[SOLVED] What PSU should i buy

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Okay so i built my PC 2014-2015 and i bought PSU cooler master rs-500-pcar-i3, so its been 5 or 6 years or even more, and now i have been facing alot of problems, like pc not turning on at all, or it turns but just the fan is running, but sometimes it turns on with me but keeps turns off randomly and blue screen starts happening BSOD with codes error. So i think it's PSU problem, what PSU should i buy? I need one who isn't so expensive nor so cheap to run my pc perfectly

From Egypt
Budget: max 70$
But it would be great if it doesn't reach 70$

My specs: 8 Ram
Processor : Intel Core i7
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650

now pc not turning on so i can't get full information about processor

Note: also I'm not really sure if it's PSU problem
 
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No brand is better than the other (will, with some exceptions). Chieftec have very good PSUs, for example Powerplay and Polaris along with a bunch of older stuff. Saying that Chieftec is a priori worse than FSP (or any other brand) is wrong. You don't buy a brand, you buy a PSU, and you need to look at how that PSU performs and what it's quality, most brands have both bad and good PSUs in their portfolio, including FSP and Chieftec.

And, again, you didn't share a review for FSP PNR, all i've seen suggests that FSP PNR and PNR-i are nearly identical, both group regulated, there may be some difference in components, maybe one of them is full range and other is 230V only, that doesn't matter, they're still group regulated.
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I was thinking about buying from souq

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What a shame said:
You have some grounds to say that ? Reviews maybe ? Because as far as i see, FSP PNR and PNR-I use the same platform, group-regulated. It's okay for APU system, nothing more.
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I have reviews also and it's not like about exactly one PSU from Chieftec there is photo's and everything.

https://www.drive2.ru/b/547562014386422801/

About "PNR" and "PNR-i" it's not the same, "i" version is much much worse. I said FSP to just tell that, not saying to buy it 100% and nothing else. Simply if he wont spend a lot of money as some people like to do, he will have varia
 
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What a shame said:
I see no good options sub 2250 EGP there. Cheapest i'd recommend is this one :
But if you really want smth cheap, this one shouldn't explode at least :

FSP Internal 500W Hexa Power Supply: Buy Online at Best Price in Egypt - Souq is now Amazon.eg

Buy FSP Internal 500W Hexa Power Supply online on Amazon.eg at best prices. ✓ Fast and Free Shipping ✓ Free Returns ✓Cash on Delivery available on eligible purchase.
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Well here it's good too, before I meant FSP is best cheap choice, but not "i" ... never
 
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What a shame said:
I see no good options sub 2250 EGP there. Cheapest i'd recommend is this one :
But if you really want smth cheap, this one shouldn't explode at least :

FSP Internal 500W Hexa Power Supply: Buy Online at Best Price in Egypt - Souq is now Amazon.eg

Buy FSP Internal 500W Hexa Power Supply online on Amazon.eg at best prices. ✓ Fast and Free Shipping ✓ Free Returns ✓Cash on Delivery available on eligible purchase.
egypt.souq.com
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I might get the second one which is fsp 500w hexa. But are sure this one is good? I have been reading bad reviews about it
 
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Nothing cheaper than Gigabyte G750H there i can call good. FSP Hexa85+ is basically best of the worst there, i don't recommend it but getting anything else doesn't make sense if you're not gonna get Gigabyte.
 
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What a shame said:
What this has to do with question about FSP PNR ?

And you still didn't share reviews of it.
PS: If you're Russian then feel free to PM me in Russian, i struggle to understand you, Google Translate doesn't work well apparently in your case.
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But here is only english I presume. And damn sorry, I thought you are talking about Chieftec, not FSP, anyway, I meant to say that even FSP is better than Chieftec now, and if he's having not a lot of money, wanna something that gonna work well, go for FSP, better FSP you said, but he could but an FSP PNR cause it's just good, they didn't change components I saw it, but cables are not long, that's the problem
 
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zonesama said:
I thought you are talking about Chieftec, not FSP, anyway, I meant to say that even FSP is better than Chieftec
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No brand is better than the other (will, with some exceptions). Chieftec have very good PSUs, for example Powerplay and Polaris along with a bunch of older stuff. Saying that Chieftec is a priori worse than FSP (or any other brand) is wrong. You don't buy a brand, you buy a PSU, and you need to look at how that PSU performs and what it's quality, most brands have both bad and good PSUs in their portfolio, including FSP and Chieftec.
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but he could but an FSP PNR cause it's just good, they didn't change components I saw it
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And, again, you didn't share a review for FSP PNR, all i've seen suggests that FSP PNR and PNR-i are nearly identical, both group regulated, there may be some difference in components, maybe one of them is full range and other is 230V only, that doesn't matter, they're still group regulated.
 
