need help to buy Budget PSU!

[keplenk]

Hi,

I will be buying a PSU soon and I need your help!

I know it is wrong to budget you PSU but I got no choice

While doing some research on budget PSU, I found these three:

1st candidate:

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch.hmx?SCriteria=ba21491">
EPOWER ep-450xp-c1b 450w cheetah series ATX 12v ul & fcc</a>

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/sku....hmx?SCriteria=ba21491

2nd:

Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC ATX 430W

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817153023

3rd:

COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus RS-460-PMSR-A3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817171028


Unfortunately, these three are the only options I could have (due to budget reasons).

What PSU would you choose? What do you think is a better choice?



My specs are:

E2180 2.0Ghz (stock HSF)
GA-P35-DS3L
Palit D 7300LE
(1) 80gb Maxtor IDE hdd
(1) 80gb Western Digital SATA hdd
built-in sound
(1) Lite-on 20x DVDRW SATA
no case fans atm

ATM, not planning to OC .. but If ill OC, my target is only 2.5Ghz

Thank you in advance

 

[Zap]

I'd go for the Cooler Master out of those three, but you may want to see if the Antec Earthwatts 380W is still $20 shipped after rebate.

 

[keplenk]

Yes, I think ill go for the Antec 380W .. Do you think I can do minor OC? I'm planning to push it to .. hmmm ... from 2.0 to 2.6 maybe .. would that be fine?

 

[Zap]

With the Earthwatts? A-ok! :thumbsup:

 

[amdfansftw]

definately get the earthwatts it's 10 dollars more than what your spending now.

 

[keplenk]

Its being shipped already .. thanks for your input guys

 

[domsq]

Hey guys

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I recently bought a whole lot of PC kit (part of which was a Cooler Master Elite 330 chassis, with included eXtreme Power Plus 460W PSU info), to build myself up a new gaming rig.

The spec for my rig is:

Core 2 Duo E8200
2x 1GB Kingston HyperX DDR2-1066 RAM
8800GT 512MB graphics card
2x 320 GB Seagate SATAII HDD's
1x DVD-RW drive
2x 120mm case fans

The thing I want to know is whether the PSU that came with my chassis is okay or not, to run the hardware listed above? I know nVIDIA say your PSU has to be outputting at least 22A on the +12V, but my PSU, which has dual +12V rails, is rated at 18A per rail.

TIA

 

[jonnyGURU]

Originally posted by: domsq
Hey guys

Sorry to resurrect an old thread....

Not really sure why you didn't start your own thread since your issue is irrelevant to the OP.

Originally posted by: domsq
I know nVIDIA say your PSU has to be outputting at least 22A on the +12V, but my PSU, which has dual +12V rails, is rated at 18A per rail.

If you look underneath those two "18A" on the PSU sticker, you'll see that there's a "312W" directly underneath. THAT is your PSU's +12V capability. W = V x A, so if we take the 312W and divide by 12V, we get 26A. So you have just enough to get you going.

 

[domsq]

Sorry about that mate... have been on forums before, where if there was an older thread somehow remotely relating to what you're talking about, the mods preferred if you 're-used' that thread.

Cool, so I should be okay, based on what I have connected up to said PSU.

Of course, were I to ever go SLI/Xfire, that would mean a new PSU then.

 

[amdfansftw]

i would say that you're pushing your luck but that's just me