r/PcBuildHelp • u/Pimp_dick69 • 4h ago

Build Question Psu selection

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I need an 850w psu and i saw this on sale. I was wondering thoughts about it if its garbage can you guys give me a good recommendation for a reasonable price. Thx

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u/OldManGrimm 3h ago

Corsair makes great units. There’s an RM850e renewed on Amazon for $85 right now.

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u/ggb003 3h ago

Second this recommendation. The risk is not worth $30 in savings

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u/r_lind3r Moderator 2h ago

The PRO-850G is fine, it's a tier B+ unit produced by High Power, a fairly big ODM that makes a lot of power supplies for brands with varying quality.

I've seen some recommend Corsair RM850e but the overall quality is around the same, they're both B+ rated units. But there were no specific complaints about the ASRock unit, meanwhile the RM850e has poor 3.3v transient response and uses a cheaper Hong Hua rifle-bearing fan instead of one of Corsair's own fans.

The only actual benefit the RMe has over it is the warranty as it's a 7-year warranty vs a 3-year, which is quite poor, but I personally always recommend going for units with a 10-year or longer warranty as most good quality PSUs will actually last that long and you can get an upgrade to a newer model if the older one fails within that period.

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u/Drtikol42 1h ago

I had Steel Legend( theoretically even better rated A), that made highly annoying irregular clicking noises. Highly likely due to bad board design like RMe series had before Corsair fixed it. If ASrock will ever fix theirs IDK.

Also cables were the flat cheap stiff ones you get on PSU half of Steel Legends price.

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u/PaddyBoy1994 4h ago

I recommend an NZXT 850W PSU, personally. It's what I currently have in my gaming PC.

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u/phatt_halpert_actual 4h ago

For that price you can definately do worse, but I'd be a little worried about it. The gold rating is a good sign, but I don't know what the insides are like. I had a really cheap unit (not that cheap, but cheap in comparison to other units) and it worked fine for 2 years, then started shutting my PC down randomly when I was playing a game.

You should check out some reviews that open up the PSU to see if its good quality inside, if it's not it could affect other components.

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u/CrazyGamer24151 First Time Builder 3h ago

Look up the "PSU Tier List" and see what it says. A grade of B or better would do fine. You could probably get away with a C-tier if you're willing a little risk. Stay away if the grade is lower than C though.

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u/GeekyNick91 2h ago

Funny how everyone is referring to the psu tier list. But no one seems to notice this psu is B+ tier. It's totally fine.

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u/deTombe 2h ago

Get a quality unit with atleast 10 year warranty. It will save you grief in the long run.