We spend a goodly amount of money on our PCs, and rely on them for work and play. Whilst a high quality power supply has inbuilt protections, it can only do so much. A number of unfortunate and unpredictable events can wreak havoc with your domestic power supply: unreliable or poorly regulated local supplies, infrequent […]
Power Supplies
8 Best 650W PSUs for 2020 (Entry/Mid-range/Performance/Quiet/SFX)
Power supplies are a critical component of a computer system, but they’re often overlooked or left until last to decide on one that roughly fits the budget and power requirements of the system. It’s one area where scrimping really doesn’t make sense. Power supplies dictate the stability of a demanding system, and lower-end units or […]
Best Power Supplies (PSUs) for Ryzen 5 3600 Builds in 2020
Congratulations! You’ve settled on the new CPU king of price-performance gaming capable of being paired with even the highest-end GPUs for great performance: the Ryzen 5 3600. You have chosen your motherboard (maybe with the help of our budget X570 article), you have your SSD picked out, and maybe your peripherals as well. But you […]
Best Quiet Power Supplies for your Silent PC Build
On the face of it, power supplies are quite simple: Take power from the wall, convert it to the various voltages required by different parts of your PC, and don’t raise attention whilst doing it! It’s this last point where many of the cheaper options fall down: Unless proper thought has been given to design […]
Best Power Supplies for RTX 2080 & RTX 2080 Ti Builds
Picking the right power supply (PSU) for your next RTX 2080 Ti build is extremely important in ensuring a system with stable and sufficient power delivery – especially for power-hungry components such as the RTX 2080 Super and RTX 2080 Ti. It’s important to pick a power supply with enough wattage for systems built with […]