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Need a power supply for the following config-

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Deleted member 26636 Original post #1
Sep 4, 2011 at 1:16 PM
the config is- asus p7p55d- e lx, intel core i3 540, g.skill ripjaws 4gb ram, palit hd 4850, 1 360 gb seagate 7200rpm hdd & 1 500 gb seagate 7200 rpm hdd. i am also going to connect 2 external portable hdd's of 500gb. please suggest something within rs.2000/- as i am on a tight budget & cannot extend it any further.
d3p
d3p #2
Sep 4, 2011 at 2:35 PM
Corsair CX430 & FSP Saga II 500 only provide a 28A on single 12v rail & its not sufficient to drive your 4850. Sorry for the previous information.

Your 4850 requires a min 30A of current & at that price point of view, i suggest you to increase the budget to atleast 3k in order to accomodate a VX450 [I heard its EOL, but if you are luck then you can get it or look if someone selling VX450 in bazaar section.]
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Deleted member 26636 #3
Sep 4, 2011 at 3:20 PM
d3p5kor said:
Corsair CX430 & FSP Saga II 500 only provide a 28A on single 12v rail & its not sufficient to drive your 4850. Sorry for the previous information.

Your 4850 requires a min 30A of current & at that price point of view, i suggest you to increase the budget to atleast 3k in order to accomodate a VX450 [I heard its EOL, but if you are luck then you can get it or look if someone selling VX450 in bazaar section.]
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hmm...anything else within Rs. 2500/- ? 3k would be too steep for me. :-(
d3p
d3p #4
Sep 4, 2011 at 3:28 PM
^^As told earlier, if you are confortable in buying some good used PSU's, then there a guy selling his 2yrs old VX450 at less than 2.5k.

Link : - [E]-click here

otherwise there's no go otherthan increasing the budget to 3k+
Piyush
Piyush #5
Sep 4, 2011 at 8:52 PM
Tacens supero 500W @ 2.5k
d6bmg
d6bmg #6
Sep 4, 2011 at 9:01 PM
^^ Is that reliable?? :unsure:
Cilus
Cilus #8
Sep 4, 2011 at 9:07 PM
TACEN SUPERO PSUs are oem from FSP and they all are 80+ Bronze certified. Although the build quality is not as good as Corsair, they provide very good performance.
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Deleted member 26636 #9
Sep 4, 2011 at 10:03 PM
Piyush said:
Tacens supero 500W @ 2.5k
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not sure if this will be available locally.... hmm, lets see...
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Deleted member 26636 #11
Sep 7, 2011 at 8:39 PM
guys i cannot stretch any more than 3k....so how are these PSU's? -

Corsair 500W CX PSU

Available for 3k at PrimeAbGb & the FSP Saga II 500 Watts available for Rs. 2450/-. So please suggest among these? i think the CX 500 should suffice. I'd also like to add that i was using the CM extreme power 600w since 2008 before it recently went kaput...

guys i cannot stretch any more than 3k....so how are these PSU's? -

Corsair 500W CX PSU

Available for 3k at PrimeAbGb & the FSP Saga II 500 Watts available for Rs. 2450/-. So please suggest among these? i think the CX 500 should suffice. I'd also like to add that i was using the CM extreme power 600w since 2008 before it recently went kaput...
Jaskanwar Singh
Jaskanwar Singh #12
Sep 7, 2011 at 9:51 PM
imo avoid these CX V2 or V1 series.
get fsp saga II 500 or tagan stonerock 500w.
d6bmg
d6bmg #13
Sep 7, 2011 at 9:54 PM
FSP Saga II 500 Watts available for Rs. 2450/-