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brandab

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I'm fed up with my current non-modular 650W PSU (Cooler Master Bronze GX 650), the cable management is horrible and I'm ready to get a modular power supply.

Any suggestions on some reliable ones?
 
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hi - good choice in dumping the CM GX650.Frum johnnylucky.org Lemon List based on review from Hardocp.

GX-650 650 Failed efficiency rating. Failed load testing. Medicore voltage regulation. Poor DC output quality on 3.3V rails. Outdated design.

If you post a budget and sys specs, I'll be better able to advise.

 
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The one babachicken linked is excellent.

Do you really need a 650 watt supply? If you are running an new-ish intel CPU with any upper end video card in a single GPU configuration you can probably drop down to a 500 - 550 if you don't plan on going dual GPU at any point in the future. For instance if you take a look at the Anandtech review of the 780 ti, using an Intel Core i7-4960X @ 4.2GHz which are notoriously power hungry, none of the machines in single video card configurations used more than 405 watts from the wall. Assuming their power supply was 90% efficient, that means it was actually supplying about 365 watts to the machine . . . at that level it's something pretty much any quality 500 watt supply can handle. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7492/the-geforce-gtx-780-ti-review/15

Just something to keep in mind when starting your shopping. Any modular supply from somewhere like Seasonic or Corsair would do. Just make sure to read a review of the unit before you buy it to be sure it actually lives up to it's claimed rated output. Even something like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139050 should be able to run almost any single video card setup these days.
 
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brandab

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Yeah, hasn't failed yet but I don't doubt that. Budget isn't really an issue.

My specs: (I am OC'd to 4.0ghz)
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CPU: AMD FX-8320 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan

Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

RAM: CORSAIR 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMV8GX3M1A1600C11

HDD: Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive, Blue - OEM

GPU: MSI Gaming N760 TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card

Case: Thermaltake Commander Series VN40006W2N White / Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Cooler Master GX - 650W Power Supply with 80 PLUS Bronze Certification

CD/DVD Drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

 
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Hi again - That system will run fine on a good quality 500-550w PSU, but you probably don't want to get
a less powerful PSU than you now have, so here are some good 600+, all modular(semi & full) in addition to the
suggestions linked above:

http://pcpartpicker.com/mr/newegg/corsair-power-supply-hx650 - gold efficiency - prof level

http://pcpartpicker.com/mr/amazon/seasonic-power-supply-m12ii620bronze - bronxe - Seasonic

http://pcpartpicker.com/mr/amazon/seasonic-power-supply-ssr650rm - gold - Seasonic

http://pcpartpicker.com/mr/outletpc/seasonic-power-supply-ss650km - X-650 gold

http://pcpartpicker.com/mr/outletpc/seasonic-power-supply-ss660xp2 - Platinum 660

 
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