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Yuri

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Posted: Sun, 7th Dec 2014 17:48 Post subject: New PSU on a very tight budget	Quick Quote Quote

I have a choice between Corsair VS650 and Cooler Master Thunder 600W. I built my current system in June 2010 for which I recently changed the CPU fan and I've been having random issues lately so really this is just something I want to run until it gives up the ghost. Now both seem to be pretty crappy and borderline pass the mark so which one is lesser of the two evils? 1 and 2 are still amazing.

SpykeZ

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Posted: Sun, 7th Dec 2014 18:51 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I really don't like Corsair for anything but their PSU's and support have always been stellar.

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DV2

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Posted: Sun, 7th Dec 2014 18:54 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Future proof Corsair AX860... Working fine for 3/4 of this year around without issues NOR Coil Whine ASUS X570 TUF GAMING PLUS, 32GB DDR4@2666 ,RYZEN 5800X3D (NO OC),GIGABYTE RTX 4070 Super GAMING OC, Western Digital Blue 4TB 5400RPM + SAMSUNG 860 EVO 500+1TB GB SSDs , OEM SATA DVD 22xNoctua NH-D15 Chromax Black, BenQ XL2420T Case: Be Quiet! DARK BASE PRO 901. PSU CORSAIR RM1200 SHIFT

Breezer_

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Posted: Sun, 7th Dec 2014 19:52 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

860watts is overkill these days, Some 550W-650W quality platinum PSU can run 2x GPUs and OC´d haswell system.

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sabin1981
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Posted: Sun, 7th Dec 2014 20:10 Post subject:

I'd go with the Corsair one, no question. I'm sure Werelds will be along to explain the merits/demerits to both though Very Happy

DV2 wrote:

Future proof Corsair AX860... Working fine for 3/4 of this year around without issues NOR Coil Whine

Actually, it's the other way around DV2.. future proofing would be *lower* power draw. Cards like the 970 are magnitudes more powerful than cards like the 480, yet draw half the power Very Happy

As hardware gets more powerful, their manufacturing process and efficiency gets better too.

Usually at least.

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freiwald

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Posted: Sun, 7th Dec 2014 20:11 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

https://www.alternate.de/be-quiet!/Pure-Power-CM-L8-530W-Netzteil/html/product/919904? i will get this next week

farne

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Posted: Sun, 7th Dec 2014 20:18 Post subject: Re: New PSU on a very tight budget

Yuri wrote:

I have a choice between Corsair VS650 and Cooler Master Thunder 600W.

I built my current system in June 2010 for which I recently changed the CPU fan and I've been having random issues lately so really this is just something I want to run until it gives up the ghost. Twisted Evil

Now both seem to be pretty crappy and borderline pass the mark so which one is lesser of the two evils? Laughing

Fractal Design Integra M 550 or Corsair CX500M. Smile

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Yuri

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Posted: Mon, 8th Dec 2014 11:09 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Well I can't really buy anything other than the 2 sadly. I've read some reports about the corsair psu having noise issues. Can anyone weigh in on that before I buy it? 1 and 2 are still amazing.

freiwald

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Posted: Mon, 8th Dec 2014 15:07 Post subject:

Yuri wrote:

Well I can't really buy anything other than the 2 sadly. I've read some reports about the corsair psu having noise issues. Can anyone weigh in on that before I buy it?

don't buy it. alot of complains about that psu... u will not be happy.
noisy fan, which gets louder from time to time. and also it seems like it's dying really fast

Yuri

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Posted: Mon, 8th Dec 2014 20:47 Post subject:

freiwald wrote:

don't buy it. alot of complains about that psu... u will not be happy.
noisy fan, which gets louder from time to time. and also it seems like it's dying really fast

Thanks for the warning. Will go to the store and see if they have any other decently priced alternatives...

1 and 2 are still amazing.

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