GTX 970 - How to choose it's budget PSU which will work fine and ensure safety ?

[shuvo030]

Guys I need your help about PSU. Actually need help about two things:
(1)What budget psu to buy?
(2)How to check if the psu has the must-have features or not?

(1)
Gonna buy a ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Core Edition. It's price is 34K in UCC. I need to buy a budget psu that'll work fine. My GPU+CPU budget is 39K. Suggest me best PSU to buy in this budget.

(2)
Now an official article from msi forum says that 970's minimum power requirements: 28A and a 500W PSU minimum. Here's the link: https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article...graphics-cards
Now here are my questions:
1. What does it mean by "28A" ?
2. How/where to check if the psu is in fact "28A" or not?
3. Is a quality 500/550W psu enough for this GPU?
4. Any other PSU features to check before buying?

Thanks in advance.

[VANGUARD]

http://ucc-bd.com/thermaltake-tr2-50...plus-gold.html

Take this one.

[minitt]

Guys I need your help about PSU. Actually need help about two things:
(1)What budget psu to buy?
(2)How to check if the psu has the must-have features or not?

(1)
Gonna buy a ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Core Edition. It's price is 34K in UCC. I need to buy a budget psu that'll work fine. My GPU+CPU budget is 39K. Suggest me best PSU to buy in this budget.

(2)
Now an official article from msi forum says that 970's minimum power requirements: 28A and a 500W PSU minimum. Here's the link: https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article...graphics-cards
Now here are my questions:
1. What does it mean by "28A" ?
2. How/where to check if the psu is in fact "28A" or not?
3. Is a quality 500/550W psu enough for this GPU?
4. Any other PSU features to check before buying?

Thanks in advance.

Stick to Good brand such as Cooler master/seasonic/corsair

avoid Thermaltake and Gigabyte unless you have a very tight budget.

[furiousTaher]

28A gpu requirement is complicated afaik... afaik it kinda means like 18A in +12v rail so 20x12=xxx watt then 10A in other rails like +5v blah blah blah i dont understand those... what you need to know the gpu takes 170-230w in full load so you need good 450w psu... but alas we dont have too many good 450w or 500w psu in BD... one is tt tr2 450w or 500w... another is seasonic 500w which will be more costly...

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avoid Thermaltake and ..... unless you have a very tight budget.

vanguard will be furious :v

[redwan hasan]

Stick to Good brand such as Cooler master/seasonic/corsair

avoid Thermaltake and Gigabyte unless you have a very tight budget.

Some of the corsair PSU's are equally shitty or more shitty than tity stuffs. For example the freaking LP/Smart is better than Corsair VS/CX/CS/TX.

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http://ucc-bd.com/thermaltake-tr2-50...plus-gold.html

Take this one.

Gotokal amar friend ekta Zotac 960 4GB kinse tareo eita dhoray deyar try korsilo Iqbal vai, kahini ki? jhamela ase kono?

[VANGUARD]

Gotokal amar friend ekta Zotac 960 4GB kinse tareo eita dhoray deyar try korsilo Iqbal vai, kahini ki? jhamela ase kono?

Budget na thakle to ar kisu korar nai re bhai.

[minitt]

28A gpu requirement is complicated afaik... afaik it kinda means like 18A in +12v rail so 20x12=xxx watt then 10A in other rails like +5v blah blah blah i dont understand those... what you need to know the gpu takes 170-230w in full load so you need good 450w psu... but alas we dont have too many good 450w or 500w psu in BD... one is tt tr2 450w or 500w... another is seasonic 500w which will be more costly...

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vanguard will be furious :v

try to put in some thought and make short post that makes sense and useful to the readers. Speculating on something you are not fully aware of is far more damaging than not saying anything at all. I will start editing your posts that contains incomplete/incorrect information.

I really don't need to care who becomes what.

[furiousTaher]

Speculating on something you are not fully aware of is far more damaging than not saying anything at all.

can you explain which thing i said about the ampere/wattage that can harm him?

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wait a minute... they said 28amp in +12v rail.... since when a 970gtx can take 340w :O :O waatttt

[Xperience]

Some of the corsair PSU's are equally shitty or more shitty than tity stuffs. For example the freaking LP/Smart is better than Corsair VS/CX/CS/TX.

Tx series ?

[kaziishan]

Guys I need your help about PSU. Actually need help about two things:
(1)What budget psu to buy?
(2)How to check if the psu has the must-have features or not?

(1)
Gonna buy a ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Core Edition. It's price is 34K in UCC. I need to buy a budget psu that'll work fine. My GPU+CPU budget is 39K. Suggest me best PSU to buy in this budget.

(2)
Now an official article from msi forum says that 970's minimum power requirements: 28A and a 500W PSU minimum. Here's the link: https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article...graphics-cards
Now here are my questions:
1. What does it mean by "28A" ?
2. How/where to check if the psu is in fact "28A" or not?
3. Is a quality 500/550W psu enough for this GPU?
4. Any other PSU features to check before buying?

Thanks in advance.

