Help me choose the right psu
rijinpk1
Aspiring Novelist
get antec vp450p or seasonic ss400bt. if you wanna add a powerful gpu later(like gtx 760/280x or higher). then get seasonic s12ii 550/620.
ASHISH65
Technomancer
Get Seasonic s12 520w.It is enough for any single gpu config
rijinpk1
Aspiring Novelist
antec vp450p will handle gtx 660. but for peace of mind, and if you are really tight on budget, then get antec vp550p.
Thanks, i will go with antec vp550p it fits in my budget
but what advantage does the seasonic s12 ii 520 have over the antec vp550p?
also i am thinking of buying a coolermaster elite 431 plus cabinet is it good?
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rijinpk1
Aspiring Novelist
seasonic unit uses highly reliable components(capacitors mainly) to make the psu. antec vp550p v2 is said to use highly reliable japanese caps(but the total output power is a little bit less!) whereas normal vp550p is not.
that cabinet is not good. poor cable management. what is your budget for cabinet? look at antec gx700.
that cabinet is not good. poor cable management. what is your budget for cabinet? look at antec gx700.
my budget is about 4k
ok then ill go for it
ill go with the gx700 the gx 900 in over my budget
rijinpk1
Aspiring Novelist
ok. no problem.
REDHOTIRON2004
Journeyman
Pardon me for continuing this thread again. But my question is related to this psu antec vp550p v2 only. Could you point me to any review for its v2 version where it shows what caps and components it is using as its quite different from v1 version.
That's a very good question you have raised for which there's no correct answer. Nowadays PSU manufacturers first introduces a model, send it for review and when there's some good review floats around and they make some good sell they just silently changes some internal components to cut cost. Thus we get some lower quality psus which were higher of quality before. Often such psus gets a new revision number and often does not. Now which PSU manufacturer will do such act for which PSU models is mighty hard to tell.
On the plus side a new revision generally corrects the flaws of the previous revision and adds some little improvements. As a rule of thumb getting a higher model of a decent PSU manufacturer is always the safest bet or try to look for the OEM of a psu modem. If it's from a good OEM the build quality is also going to be nice. Another way is to look for feedback about a particular PSU of different forums if you have doubts.
On the plus side a new revision generally corrects the flaws of the previous revision and adds some little improvements. As a rule of thumb getting a higher model of a decent PSU manufacturer is always the safest bet or try to look for the OEM of a psu modem. If it's from a good OEM the build quality is also going to be nice. Another way is to look for feedback about a particular PSU of different forums if you have doubts.