power supply

[Moan]

is this psu good enough for these parts im planning to buy??

motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2H s.AM2+

Graphic card: 1GB Club3D HD4670 PCI-Exp

processor: AMD Athlon II X2 250 AM3 Box 3,0GHz

ram: DDR2 4GB (2x2GB) 800 Kingston

and the psu: PSU 480W Codegen 480X


ty =)

 

[The_Other_One]

Being a name I've not heard of is one negative tick. Not being able to find any specs is another negative tick. I'd have to say no. It might be capable, but I have no clue about it's reliability.

 

[daisymtc]

Haven't heard of the brand...

 

[Moan]

what about this one PSU 500w Inter-Tech SL-500W ?

could that be enough?

 

[daisymtc]

Go for some well known brand

http://www.computerforum.com/90116-psu-good-bad-list.html

 

[Moan]

Go for some well known brand

http://www.computerforum.com/90116-psu-good-bad-list.html

okk ty

 

[danthrax]

Go for some well known brand

http://www.computerforum.com/90116-psu-good-bad-list.html

I scanned the list and Codegen is in the "bad" category. Stay away!!

 

[dwaynep]

stick to antec, corsair, seasonic brands which are very reliable

for your setep all u may need is a 400 watt 80 plus psu

 

[mihir]

Good:
Acbel Polytec
Akasa
Antec
Astec
Asus
Channelwell
Coolermaster (N.B. eXtremePower 600W & 650W are substantially overrated).
Corsair
Delta
Enermax
Enhance
Etasis
FSP
Gigabyte
Impervio
Lite-On
Masscool
OCZ
PC Power and Cooling
Seasonic
Seventeam
Silverstone
Sparkle
Thermaltake Toughpowers
Ultra
Wintact
Wintec
XClio
Zalman
Zippy

Bad:
Achieve
Allied
Apevia/Aspire
Austin
Can Power
Chiefmax
Codegen
Colors It
Deer
Diablotek
Dynapower
Hairong
Hyena
JPAC
L&C
Leadman
Linkworld
Logisys
MSI
PowerTek
PowerUp (Not to be confused with Power Up)
Powmax
Powork
Raidmax units included with cases
Real Power Enterprise
Rhycom
Sunbeam
Turbolink
YE
Youngyear


Stick to the bolded once and you will be fine

 

[bomberboysk]

That list is a but outdated, some of the ones that are considered "good" i would stray away from these days (FSP build units for example). Codegen is quite well known for being a cheap poor quality power supply.

 

[mihir]

that list is a but outdated, some of the ones that are considered "good" i would stray away from these days (fsp build units for example). codegen is quite well known for being a cheap poor quality power supply.

lol

 

[StrangleHold]

Higher wattage no name power supplies are more dangerous the lower wattage ones.

Reason

People that buy lower wattage no name power supplies usually have lowerend systems that dont pull anywhere near as many watts/amps what they think it does. So they slide by out of pure stupidity.

People that buy high wattage no name power supplies usually have bigger systems and buy them thinking they got a good deal (noob). The power supply pops in a few days and takes half their system with it.