Posted August 15, 2020 Evening All, So my Mrs power supply has started to wine horribly done rather well 6 years but think its had its day and needs to be swapped out. I've never done this before and seems that would be a total tear down and rebuild job. I feel 50/50 confident I know what I'm doing and having watched all of Linus Videos more or less since NCIS days its first time I need to really just sort it. So he is the issue what supply do I get It is a pre-built system i5-4980 with a GTX970 nothing particularity high end even when new. I called the place that built it to advise and they recommended a Corsair TX550M 550W 80 PLUS GOLD SEMI MODULAR POWER SUPPLY First think would be how do you determine if a power supply will have enough juice? Would I be correct in thinking this is a fairly big job and would need to take out the motherboard etc to run cables? Sorry noob questions she is 9 months pregnant so money and time are limited and want to keep her happy (She was just playing diablo and now she can't and ....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 15, 2020 Author Found this on amazon seems to be the same supply only £25 cheaper and free next day with prime etc Corsair CP-9020133-UK TX550M 550 W 80+ Gold Power Supply Unit, Black https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CP-9020131-UK-TX750M-Semi-Modular-Supply/dp/B06WW8G3S8/ref=sr_1_8?crid=3DPXAPETVDZRS&dchild=1&keywords=550w%2B80%2Bplus%2Bgold&qid=1597505931&quartzVehicle=5-99&replacementKeywords=550w%2Bplus%2Bgold&sprefix=550%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-8&th=1 need to order with 35 mins do I go for it I have no idea if this is good or not frankly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 15, 2020 Quote • Corsair | AX Gold / Platinum / Titanium - RMx 2015 / 2018 - RM Gray - SF Gold / Platinum [2] - TXM 2017 (Gold) seems good on the tier list and that psu is plenty Everyone, Creator - 初音ミク Hatsune Miku Google commercial. Cameras: Main: Canon 70D - Secondary: Panasonic GX85 - Spare: Samsung ST68. - Action cams: GoPro Hero+, Akaso EK7000pro Dead cameras: Nikion s4000, Canon XTi Pc's Spoiler Dell optiplex 5050 (main) - i5-6500- 20GB ram -500gb samsung 970 evo 500gb WD blue HDD - dvd r/w HP compaq 8300 prebuilt - Intel i5-3470 - 8GB ram - 500GB HDD - bluray drive old windows 7 gaming desktop - Intel i5 2400 - lenovo CIH61M V:1.0 - 4GB ram - 1TB HDD - dual DVD r/w main laptop acer e5 15 - Intel i3 7th gen - 16GB ram - 1TB HDD - dvd drive school laptop lenovo 300e chromebook 2nd gen - Intel celeron - 4GB ram - 32GB SSD audio mac- 2017 apple macbook air A1466 EMC 3178 Any questions? pm me. #Muricaparrotgang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 15, 2020 Yeah, the TX550M should work well with those components. For 70 quid it's a pretty solid deal, so I'd say go for it. 17 minutes ago, Tehkast said: Sorry noob questions she is 9 months pregnant so money and time are limited and want to keep her happy (She was just playing diablo and now she can't and ....) Congrats & good luck Desktop: Intel Core i9-9900K | ASUS Strix Z390-F | G.Skill Trident Z Neo 2x16GB @ 3200MHz CL14 | EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER XC Ultra | Corsair RM650x | Fractal Design Define R6 Laptop: 2018 Apple MacBook Pro 13" -- i5-8259U | 8GB LPDDR3 | 512GB NVMe Peripherals: Leopold FC660C w/ Topre Silent 45g | Logitech MX Master 3 & Razer Basilisk X HyperSpeed | HIFIMAN HE400se & iFi ZEN DAC | Audio-Technica AT2020USB+ Display: Gigabyte G34WQC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 15, 2020 Author Just now, Mateyyy said: Yeah, the TX550M should work well with those components. For 70 quid it's a pretty solid deal, so I'd say go for it. Congrats & good luck Ordered tyvm Assume will be back tommorow evening with questions on what I'm doing wrong but plan on taking load of pics should hopefully be able to put it back together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 15, 2020 27 minutes ago, Tehkast said: I've never done this before and seems that would be a total tear down and rebuild job. [...] Would I be correct in thinking this is a fairly big job and would need to take out the motherboard etc to run cables? 8 minutes ago, Tehkast said: Assume will be back tommorow evening with questions on what I'm doing wrong but plan on taking load of pics should hopefully be able to put it back together. The amount of tear-down-age would depend on the case/other factors, so, yeah. (I believe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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