Power Supply help

[MadsWBA]

Hi and happy new years! 

 

I'm not entirely sure that this is the correct category to post, but here I go anyways.

So my Corsair TX-M Series TX650M of only 2 years burnt out a couple of months ago and im looking to buy a new power supply but need some guidance towards if I should buy the same power supply or go for a better one? 

Thanks in advance:) 

 

 

My specs: 

Motherboard :

MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX 

 

Cpu:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 wraith stealth cpu

 

Gpu:

VGA EVGA RTX2060 6GB KO Gaming

 

Storage:

Seagate Barracuda 3.5 7200rpm 2 tb

SUPERMICRO WD5000AAKX - 500GB 7.2K 3.5 SATA 3G

Kingston SSDNow V300 120gb

 

Ram:

Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 - 16gb

 

Cooler:

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Évo Cpu Cooler

 

Monitors:

Philips E line Curve 27'

AOC gaming g2790VXA 27'

 

 

 

[BiotechBen]

8 minutes ago, MadsWBA said:

Hi and happy new years! 

 

I'm not entirely sure that this is the correct category to post, but here I go anyways.

So my Corsair TX-M Series TX650M of only 2 years burnt out a couple of months ago and im looking to buy a new power supply but need some guidance towards if I should buy the same power supply or go for a better one? 

Thanks in advance:) 

 

 

My specs: 

Motherboard :

MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX 

 

Cpu:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 wraith stealth cpu

 

Gpu:

VGA EVGA RTX2060 6GB KO Gaming

 

Storage:

Seagate Barracuda 3.5 7200rpm 2 tb

SUPERMICRO WD5000AAKX - 500GB 7.2K 3.5 SATA 3G

Kingston SSDNow V300 120gb

 

Ram:

Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 - 16gb

 

Cooler:

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Évo Cpu Cooler

 

Monitors:

Philips E line Curve 27'

AOC gaming g2790VXA 27'

 

 

 

If you bought that PSU new, that definitely qualifies for an RMA, two years is exceptionally short for a decent PSU. If you want my recommendation, a SEASONIC Focus GX-650 would be an excellent choice. It's a bit more expensive but it is VERY high quality and has a nice long warranty that it will very likely outlive.

[firestronk]

That corsair PSU has a warranty period of 7 years assuming that it was bought new. You could try RMAing it if you want to use that same type of PSU again.

[mariushm]

19 minutes ago, MadsWBA said:

Hi and happy new years! 

 

Happy new year!

 

10-20w for the motherboard (chipset, onboard audio, network etc) mostly on 5v

60-80w for the ryzen 3600 on 12v

200w for video card on 12v

6-10w for each mechanical drive (half on 5v , half on 12v)

2-3w for SSD when reading files, up to 5-8w when writing for long periods of time (mostly from 5v)

2-3w for each fan on 12v

2-4w for each stick of ram (on 3.3v or 5v)

 

So basically any power supply that can supply at least around 350w on 12v would be enough, but considering the price differences between a 500w and a 650w are very small, go for a 650w or higher power supply.

 

The power supply should still be in warranty, 2 years is too low of a time for that model and brand, there should be at least 3-5 years warranty. Even if the store said only 2 years, it wouldn't hurt to go to Coirsair directly and see if you can rma it by entering your serial number or something like that.

 

 

19 minutes ago, MadsWBA said:

I'm not entirely sure that this is the correct category to post, but here I go anyways.

So my Corsair TX-M Series TX650M of only 2 years burnt out a couple of months ago and im looking to buy a new power supply but need some guidance towards if I should buy the same power supply or go for a better one? 

Thanks in advance:) 

 

 

My specs: 

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