Power supply

[tussin33]

upgrading to a 600 W PS so i can upgrade my GPU and i needed to know, can any power supply work with any pc? i know pc's are a lot about compatibility

 

[cliffordcooley]

There are proprietary formats especially in small form factor PC's.

Before we could answer, we need to know which PC you have?

 

[tussin33]

HP Pavilion HPE h8m series

 

[cliffordcooley]

You should be fine, as far as I'm aware, HP never used a proprietary power supply.

Any of these PSU will work. I recommend using a good name brand though. I'm currently using the CORSAIR CX600 V2 600W myself.

Name brands I recommend: (Note this is only my opinion from reviews I have read and recommendations from several others)

• Antec
• Corsair
• OCZ Technology
• PC Power and Cooling
• SeaSonic USA
• Thermaltake

 

[tussin33]

will http://www.amazon.com/Cool-Power-Pe...9K7G/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1321396115&sr=8-9
work?

and thank you for your time and replies btw.

 

[cliffordcooley]

will http://www.amazon.com/Cool-Power-Pe...9K7G/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1321396115&sr=8-9 work?

Looks good to me.

 

[Mizzou]

The Cool Power would probably work but think you'd be better off going with one the brands that clifford recommended in his post above.

 

[tussin33]

i'm just a fan of the price lol, but of course i don't want it to die on me.. i just never really built or upgraded a PC before this one, I bought it premade and learned that i over paid, so now im slowly but surely upgrading it. Put ram in for the first time ever a few weeks ago, and now i'm getting complicated with PSU & GPU.. after this which is gonna cost 200$ + -__- i should be good for atleast a year i hope. I guess the moral of my story would be Is paying more for a NAME brand worth it in the long run? are Cheaper smaller brands like the one i posted Prone to breakdowns?

 

[cliffordcooley]

Lets just say you hear more horror stories from the cheaper brands. That doesn't mean you wouldn't find a power supply that will last you. It means that your chances of buying a power supply with a shorter life are greater with cheaper brands.

The more expensive brands uses higher quality parts and better designed voltage regulation under loads. Meaning if you load down a cheaper power supply the voltages may drop below recommended specs. The more expensive power supplies are better designed to prevent these drops in voltage.

 

[tussin33]

gotcha, thanks a ton clifford!