how to tell if a psu is good for overclocking or not

You can't.

There's nothing about a PSU that makes it able to power an overclocked system or not... The PSU just has to be able to power the system, and the lower its ripple and the tighter its voltage regulation, generally the higher you'll be able to overclock (up to a point). Basically you just need a quality PSU.

As for telling whether a PSU is quality or not, that's a whole different story.

it all depends on the hardware you intend to use on it. CPU? RAM? GPU?

ok.... how about how to tell if it is quality or not.... how do you tell?

A good quality PSU is important up to a point (Now I'm not saying a good PSU isn't important), but overall what is more important to get a good stable OC is cooling for your CPU, good ram with good timings, and a good motherboard that you can tweak the proper settings for the OC for.

Got a budget?

for the psu..... i would be willing to spend up to 60$ maybe more if you can recommend the psu, just absolutely no more than 70$

i was looking at that, thanks for confirming it is a good buy... i wanted to make 100% sure first

oh, i am sorry to do this, but i just realized i want to sli a 560 ti, and i think that i need a 700w+

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oh, i am sorry to do this, but i just realized i want to sli a 560 ti, and i think that i need a 700w+

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Do everyone a big favor here and post the specs of the system you intend to run on that psu. That will make it easier to recommend something that suits your needs.

And think of it this way. If you can't afford a good psu you can't afford the other components either. The PSU comes first, not the other way around.

i am sticking with a 560 ti right now, but i will get another one later, i am going with a 2500k and some good ram with a good board, some good ram, with a 500gb hard drive, i HAVE a case with a psu, but it is a 600w psu, so i don't need a case, but i probably need a psu, i HAVE enough money for a lot more, but i don't want to waste money if i don't have to

Buying a GOOD psu is NOT wasting your money. Buying a cheap PSU is the waste of money. That's something that all too many people have a big problem understanding. A lot of the time it's only the difference of $20 to $25 dollars between the cheap piece of junk and a good psu that will handle their system.

Does it have an 8pin or a 4 pin?

Would that 630w green series not be able to handle GTX 560 SLI?
I just remembered the PCI-E Connectors.

i was thinking i can always a 2 molex to pcie connector, and i think that if the 630w green series is ocn recommended, and Phaedrus confirmed it is a good psu, it will handle sli 560 ti

You have to remember that Phaedrus made that recommendation based on limited information. All you stated was that you had a budget of $60 ($70 tops) and it needed to be 600w or bigger. You never told him what you planned to power with it until long after he posted that link. Based on that information I wouldn't recommend that PSU for your needs and I seriously doubt that he would either. You need to look in the Recommended PSU List here at OCN and find one that has enough native PCI-E GPU connectors built in.

Hint. You probably aren't going to find a PSU for $60 to $70 that will do what you want unless you catch it on sale.