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As I said, the PSU is garbage. I want to help you select a new PSU.
Can you order from PC Case Gear? Or, where can you order from?
How much would you be able to spend?
Finally: will you ever have a video card that's better than the 7770? If so, then what might you get?
For now with your system with the 7770 in it, all that you need is a good quality-made 350-400W PSU (and this is overkill).
Here's a list of PSUs that I recommend from PC Case Gear that are all under $100.
- 450W Antec NEO ECO (the 450C) for $65.00 (this doesn't come with a power cable. The idea of the NEO ECO series is you use the power cable from your old PSU)
- The 520W Antec NEO ECO (the 520C) for $69.00 (this doesn't come with a power cable either)
- The 520W Antec High Current Gamer for $85.00 (very similar internal design to the NEO ECO series, but the HCG series has higher quality capacitors)
- The 520W Antec High Current Gamer for $97.00 (this one is semi-modular!)
- 430W SeaSonic S12II for $75.00 (this is like a 430W version of the Antec High Current Gamer series)
If you can spend more than this, then please say so because there are better PSUs to recommend that cost more, but are worth it.
You'll notice that I didn't recommend any Corsair PSUs from PC Case Gear. This is because for under $100, this is all they have:
- VS350
- VS450
- CX430 V3
- VS550
- CX430M (semi-modular)
- CX500 V3
- VS650
- CX500M (semi-modular)
- CX600
- GS600
- CX600M
The problem is that all of these are inferior to the PSUs I found and recommended above. The ones I recommended are designed to be able to deliver their rated wattage continuously (24/7) up to an internal PSU temperature of 50°C. This is due to a good build quality combined with good Japanese Capacitors rated for 105°C. All of the Corsair units that are listed here can only deliver their rated wattage continuously up to an internal PSU temperature of 30°C due to cheap capacitors rated up to 85°C. The only exception is the GS600 which can go up to 40°C, but the caps are still not as good as the caps in the PSUs I am recommending. To add insult to injury, the GS600 is $99.00! That's very overpriced, especially when you consider that you can get the modular 520W Antec High Current Gamer for $97.00, and also considering that you don't need anything more than a good ~350W PSU!
I used to like Corsair, but it looks to me like all they're trying to do these days is make as much money as possible. I mean, I bet that these PSUs cost them a lot less to manufacture than the ones I am recommending due to the lower quality of parts inside, yet they're all at very similar prices to the ones I'm recommending (except for the first 3 Corsair units there)! Figure that one out. lol
Last edited by TwoCables; 02 Jun 2013 at 00:29.