New Psu

it is no better than what you have now. The brands to look for are Antec, Corsair, NZXT, OCZ, PC power and cooling, Seasonic, Silverstone, or XFX. You can get away with some coolermaster units, but they are best left as a last ditch effort. Anything else is pretty much junk.
 
It's also junk. For not much more get a Corsair CX series unit, the CX 600 is like £50-60 depending on where you buy it. It's a good budget unit. That, or the OCZ ZS 650W which can be had for about the same.

What graphics card are you going for?
 
spirit said:
It's also junk. For not much more get a Corsair CX series unit, the CX 600 is like £50-60 depending on where you buy it. It's a good budget unit. That, or the OCZ ZS 650W which can be had for about the same.

What graphics card are you going for?
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Im currently swaying between a HD6850 and a HD6870.
So I want to make sure my psu wont destroy my new card when I put it in because its alot of money for me !
Do you know if anything would happen to my Graphics card if I did put it up to my current psu ?
 
Your graphics card would work but there's a chance your PSU would eventually die and take out other parts of your system with it (including your graphics card) as it is a very cheaply designed and built unit and likely does not supply anything near to 700W on the +12V rail.

For a 6850 or a 6870, the Corsair CX 500 or CX 600 would be fine, or the Antec Neo 520W I guess, or the OCZ ZS 550W.
 
Just piping in that Cooler Master is not a "Last Ditch". They've been my primary PSU provider for a while and they're very reliable.
 
euanj321 said:
I'm thinking about coolermaster they make really good parts. Ive got alot of decisions to make :D
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The Silent Pro PSU's are great. They're almost fully modular and the cables are nice and thin, which makes for better cable management.
 
euanj321 said:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/450w-antec-basiq-vp450p-gb-80-plus-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx-v23-psu
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/430w-corsair-builder-series-cmpsu-430cxv2uk-80-eff-uncertified-quiet-fan-atx-v23-psu
Just found these what one would you recommend ? Scan has some brilliant deals on !!!
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The Antec has more overall wattage, so I'd say go for that. Should power either card fine.

voyagerfan99 said:
The Silent Pro PSU's are great. They're almost fully modular and the cables are nice and thin, which makes for better cable management.
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I noticed your SilentPro had thin cables and I think it's a great idea. Also notice they were all black too. Shame other manufactures don't do this, would make life so much easier!
 
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