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MarwanES1 said:
Also, i saw another PSU but i don't know if it's good or bad, it's Cooler Master Elite V3 600W
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Cooler Master is pretty good, active PFC and so on, but not really cheap, choice by you.


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I might get the second one which is fsp 500w hexa. But are sure this one is good? I have been reading bad reviews about it
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I am not sure if you gonna find this one, it's discontinued product quite long time ago.
 
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What a shame said:
No brand is better than the other (will, with some exceptions). Chieftec have very good PSUs, for example Powerplay and Polaris along with a bunch of older stuff. Saying that Chieftec is a priori worse than FSP (or any other brand) is wrong. You don't buy a brand, you buy a PSU, and you need to look at how that PSU performs and what it's quality, most brands have both bad and good PSUs in their portfolio, including FSP and Chieftec.

And, again, you didn't share a review for FSP PNR, all i've seen suggests that FSP PNR and PNR-i are nearly identical, both group regulated, there may be some difference in components, maybe one of them is full range and other is 230V only, that doesn't matter, they're still group regulated.
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No, look, the Chieftec have recently had defective batch and + change the stuffing, their board is made on the CWT platform or some kinda, but FSP is OEM manufacturer and they do not change the stuffing from batch to batch. Also I am half-russian so I can't speak it good, I can only read and listen.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixcZszG9J9I

Here's Nitro destroying PNR i 600W. If you wanna see difference in 2020, buy both PSU and look inside. But if you ask people, they will say that "i" version is worse.
 
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zonesama said:
No, look, the Chieftec have recently had defective batch and + change the stuffing
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Of what model ?
Just because CWT is OEM for Chieftec and they don't make their own hardware means absolutely nothing. FSP is OEM for be quiet ! and EVGA, does that make their PSUs bad just because of that ? No. Same for CWT.
CWT changes their platforms from time to time, i'm yet to see if any of that affects performance negatively or at the very least there are any actual downgrades in components.
Now if you look at FSP PNR 'review' of this video blogger with balaklava on it's face you'll see that it's group regulated too, i can't recommend it, case closed. It may be better than FSP PNR-i but it's not a 'best budget PSU' by any means, at least because it's not DC-DC.
PS: If you struggle to communicate in English, again, i invite you to PM me in Russian, i'm Russian also. And we should probably stop flooding this thread with unrelated discussion anyway since OP doesn't have access to FSP PNR on the site they've shared regardless of if it's a good or bad PSU for their needs.
 
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Of what model ?
Just because CWT is OEM for Chieftec and they don't make their own hardware means absolutely nothing. FSP is OEM for be quiet ! and EVGA, does that make their PSUs bad just because of that ? No. Same for CWT.
CWT changes their platforms from time to time, i'm yet to see if any of that affects performance negatively or at the very least there are any actual downgrades in components.
Now if you look at FSP PNR 'review' of this video blogger with balaklava on it's face you'll see that it's group regulated too, i can't recommend it, case closed. It may be better than FSP PNR-i but it's not a 'best budget PSU' by any means, at least because it's not DC-DC.
PS: If you struggle to communicate in English, again, i invite you to PM me in Russian, i'm Russian also. And we should probably stop flooding this thread with unrelated discussion anyway since OP doesn't have access to FSP PNR on the site they've shared regardless of if it's a good or bad PSU for their needs.
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Any model that is budget segment.

But CWT worse than FSP, and FSP PNR is differs from PNR i, that's all I say, I don't know why you have to write a lot, this thread about buying PSU for GTX 650, FSP PNR best choice, I can't understand what's wrong.
 
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