PSU getting old and underpowered. Time for a new one.

[TheDivineBoss]

(Power Supply Unit, the box with the watt's)

Currently my build is, maybe useful:
MSI P965 Platinum
Intel Pentium Duo 2,8 Ghz
2 gigabyte RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
HDD 250 gigabyte

Due to my ignorance, I entirely forgot about my PSU when I purchased my new video card. I received after a week a popup that says

"Bla bla underpowered, needs at least 450 Watt to operate nice."

So I decided to get, obviously, a new one. I got my eye on a PSU that is cheap, efficient and is at ór above 500 Watt.

Uny rucummundutuuns?


Note: I got experience with some hardware, but none at all when it comes to PSU's. What's up with all those options on these things?

 

[Gilles]

Cheap PSUs are not usually a good idea. It can lower the performance of your other parts, and lower their life span. Give links to any you have your eyes on.

 

[BlargHonk]

This

This is an extremely high quality PSU, it's Tier 1, most other PSU's at 500 either don't have the right connectors (Antec Basiq) or are only $5 less for a Tier 2 one (Antec EA/Xigmatek)


Don't even think of getting an OCZ Fatility, even if it's 50 more watts, they are crap.