EggXpert

hi to all, im new here and im loooking for PSUs about <50$, i want to know if its good this psu:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817713004

 thanks

Sorry tttony but the reviews on that PSU say no and its a low teir PSU my question to you is it worth taking a chance of frying your system to save money? You get what you pay for, quality costs and the PSU is the lifes blood of your computer.

then which PSU?? recommend me one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000320058%201131509966%201230113790&bop=And&Order=PRICE&CompareItemList=N82E16817139004%2CN82E16817703005%2CN82E16817139005 There you go.

I agree with Hoghauler, that Powertek power supply is junk.  I'm glad you posted on here before you made the mistake of buying that. 

however, Hoghauler, he did say that he was looking for a PSU under $50.  While those are excellent power supplies that you linked, they do certainly cost a good deal more than $50, even after the rebate. 

 Currently, the Antec earthwatts EA430 430watt power supply is on sale on newegg for $35.  That's a high quality seasonic-made power supply, with high efficiency and a quiet cooling system.  It should definitely be able to handle your system. If you'd like to read more about it, JonnyGuru.com has a good Antec Earthwatts review up. 

Or, if you want more power, and if you're willing to spend a bit over the $50 price you mentioned, the OCZ StealthXStream 600watt power supply is currently on sale at newegg for $54 w/ free shipping.   That's a great power supply, and according to testing of that same 600watt model at HardwareSecrets.com, it's actually able to supply about 728watts of power, amazingly enough. 

Really though, you don't need all that much wattage to run your computer.  Your CPU draws 65watts, your GPU runs at 110watts, optical drive: 25 watts, hard drive: 10watts, and motherboard: 50watts.  Throw in an extra 50watts to cover cooling, RAM, and other PCI cards, and you get a total max-draw wattage of only 310watts.  So, that Antec Earthwatts could certainly handle your computer.  However, if you plan to do heavy overclocking, or put in another graphics card(crossfire setup), then you'd probably want to step up to that OCZ StealthXStream 600watt.  $54 is certainly a good price for that PSU, although it has recently been on sale for as low as $40 w/ free shipping.  Also, the Antec Earthwatts 500watt PSU was on sale for $30 a little while ago.  But, if you need to get a power supply now, and can't wait for a better deal to come around, get either the OCZ StealthXStream or the Antec Earthwatts. 

Ok CompWiz, thanks for the backup on the junk PSU. However I still stand behind the fact that multi-rail PSU's for highend systems are a waste of money unless you get a 1,000 watt + PSU, lowend systems yes multi-rail PSU's will work fine but when you have components with high power draw at startup those low amp multi-rails can let you down real fast and if they don't have an active PFC it only makes it worse. Now as for your recomendations I say no to the Antec 430watt with 2 rails at 19 amps/rail but the OCZ I would say yes unless he goes dual VC due to 4 rails at 18 amps/rail.

HOGHAULER:

Ok CompWiz, thanks for the backup on the junk PSU. However I still stand behind the fact that multi-rail PSU's for highend systems are a waste of money unless you get a 1,000 watt + PSU, lowend systems yes multi-rail PSU's will work fine but when you have components with high power draw at startup those low amp multi-rails can let you down real fast and if they don't have an active PFC it only makes it worse. Now as for your recomendations I say no to the Antec 430watt with 2 rails at 19 amps/rail but the OCZ I would say yes unless he goes dual VC due to 4 rails at 18 amps/rail.

There was a discussion about this on these forums recently.  We came to the conclusion that for the vast majority of power supplies with current-limited rails all coming from the same 12v source(such as the earthwatts), there is no such thing as trapped power, and no real reason to avoid a multi-rail power supply. 

The OCZ StealthXStream 600watt power supply I mentioned in my last post just went on sale for $39 at newegg w/ free shipping(use coupon code EMCAJAFBE).  That is an amazing deal, and, since you need a power supply, you should get that right away, before the sale expires.  That is the lowest price I've ever seen for that power supply, and with that sale, that power supply now fits nicely into the <$50 price range you specified.