[SOLVED] Thermaltake 450w litepower for this pc???????

Feb 15, 2019
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my future pc:
amd athlon 200ge
motherboard amd asus tuf b450m-plus gaming
2x4 gb RAM 2400 mhz
500 gb hdd
no graphic card but in the future I will buy gt1030
pls dont hate Im not a rich kid xD
 
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Agree instead of the TT get the CORSAIR CX450 it's $35 w/ the promo code applied and an additional $20 in rebate (so that's $15 said and done), sale ends in 4 days.

Very good quality for the price - may grab one for myself since I am out of spares...
You can go for that mediocre quality PSU if you like but i wouldn't put Corsair CX or CXm series PSUs into any PC.

Older models of Corsair CX and CXm series (with green labels) were so bad units that they ended up as low quality units (on-par with current Corsair VS series). Corsair has since improved their CX and CXm line (with gray labels) and now, they are better but not enough to be considered as good quality PSU. All Seasonic units are either good quality or great...

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Wattage wise: Yes. Build quality wise: No.

Tt Litepower 450W is low quality PSU and if you care about your PC, you wouldn't want to cheap out on the most important component inside the PC.

For good quality PSU, look anything from Seasonic lineup.
 

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Agree instead of the TT get the CORSAIR CX450 it's $35 w/ the promo code applied and an additional $20 in rebate (so that's $15 said and done), sale ends in 4 days.

Very good quality for the price - may grab one for myself since I am out of spares...
You can go for that mediocre quality PSU if you like but i wouldn't put Corsair CX or CXm series PSUs into any PC.

Older models of Corsair CX and CXm series (with green labels) were so bad units that they ended up as low quality units (on-par with current Corsair VS series). Corsair has since improved their CX and CXm line (with gray labels) and now, they are better but not enough to be considered as good quality PSU. All Seasonic units are either good quality or great quality (depending on the series).

I'll take Corsair CXm 550 as an example.
While CXm series are cheap, you won't get solid build quality and all Japanese caps as you can get with Seasonic units. Here's one in-depth review of CX550m,
link: https://www.hardwareinsights.com/corsair-cx550m-farewell-group-design/

Corsair CX550m does provide some good results but it also provides some bad results. Like hold-up time that is way lower than the ATX standard specifies it to be. CX550m has hold-up time of 11.20 milliseconds while the ATX standard for hold up time is a minimum of 16 milliseconds. For comparison, Seasonic PRIME 650 80+ Titanium (best 650W PSU money can buy at current date) has hold-up time of 30 milliseconds.

And it's just not the hold-up time, there are other, more apparent things that doesn't make it good quality unit. One of them is the very noisy sleeve bearing fan used in it. At minimum, you're looking 39 dB(A) from the fan, which can rise up to 43.1 dB(A). It's like having 140mm Noctua industrial 3000 RPM fan in your PC running at max speeds.

Since CX550m it has nice list of good things and also bad things, it's a mediocre quality unit. If there were more bad than good (including price) it would be a bad unit and vice-versa.

I, personally, wouldn't use it. While it can be used just fine for an office PC that never sees any high loads and also where the PSU noise isn't that important. But for home use in a gaming PC, where PC longevity and noise are important factors, i'd use and also suggest using better quality and more silent PSU.

Different persons have different standards (some have higher standards while others have lower standards) and it's up to every person to decide how good of a build quality components are safe to use in their PC. But keep in mind that PSU is the most important component inside the PC since it powers everything.

Since i care a lot about all my PCs, i won't put a mediocre quality unit into my PC that fails to meet ATX PSU standards set in place for all OEMs to follow, so that the PSUs are safe to use and doesn't damage other components. In fact, i've gone above and beyond regarding PSUs in my PCs. Some may call me nuts that i payed €206.80 for a PSU that sits in my Skylake build (Seasonic SSR-650TD) while i would've been safe with a PSU that costs €69.70 (Seasonic SS-520GM2). While that can be true and i could've saved a lot of money, i feel safe and comfortable that my main PC is powered by the best offered by Seasonic.

I won't suggest expensive PSUs in builds when the budget is way restricted. But i still suggest getting a PSU that at least meets all the ATX PSU standards, even if it's fully wired (like Seasonic SS-520GB).

That being said, for OP, i suggest getting any Seasonic unit, in 500W range. E.g: M12II-520 EVO, G-550, Focus 550 or Focus+ 550,
pcpp: https://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/TgW9TW,DPCwrH,bkp323,KmgzK8/

Warranty wise:
M12II EVO: 5 years
G-series: 5 years
Focus: 7 years
Focus+: 10 years

All my 3 PCs: Skylake, Haswell and AMD are also powered by Seasonic. Full specs with pics in my sig.
 
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Can't say I disagree, I have a Seasonic G-650 in my rig right now :)

But when the chips are down and all you have left after a bad day at the track is a pocket full of lint - the CX Gray's are your friend, far better than the TT Lite and absolutey cheaper even without that rebate.

Just trying to help out OP who mentioned an extreme-budget rig, I feel it is a perfect match.
 
Can't say I disagree, I have a Seasonic G-650 in my rig right now :)

But when the chips are down and all you have left after a bad day at the track is a pocket full of lint - the CX Gray's are your friend, far better than the TT Lite and absolutey cheaper even without that rebate.

Just trying to help out OP who mentioned an extreme-budget rig, I feel it is a perfect match.


The last grey label CXM 550W that I saw on this forum took out a graphics card.....

So I don't recommend them for anything other than email boxes, if that.