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Resolved Question

Cooler master or Silverstone Power Supply??

Sep 11, 2017 12:25AM PDT

I've come down to these two power supplies due to my budget.
SILVERSTONE STRIDER ESSENTIAL ST40F-ES 400W
Cooler Master MasterWatt Lite 400W

Many people say silverstone is more reliable in their reviews but I couldn't find reviews of MasterWatt lite series.
master watt lite has erp2013 certification, what does that mean??
and my specs are
Intel core i 3 7100
Asus B250G strix
8GB Gskil DDR4 @ 2400MHz
Asus strix nVidia GTX 1050 ti OC edition

and I will be doing a little bit of gaming btw.

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Clarification Request
That ST40F-ES 400W. Is it used?
Sep 11, 2017 7:33AM PDT
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(NT) No both are brand new
Sep 11, 2017 7:44AM PDT
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Still a nod to the Coolermaster.
Sep 11, 2017 8:18AM PDT

Reason: more amperes on the rails.

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(NT) can you explain? I'm a noob in this area
Sep 11, 2017 8:45AM PDT
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It's as I wrote.
Sep 11, 2017 8:48AM PDT

One has 25A, the other 30A. One is better spec wise. I will give the Coolermaster my third nod.

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you just saved my a**.
Sep 15, 2017 12:52AM PDT

I bought the cooler master one and because of the 30A on 12v rail I can use a VGA that has a recommendation of 450W psu.THANKS!!

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That RAM? Single?
Sep 11, 2017 7:34AM PDT
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(NT) RAM is single
Sep 11, 2017 7:43AM PDT
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That's not good.
Sep 11, 2017 8:17AM PDT

You don't have much CPU in this one, don't hamper it further.

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(NT) can u expalin it a little??
Sep 11, 2017 8:43AM PDT
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Sure.
Sep 11, 2017 8:47AM PDT

The short little explainer is you are cutting the bandwidth to both CPU and GPU by 10 or maybe more per cent. Here the cost of a 2x4GB set and the 1x8GB stick is a dollar or two.

It's not a good place to skimp.

Best Answer

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Psu
Sep 11, 2017 8:34AM PDT

Do you have 230v input power?
What country are you in?

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(NT) Yup I need 230V I'm in Sri Lanka
Sep 11, 2017 8:42AM PDT
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(NT) Cooler master wins.
Sep 11, 2017 9:01AM PDT