PSU Name	Wattage	Price	80+ Certificate	+12V Rail/s	+12V Max Load	OEM	Tier
Cooler Master G500W	500W	6,700/=	80+ Bronze	38A	456W	Enhance	-
Seasonic S12II-520	520W	7,000/=	80+ Bronze	20A + 20A	480W	Seasonic	2
Corsair VS550	550W	4,500/=	80+	42A	504W	CWT	4
Corsair VS650	650W	5,800/=	80+	50A	600W	CWT	4
Thermaltake TR2 Gold 500W	500W	5,900/=	80+ Gold	41.7A	500W	Sirtec	-
Thermaltake TR2 Gold 600W	600W	6,800/=	80+ Gold	50A	600W	Sirtec	-
Gigabyte Pulse 650	650W	6,200/=	80+ Bronze	54A	648W	???	-

This list is based on this.
Tiers are based on this.
Prices will vary. I have tried to list relevant PSUs of sub 7K prices.

[redwan hasan]

can you explain which thing i said about the ampere/wattage that can harm him?

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wait a minute... they said 28amp in +12v rail.... since when a 970gtx can take 340w :O :O waatttt

Most of the time people don't even read your long posts, we understand your enthusiasm but you know etto lekha

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Tx series ?

noise issue, voltage regulation is not that good, easily get damaged.

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GTX970? Get a Titty Smart 630W... done, might cost around 6.6k.

[furiousTaher]

PSU Name	Wattage	Price	80+ Certificate	+12V Rail/s	+12V Max Load	OEM
Cooler Master G500W	500W	6,700/=	80+ Bronze	38A	456W	Enhance
Seasonic S12II-520	520W	7,000/=	80+ Bronze	20A + 20A	480W	Seasonic
Corsair VS550	550W	4,500/=	80+	42A	504W	CWT
Corsair VS650	650W	5,800/=	80+	50A	600W	CWT
Thermaltake TR2 Gold 500W	500W	5,900/=	80+ Gold	41.7A	500W	Sirtec
Thermaltake TR2 Gold 600W	600W	6,800/=	80+ Gold	50A	600W	Sirtec
Gigabyte Pulse 650	650W	6,200/=	80+ Bronze	54A	648W	???

This list is based on this.

Prices will vary. I have tried to list relevant PSUs of sub 7K prices.

recent tr2 are made by cwt... previous tr2 were made by bad oems...
pulse oem is seasonic afaik.

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GTX970? Get a Titty Smart 630W... done, might cost around 6.6k.

according to psu semi-expert president vanguard smart series is crap. if i remember correctly psu super expert romulus also said they are not good.

[kaziishan]

recent tr2 are made by cwt

Newer Bronze TR2 seems to be from CWT and the Gold TR2 seems to be from High Power aka Sirtec.

Source: http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page680.htm
Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id...tier-list.html

I could be wrong though. This is from internet after all .

[Xperience]

Most of the time people don't even read your long posts, we understand your enthusiasm but you know etto lekha

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noise issue, voltage regulation is not that good, easily get damaged.

Ez comments & LP/SMART Series is the best in the world

[VANGUARD]

according to psu semi-expert president vanguard smart series is crap. if i remember correctly psu super expert romulus also said they are not good.

Polar tk thakle ami tr2 bronze suggest kortam.

[shuvo030]

So, according to #Kaziishan's info, I think Corsair VS550 & VS650 is good for me???? But are these two PSUs available in UCC ? Where can I find them?

[kaziishan]

So, according to #Kaziishan's info, I think Corsair VS550 & VS650 is good for me???? But are these two PSUs available in UCC ? Where can I find them?

According to my source's information, Corsair VS should be your last choice. I have marked the tier 4s which could be available in BD. It is better to avoid these models. (The models without tiers in my chart don't mean they are bad, it means that they have not been added to the source's list yet).

[redwan hasan]

Ez comments & LP/SMART Series is the best in the world

My CX750 is utter ¤¤¤¤, my friend's TX750 is another shitty one, my big brother's RM850 is another example of ¤¤¤¤, so yeah lots of ¤¤¤¤ from Corsair. To me they are over rated.

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recent tr2 are made by cwt... previous tr2 were made by bad oems...
pulse oem is seasonic afaik.

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according to psu semi-expert president vanguard smart series is crap. if i remember correctly psu super expert romulus also said they are not good.

Not saying Vanguard is wrong but what I have found is the Smart 530W & 550W have huge issues but the 630W one is pretty good, I know about 10-12 people who are using this one and they are running for about 2-4 years without any issue what so ever. Even my brother uses one and he plays games every day for hours so it has served pretty well I must say.

[furiousTaher]

So, according to #Kaziishan's info, I think Corsair VS550 & VS650 is good for me???? But are these two PSUs available in UCC ? Where can I find them?

they are NOTTTTTTTT.

buy cooler master v series... its expensive i think. or seasonic, or tt tr2

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My CX750 is utter ¤¤¤¤, my friend's TX750 is another shitty one, my big brother's RM850 is another example of ¤¤¤¤, so yeah lots of ¤¤¤¤ from Corsair. To me they are over rated.

wat
wat watttt... whyyy i trusted rm/tx/hx/ax... fail

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maybe the version they import in BD are different, people said something like that. if i remember correctly romulus bro pointed out the tt lp2 in BD isnt actually the international tt lp2 and corsair vs..... i am not sure

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*lp1 .

[shuvo030]

they are NOTTTTTTTT.

buy cooler master v series... its expensive i think. or seasonic, or tt tr2

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wat
wat watttt... whyyy i trusted rm/tx/hx/ax... fail

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maybe the version they import in BD are different, people said something like that. if i remember correctly romulus bro pointed out the tt lp2 in BD isnt actually the international tt lp2 and corsair vs..... i am not sure

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*lp1 .

What do u mean by "tt tr2" ? Sorry for asking noob question. :/