Cheap 500-600w semi/fully modular PSU

[minicale]

Don't get CX PSU's, the build quality is nowhere near the actual seasonic PSUs.

"Cheap" and "PSU" should never go hand in hand, unless you enjoy playing Russian Roulette with it frying the rest of your system.

As long as they are 80plus bronze they are generally good and no 80plus bronze ones are that cheap I've been using a 500w silverstone 80plus bronze psu I got 2 years ago now that cost me around £40 and its fine just a lot of cables and since I am thinking about a new case I want to get a semi/fully modular psu with it.

[Willzzz]

Seasonic make excellent PSUs but they are not the only premium manufacturer and certainly not the only reliable manufacturer.

[ijyt]

I had the spare cash. Not everybody does.

Then don't start a new build if you can't afford it, or work more hours and save up.

As long as they are 80plus bronze they are generally good and no 80plus bronze ones are that cheap I've been using a 500w silverstone 80plus bronze psu I got 2 years ago now that cost me around £40 and its fine just a lot of cables and since I am thinking about a new case I want to get a semi/fully modular psu with it.

Nope.

[Willzzz]

Oh don't be such a snob, a Corsair CX or similar PSU is not going to make your PC blow up.

[YEHBABY]

Oh don't be such a snob, a Corsair CX or similar PSU is not going to make your PC blow up.

Exactly. It's a good quality PSU for the price. Not gonna blow any rigs.

[Shirty]

If you have nothing useful to say, it's better to say nothing at all. Of course the CX range has inferior quality to more expensive PSUs, otherwise they would cost more.

The fact is that as an enthusiast of 20 years I'm more than happy running a CX500M in my single CPU/GPU mini-ITX rig. It's quiet, efficient, stable, modular, has a 3 year warranty, cost me under £50 new, looks fine (not a factor for me anyway), and oddly enough it hasn't blown up, caught fire, crashed the rig or anything else untoward since I installed it.

If I'd wanted a more expensive model then I'd have bought one, but I didn't need to. I could have spent well over £100 on a high end 500-600W unit, yet my personal end user experience would have been identical, aside from the damage to my bank account and maybe a slightly longer warranty period.

Providing useful info in threads like these is admirable. Making up "facts" about a product you have some beef with is not.