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PSU replacement

matangk
By matangk
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My parents have an old but perfectly functional desktop: h61 chipset, igpu.

The PSU is horrible. Huntkey cp-300, which some tech put there when the previous one died. It uses molex-to-SATA (and loose all you data) connectors, and hiccups on startup if we install an i5-3470, which forces us to use a pentium-G640 (half as strong). The PSU fan has become very noisy lately and I told them that the PSU need to be replaced ASAP.

 

In my country the cheapest brand options are

1. fsp hyper-k 500w

2. Antec atom b550 (orange label)

3. CM elite V3 p700

4. Seasonic core gx-500 on sale (maybe refurb?)

5. Data xpg pylon 650w

All are at $72-$78 range.

I tend towards the seasonic core, since i read some good reviews (available on intl. Websites) and I own one. Otherwise the XPG even though wattage is overkill.

Thoughts?

Thanks ahead!

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1 hour ago, matangk said:

Seasonic core gx-500

That's probably the best one.

It's in Tier B of our PSU Tier List,

while The Antec Atom for example is in Tier D, so just for very very cheap systems.

My build:

CPU

Intel Core i7 9700 8x 3.00GHz So.1151

 

CPU cooler

be quiet! Shadow Rock Slim

 

Motherboard

MSI B360-A PRO Intel B360 So.1151 Dual Channel DDR4 ATX

 

RAM

16GB (4x 4096MB) HyperX FURY black DDR4-2666

 

GPU

8GB Gigabyte GeForce RTX2070 WindForce 2X 3xDP/HDMI

 

SSD

500GB Samsung 970 Evo Plus M.2 2280

 

HDD

4000GB WD Red WD40EFRX Intellipower 64MB 3.5" (8.9cm) SATA 6Gb/s

 

Power Supply

bequiet! Straight Power 750W Platinum

 

Case

Fractal Design Define R6
3x bequiet! Silent Wings 3 PWM

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Went with the XPG as the Seasonic was an open box return. Tier C but still with DC-DC and good reviews from Aris

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