PSU recommendation for a Sapphire Radeon 5670 hd 1gb

[CraigC]

Hi there,

I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction for what kind of psu I should get for a Sapphire Radeon 5670 1gb GDDR5 Graphics card.

My current psu came with my HP pc and is only 300w so i'm looking to upgrade so I can run the new graphics card safely when I get it. I've read about products like Corsair psu's being one of the best ranges but i'm wondering if anyone here can give me more advice on that and what power supply I should get. My budget is around £50-60 max really.

My pc is quad core, 2.4ghz, 2gb ram, vista 32 bit.

Also I've only just bought the graphics card to replace my Nvidia Geforce 8500gt so if you recommend sending it back this is still an option! lol

Thanks,
Craig

[planet436]

What do you mean by 'quad core' for your cpu?

430W Corsair £35
380W Antec £40
380W Seasonic £46

Corsair, Antec and Seasonic all have good reputations for making budget PSU's. Other manufactors to consider would be XFX, Enermax (perhaps coolermaster but some of their cheap ones aren't good).

In terms of GPU recommendations, will have to pass to someone else. AFAIK that 8500GT was pretty crappy at its time of release so am pretty sure the 5670 would be a better buy. However, there is a large markup on the 1GB version, so assuming you paid ~£75 I think spending an extra £7-8 on a cheap 5750 would get you a much better graphics card.

[Pob255]

The XFX core pro 450w http://www.scan.co.uk/products/pro45...l-power-supply £39
it's made by seasonic from their S12II bronze unit, it's thesame as the old corsair vx450w which was built by seasonic from their original S12II unit.
The newer version is basically the same just a few component improvements to increase the efficiency slightly.

As to a bad card, depends what you want it for.
not great for gaming esp at higher resolutions, for just getting a screen output, ie, internet/office/watching dvd's/flash based video & games, it's more than fine and a big step up from the 8500gt (which as planet436 said was pretty rubbish even when it was new)

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

This PSU is OTT but for the price is very good value for money:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/620w-...-fan-atx12v-23

If you intend to do a bigger upgrade in the next year or two it would be a good choice.

[fullfat]

This PSU is OTT but for the price is very good value for money:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/620w-...-fan-atx12v-23

If you intend to do a bigger upgrade in the next year or two it would be a good choice.

ive just got one of these, im over the moon with it for the amount paid