PSU Advice

[jdeleon]

Hi guys,

 

Just bought a new prebuilt from ibuypower with the link and specs are below. I was wondering whether it is worth the hassle of cable management work and money upgrading the PSU. I believe the current watts are ok for the build but I am hesitant about the brand/manufacturing of the PSU. What do you guys think? Am I going to be ok?

URL: http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Gaming-RDY-TRIIBG212/W/618904 

Case ::iBUYPOWER Trace 2 Tempered Glass RGB Gaming Case

Processor ::Intel® Core™ i7-8700K Processor (6x 3.70GHz/12MB L3 Cache)

Processor Cooling ::iBUYPOWER 120mm RGB Liquid Cooling System

Memory ::XPG Z1 16 GB [8 GB x 2] DDR4-3000MHz

Video Card ::GIGABYTE Windforce RTX 2080 - 8GB (VR-Ready)

Storage ::240GB Western Digital Green SSD +2TB 7200RPM SEAGATE Hard Drive

Motherboard ::MSI Z390-A Pro with WiFi

Power Supply ::650 Watt - CHANNEL WELL - 80 PLUS Gold

[eira]

If you feel nervous enough about the PSU that you don't feel comfortable using it then replace it. Although if you continue to use the Channel Well PSU I doubt it will cause much issue.

[AirSocial]

9 minutes ago, jdeleon said:

Hi guys,

 

Just bought a new prebuilt from ibuypower with the link and specs are below. I was wondering whether it is worth the hassle of cable management work and money upgrading the PSU. I believe the current watts are ok for the build but I am hesitant about the brand/manufacturing of the PSU. What do you guys think? Am I going to be ok?

URL: http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Gaming-RDY-TRIIBG212/W/618904

Case ::iBUYPOWER Trace 2 Tempered Glass RGB Gaming Case

Processor ::Intel® Core™ i7-8700K Processor (6x 3.70GHz/12MB L3 Cache)

Processor Cooling ::iBUYPOWER 120mm RGB Liquid Cooling System

Memory ::XPG Z1 16 GB [8 GB x 2] DDR4-3000MHz

Video Card ::GIGABYTE Windforce RTX 2080 - 8GB (VR-Ready)

Storage ::240GB Western Digital Green SSD +2TB 7200RPM SEAGATE Hard Drive

Motherboard ::MSI Z390-A Pro with WiFi

Power Supply ::650 Watt - CHANNEL WELL - 80 PLUS Gold

Since it is prebuilt if something goes wrong you should be able to contact IBuyPower and try to get a replacement. It is 80 Plus Gold so I think its fine. If you start getting issues with it then replace or contact the seller.

[SupaKomputa]

Its an OEM power supply, usually they don't wanna risk anything important in that build, especially for something that powers the whole system.

IF something happened, you could blame IBuyPower, wait till warranty period over before buying new ones.

[seon123]

Since the system has a warranty, don't bother. 

As for the OEM, it's the one that makes a lot of Corsair's PSUs, as well as many for other brands. 

[Stefan Payne]

1 hour ago, jdeleon said:

Power Supply ::650 Watt - CHANNEL WELL - 80 PLUS Gold

GPS-650??

If so, its not good but not bad either.

Its a somewhat decent unit that may (or may not) have an annoying fan. Besides that it might have some quirks here and there but all in alle its fine. 

 

And what you'd expect in a real decent OEM PC: a decent quality PSU that is optimized for low price but still decent quality. No worrys.

CWT is the manufacturer of that, as said, they do manufacture most of the Stuff Corsair sells right now (the other stuff comes from GREAT WALL wich got some flak from some youtubers, whou aren't well informed about PSU) but also Bitfenix Formula + Whisper M and a ton of other stuff. However you have to be careful as CWT will make what YOU order....

[Guest]

22 hours ago, jdeleon said:

Power Supply ::650 Watt - CHANNEL WELL - 80 PLUS Gold

Channel Well, what?  There should be a model on the side.