What's the best PSU?

[DTDerian]

I'm looking for a 500w-600w PSU that is non-modular or semi-modular. I'm on a 50-70$ budget so I'm hoping to find something good to power my computer. If you need any details, here they are:

AMD FX-4300 (Soon to upgrade to the AMD FX-6300)
MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti (OC Edition)
MSI 760GM-P23 FX
1 TB Hard drive
2 Case fans, 1 Thermaltake Air cooling fan.
8 GB RAM.
Thanks!

 

[theunliked]

This one should work all right.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438014

I do recommend you to go up to $100, but $70 is your budget.

Another thing I'd like to say is that it isn't really worth it upgrading to the fx 6300 from a 4300. See this comparison:
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-6300-vs-AMD-FX-4300

You should upgrade to the i5-6500 or the 6600k.

 

[Karadjgne]

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-s12ii520bronze

 

[DTDerian]

This one should work all right.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438014

I do recommend you to go up to $100, but $70 is your budget.

Another thing I'd like to say is that it isn't really worth it upgrading to the fx 6300 from a 4300. See this comparison:
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-6300-vs-AMD-FX-4300

You should upgrade to the i5-6500 or the 6600k.

My current motherboard is AM3+, which limits me to the AMD CPU's. As the post says, I'm in a tight budget due to some needs. With that being said, I would need to change my motherboard to then get a new CPU which is not very worth it in my opinion.

 

[theunliked]

This one should work all right.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438014

I do recommend you to go up to $100, but $70 is your budget.

Another thing I'd like to say is that it isn't really worth it upgrading to the fx 6300 from a 4300. See this comparison:
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-6300-vs-AMD-FX-4300

You should upgrade to the i5-6500 or the 6600k.

My current motherboard is AM3+, which limits me to the AMD CPU's. As the post says, I'm in a tight budget due to some needs. With that being said, I would need to change my motherboard to then get a new CPU which is not very worth it in my opinion.

Then you should stick with your current cpu. It is a waste of money upgrading to the fx-6300. You will not notice much of a difference.

The 6300 has got the advantage of 2 extra cores, but remember, it is also clocked lower. For general purposes, strong cores are better than more cores.

 

[DTDerian]

This one should work all right.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438014

I do recommend you to go up to $100, but $70 is your budget.

Another thing I'd like to say is that it isn't really worth it upgrading to the fx 6300 from a 4300. See this comparison:
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-6300-vs-AMD-FX-4300

You should upgrade to the i5-6500 or the 6600k.

My current motherboard is AM3+, which limits me to the AMD CPU's. As the post says, I'm in a tight budget due to some needs. With that being said, I would need to change my motherboard to then get a new CPU which is not very worth it in my opinion.

Then you should stick with your current cpu. It is a waste of money upgrading to the fx-6300. You will not notice much of a difference.

The same PSU that you showed me (EVGA, 500W) is on 40$ on Amazon. Thanks!

 

[theunliked]

Yep. No problems!

 

[DTDerian]

EDIT: It's 600W, which is better, and way cheaper. Here's the link, if anyone needs it.
http://tinyurl.com/o94e9ct

 

[Karadjgne]

The Evga 600B is an overpriced hunk of junk compared to the XFX 550w at $10 less.

The 760G chipsets are not the best boards out there by a Longshot, actually some of the worst am3/am3+. They'll not carry much of an OC generally with such low power phases and minimalistic heatsinks. In this the 4300 would get a higher OC than the 6300. However, you should still be able to get close to, if not broach 4.0GHz with a 6300. In single thread heavy games like skyrim or fallout, thread performance is king, those games only use 2-3 cores, so OC on either 4300 or 6300 would get equitable performance. The biggest difference will come in multi thread games like bf4 which put more emphasis on thread count than thread performance. In this, a 6300 beats a 4300 at any clock. 6 threads at 3.4GHz get a lot more work done than 4 threads at 4.0GHz.

Would a move to a 6300 be worth it? Depends on what you play. Minecraft, LOL, CS:Go, skyrim, fallout, stick with the 4300. BF4,GTA:V, Witcher, StarWars Battlefront, be best to move to 6300.

 

[DTDerian]

The Evga 600B is an overpriced hunk of junk compared to the XFX 550w at $10 less.

The 760G chipsets are not the best boards out there by a Longshot, actually some of the worst am3/am3+. They'll not carry much of an OC generally with such low power phases and minimalistic heatsinks. In this the 4300 would get a higher OC than the 6300. However, you should still be able to get close to, if not broach 4.0GHz with a 6300. In single thread heavy games like skyrim or fallout, thread performance is king, those games only use 2-3 cores, so OC on either 4300 or 6300 would get equitable performance. The biggest difference will come in multi thread games like bf4 which put more emphasis on thread count than thread performance. In this, a 6300 beats a 4300 at any clock. 6 threads at 3.4GHz get a lot more work done than 4 threads at 4.0GHz.

Would a move to a 6300 be worth it? Depends on what you play. Minecraft, LOL, CS:Go, skyrim, fallout, stick with the 4300. BF4,GTA:V, Witcher, StarWars Battlefront, be best to move to 6300.

This one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013

 

[Karadjgne]

That's the one. Newegg will usually have it on sale or rebate or both where total cost is @$25 sometimes. In the link above its $14 cheaper.

 

[DTDerian]

That's the one. Newegg will usually have it on sale or rebate or both where total cost is @$25 sometimes. In the link above its $14 cheaper.

One question then, what AM3+ motherboard do you recommend? I'll most likely buy the XFX 550w but what's a good motherboard, at the same price range?

 

[Karadjgne]

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970aud3p

Or go all out...
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd8320frhkbox
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga990fxaud3r5