and my budget is maximum $100 (AUD) and it needs to power:
i5 2400
GTX 780
8gb ddr3
2x hdd's

 

[HexGaming5]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from HexGaming5 : "is the vp 600p as good as the vp 650p"

so obviously the 600p is a smaller wattage but quality wise, is the 600p as good as the 650p as i have seen that the 650p is a good quality psu made by delta which has to be better than my b600 v2.

The VP600P looks like it's made by FSP while the VP650P looks like it's made by Delta. In general I'd rather have a Delta made unit than an FSP made unit. I'm not sure there's much difference in overall performance though. Neither unit is even 80 Plus certified and the VP series is Antec's low end stuff. The build quality is probably better on the Delta but in performance it's not really an upgrade.

The VP600P looks like it's made by FSP while the VP650P looks like it's made by Delta. In general I'd rather have a Delta made unit than an FSP made unit. I'm not sure there's much difference in overall performance though. Neither unit is even 80 Plus certified and the VP series is Antec's low end stuff. The build quality is probably better on the Delta but in performance it's not really an upgrade.

well i dont know what to buy now no one can tell me what to get, i only have these options;
http://cplonline.com.au/power-supply.html
http://www.msy.com.au/vic/northmelbourne/24-power-supply
with a max budget of $100 AUD

System specs?

System specs?

oh whoops sorry forgot to mention that:
i5 2400
GTX 780
8gb ddr3
2x HDD's

CX 550M. Corsair redesigned the CX series with full DC to DC regulation and full Japanese capacitors. These are excellent units.

http://cplonline.com.au/power-supply/corsair-cx550m-semi-modular-atx-power-supply.html

That's hands down the best unit I see under $100. You have to move to $129 and the Antec True Power Classic to come close in quality on that site.

The other site has it for a similar price.

http://www.msy.com.au/vic/northmelbourne/pc-components/17108-corsair-cx550m-cp-9020102-au-550watt-80plus-bronze-atx-semi-modular-power-supply-unit.html

This site also has the CX650M for $109. A little over budget but it gives you a little more headroom. You probably don't need it though as cards are getting more efficient. The 550w version is fine for what you've got up to a GTX 1080.

http://www.msy.com.au/vic/northmelbourne/pc-components/17107-corsair-cx650m-cp-9020103-au-650watt-80plus-bronze-atx-semi-modular-power-supply-unit.html

Here's Tom's review of the 650w version.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-cx650m-psu,4770-11.html

CX 550M. Corsair redesigned the CX series with full DC to DC regulation and full Japanese capacitors. These are excellent units.

http://cplonline.com.au/power-supply/corsair-cx550m-semi-modular-atx-power-supply.html

That's hands down the best unit I see under $100. You have to move to $129 and the Antec True Power Classic to come close in quality on that site.

The other site has it for a similar price.

http://www.msy.com.au/vic/northmelbourne/pc-components/17108-corsair-cx550m-cp-9020102-au-550watt-80plus-bronze-atx-semi-modular-power-supply-unit.html

This site also has the CX650M for $109. A little over budget but it gives you a little more headroom. You probably don't need it though as cards are getting more efficient. The 550w version is fine for what you've got up to a GTX 1080.

http://www.msy.com.au/vic/northmelbourne/pc-components/17107-corsair-cx650m-cp-9020103-au-650watt-80plus-bronze-atx-semi-modular-power-supply-unit.html

thanks but the cx 550m is a 550w psu and the 780 needs 600w doesnt it? thats what ive always been told

Nah, you're fine with a quality 550w unit. Even RealhardtechX only recommends 575 watts and they overstate by quite a bit to account for lower end power supplies. When you see that 600w recommendation they have to account for people who buy junk or are using the junk OEMs put in their computers.

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

See here, anandtech pulls 405 watts from the wall with their test system and that's using Furmark which creates totally unrealistic loads.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6973/nvidia-geforce-gtx-780-review/19

Look at their test system.

CPU: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 4.3GHz
Motherboard: EVGA X79 SLI

6 core Extreme Edition chip. And overclocked at that.

Nah, you're fine with a quality 550w unit. Even RealhardtechX only recommends 575 watts and they overstate by quite a bit to account for lower end power supplies. When you see that 600w recommendation they have to account for people who buy junk or are using the junk OEMs put in their computers.

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

See here, anandtech pulls 405 watts from the wall with their test system and that's using Furmark which creates totally unrealistic loads.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6973/nvidia-geforce-gtx-780-review/19

Look at their test system.

CPU: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 4.3GHz
Motherboard: EVGA X79 SLI

6 core Extreme Edition chip. And overclocked at that.

so your certain that this pc under load will be alright with the cx550m? just i don't wont to waist my money that's all.
it trust that you know what your talking about since your name has power supply expert next to it so ill pick up the cx550m tomorrow.

EDIT:

nevermind i might as well just get the cx650 since its like $10 more expensive and id rather have more than required than less for that price.

Cheers mate

 

[madmatt30]

Cx550m
Its enough for that setup & a big step up in both quality & performance
http://cplonline.com.au/corsair-cx550m-semi-modular-atx-power-supply.html
http://www.msy.com.au/vic/northmelbourne/pc-components/17108-corsair-cx550m-cp-9020102-au-550watt-80plus-bronze-atx-semi-modular-power-supply-unit.html

 

[Deleted member 217926]

I really hate the merge "feature". 😛

 

[madmatt30]

Lol - didn't even see that merged one when I posted my last comment.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

It's ugly but it's what we have to do when there are multiple threads. It's really ugly when you get an OP like this that makes 6 or 8 threads on the same topic.