Hi guys!
Following my recent GigaByte R9 270 thread, all was well. After 4 days of running the card, my sister was happily photoshopping when our socket went pataakha. :/
The PSU was a Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 600W. Now I know about the bad stuff I've heard about this particular power supply and I won't lie if I said I didn't see this coming. But this was totally random and the power supply ran a good 5 years.
For now, I'm just hoping the GPU is OK; I'll be handing it to my friend tomorrow to confirm but what are the odds though?
Anyhow, I searched a bit and naturally went to Galaxy.pk first and saw ThermalTake 530W for 5500 rupees. But as someone else asked on the internet, it was too good to be true in that price range. 530W, 87% efficiency, semi-modular. But as a review said it has 38A on one 12V rail. My Cooler Master had 36A (18A+18A). I don't know what to make of it since I've always sucked at electric stuff. Should I go for it? It'll be powering my Core i3-2100 (By a miracle, a Core i5 later someday) and a Gigabyte R9 270 OC (Needs two 6-pin connectors unlike the normal R9 270s, and needs 28A as the internet says).
As you can tell, I'm confused. There's also this Corsair VS 550W but I dunno if that is even meant for gaming PCs. It just says for simple office PCs and everyday tasks. :/
If you know anything better in 5500-ish range or less, let me know. I didn't come across any Xigmatek or Antec PSUs on these sites.
Just in case, calling [MENTION=14308]sunny945[/MENTION]
Following my recent GigaByte R9 270 thread, all was well. After 4 days of running the card, my sister was happily photoshopping when our socket went pataakha. :/
The PSU was a Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 600W. Now I know about the bad stuff I've heard about this particular power supply and I won't lie if I said I didn't see this coming. But this was totally random and the power supply ran a good 5 years.
For now, I'm just hoping the GPU is OK; I'll be handing it to my friend tomorrow to confirm but what are the odds though?
Anyhow, I searched a bit and naturally went to Galaxy.pk first and saw ThermalTake 530W for 5500 rupees. But as someone else asked on the internet, it was too good to be true in that price range. 530W, 87% efficiency, semi-modular. But as a review said it has 38A on one 12V rail. My Cooler Master had 36A (18A+18A). I don't know what to make of it since I've always sucked at electric stuff. Should I go for it? It'll be powering my Core i3-2100 (By a miracle, a Core i5 later someday) and a Gigabyte R9 270 OC (Needs two 6-pin connectors unlike the normal R9 270s, and needs 28A as the internet says).
As you can tell, I'm confused. There's also this Corsair VS 550W but I dunno if that is even meant for gaming PCs. It just says for simple office PCs and everyday tasks. :/
If you know anything better in 5500-ish range or less, let me know. I didn't come across any Xigmatek or Antec PSUs on these sites.
Just in case, calling [MENTION=14308]sunny945[/MENTION]
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