OKIA-450ATX??

[Enderess]

I have always been lingering around this forum, and due to my experiences yesterday, just want to thank you guys for all the support.

 

Okie, so I have been planning on upgrading this PC for a while now. If you have not seen any of my other forum posts, it is an ASUS CM1730. I would like to use it for many purposes, but playing (some, not all) games would be nice. I would like to get a GTX 1050 with it as well. Anyways, as I had already figured out the motherboard, PCIE, RAM, and all that other stuff, what remained was the PSU. I looked inside and found an OKIA PSU. It was an OKIA-450ATX, to be exact.

 

Is it a good, or piece of junk PSU, and if it is, what should I get to replace it?

 

Thanks for your time.

[Shreyas1]

1 minute ago, Enderess said:

I have always been lingering around this forum, and due to my experiences yesterday, just want to thank you guys for all the support.

 

Okie, so I have been planning on upgrading this PC for a while now. If you have not seen any of my other forum posts, it is an ASUS CM1730. I would like to use it for many purposes, but playing (some, not all) games would be nice. I would like to get a GTX 1050 with it as well. Anyways, as I had already figured out the motherboard, PCIE, RAM, and all that other stuff, what remained was the PSU. I looked inside and found an OKIA PSU. It was an OKIA-450ATX, to be exact.

 

Is it a good, or piece of junk PSU, and if it is, what should I get to replace it?

 

Thanks for your time.

Never heard of the company, so probably junk. Look at the tier list and get at least tier 3 or up

 

 

[Enderess]

1 minute ago, Shreyas1 said:

Never heard of the company, so probably junk. Look at the tier list and get at least tier 3 or up

 

 

Thanks for the response, but what if it is not compatible? Can PSU's not be compatible?

[STRMfrmXMN]

Just now, Enderess said:

Thanks for the response, but what if it is not compatible? Can PSU's not be compatible?

It's an ATX PSU. It's a smaller one, so you'll want something about the size of a CX450 if you're putting it in the Asus, but it shouldn't be hard to replace.

[Enderess]

1 minute ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

It's an ATX PSU. It's a smaller one, so you'll want something about the size of a CX450 if you're putting it in the Asus, but it shouldn't be hard to replace.

Ok, I'll look into that!

[Stefan Payne]

3 hours ago, Enderess said:

Is it a good, or piece of junk PSU, and if it is, what should I get to replace it?

As far as I know/remember that's a total Junk unit with all the crap you don't want in a PSU.

So you better avoid it and get a better quality (NOT HIGHER WATTAGE!!) one...

[Enderess]

1 minute ago, Stefan Payne said:

As far as I know/remember that's a total Junk unit with all the crap you don't want in a PSU.

So you better avoid it and get a better quality (NOT HIGHER WATTAGE!!) one...

Ok, that is a good argument. Any recommendations for my current system?

[Stefan Payne]

I've found something on some video site...,

 

Looks bad - really bad...

 

And whenever I see THAT colored casing, I'd stay away from it as far as possible. 

 

Just now, Enderess said:

Ok, that is a good argument. Any recommendations for my current system?

 

 

 

 

Where do you live? 
What's available for a reasonable price?

My standard recommendations:

be quiet Pure Power 400W

Cougar GX-S, 450W
Bitfenix Whisper M, 450W

Are they available? What do they cost??

[Enderess]

8 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

I've found something on some video site...,

 

Looks bad - really bad...

 

And whenever I see THAT colored casing, I'd stay away from it as far as possible. 

 

 

 

 

 

Where do you live? 
What's available for a reasonable price?

My standard recommendations:

be quiet Pure Power 400W

Cougar GX-S, 450W
Bitfenix Whisper M, 450W

Are they available? What do they cost??

Well, I live in the Spokane area of Washington State, in the United States of America.

 

Anyways, most of the time I buy online, so availability probably wont be a problem.

 

Would they work in my PC? I head that some PSUs are not compatible with certain PCs. 

 

Also, what do you consider a fair price for a PSU?

[Stefan Payne]

4 minutes ago, Enderess said:

Would they work in my PC? I head that some PSUs are not compatible with certain PCs. 

I don't know.

A Corsair HX750i should work with my Gigabyte X79-UD5 - but it doesn't. 

Those things rarely happen though...

The PC seems to be fully ATX compatible, so they should work. With something like a 95% probability. 

 

4 minutes ago, Enderess said:

Also, what do you consider a fair price for a PSU?

The be quiet should be the cheapest of those and be around 50-60€ max.

The Cougar GX-S shouldn't be more than 70€

 

The Bitfenix is the most expensive one with around 80€

 

 

[Enderess]

Just now, Stefan Payne said:

I don't know.

A Corsair HX750i should work with my Gigabyte X79-UD5 - but it doesn't. 

Those things rarely happen though...

The PC seems to be fully ATX compatible, so they should work. With something like a 95% probability. 

 

The be quiet should be the cheapest of those and be around 50-60€ max.

The Cougar GX-S shouldn't be more than 70€

 

The Bitfenix is the most expensive one with around 80€

 

 

Ok, I'll look into those. By the way, after looking it up, my motherboard (M4A7BLT-M) is referred to as a MicroATX motherboard, are these compatible?

 

Is this it by the way?

[Stefan Payne]

Yes, but you don't need 600W, 500W is more than tripple what you need for your system.

 

So you can either save 10 bucks or get one with cable managment:

500

500CM

[Enderess]

1 minute ago, Stefan Payne said:

Yes, but you don't need 600W, 500W is more than tripple what you need for your system.

 

So you can either save 10 bucks or get one with cable managment:

500

500CM

Ok, thanks for the help. I will look more into my options, with this one in my sight, and I will purchase soon enough. Thanks for the help guys!