Question Need to replace old PSU

[fredthefifth]

Hi can anyone help please.
I need to replace the power supply on my old desktop PC. The MB is a Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3 and the processor an AMD Phenom II X4 955.
The old PSU is a Win Power Plus 500 watts.
Can anyone help me with what would be a straight replacement for the PSU please?
Thanks.

 

[ak47jar3d]

I would just focus on something cheap for a build like that.

Check this out on @Newegg: Thermaltake Smart Series 430W Continuous Power ATX 12V V2.3 80 PLUS Certified 5 Year Warranty Active PFC Power Supply Haswell Ready PS-SPD-0430NPCWUS-W https://www.newegg.com/thermaltake-...c=snc-social-_-sr-_-9SIBE15JEA7097-_-12172022

 

[fredthefifth]

Ok, thanks for your advice.

 

[Krzeszny]

Go by tier. It's a good idea to buy a second-hand Tier A PSU instead of a brand-new PSU of a lower tier, as it should have more longevity and will always be safer.
https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

Thermaltake Smart Series 430W

Thermaltake Smart starts at Tier C. There's no way I'd recommend something like that, given the fact that you can buy higher quality PSU's for the same if not a lower price.
Tier A PSU's can cost even 50 bucks on the second-hand market.

 

[carocuore]

I would just focus on something cheap for a build like that.

Check this out on @Newegg: Thermaltake Smart Series 430W Continuous Power ATX 12V V2.3 80 PLUS Certified 5 Year Warranty Active PFC Power Supply Haswell Ready PS-SPD-0430NPCWUS-W https://www.newegg.com/thermaltake-...c=snc-social-_-sr-_-9SIBE15JEA7097-_-12172022

If this is a joke, I gotta admit it's not very funny mate.

Go by tier. It's a good idea to buy a second-hand Tier A PSU instead of a brand-new PSU of a lower tier, as it should have more longevity and will always be safer.
https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/


Thermaltake Smart starts at Tier C. There's no way I'd recommend something like that, given the fact that you can buy higher quality PSU's for the same if not a lower price.
Tier A PSU's can cost even 50 bucks on the second-hand market.

It gets better than that. Or worse.

Not only the og design of this thing is about to celebrate its 17th birthday in Feb 23 IIRC (first released in 2006) but it's also one of the worst power supplies from the last two decades you can SOMEHOW still buy. Like, WHY are those still being made? I get extended support is a thing but you kinda don't need something like this even for an old PC as new units are perfectly compatible.

It even says Haswell ready, Haswell was released TEN years ago, and that particular PSU was already 7 years old at that point, they just re-released it on a new box that said Haswell ready and added the extra 4 pins to the CPU connector, because it was originally a P4 design, only 4 pins.
Another fun detail is that if you look at the picture of the rear grill you can see right over the inlet the space for the old voltage selector the first units had, they simply skipped it for this one.

Internally there should be a wire acting as the selector because there's no way they use full range components for it, all I've seen had 200V caps inside, even those sold in 230V countries, weird, you can tell how bad it is.