Reuse Old PSU for Skylake?

[CV_Taihou]

So my brother is getting my old PC for Christmas, and he's decided that rather than leave it as is, he's going to upgrade it right away. He wants to go for a completely new build while reusing as many of the old parts as possible. The big questions are regarding the hard drives and the power supply. The computer currently has a 240gb 535 series Intel SSD and two 2TB Seagate HDDs for hard drives, and a Corsair TX750 PSU. Are the hard drives worth reusing? They've only been in the computer for around a year. The PSU has been in the computer since it was built, but from the little bit of reading I've done it's a Seasonic unit which is supposed to be good (had my uncle help build the computer way back when so my knowledge on the unit is limited)

Any advice is appreciated!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The TX power supply and the SSD \HDD's are fine to reuse.

 

[ProITRyan]

The short answer is: Yes!

Even though the new PCIe Hard Drive technology has emerged it is still very overpriced. Solid state drives, intel or not, are still good for a 6GB/s data rate through SATA3. And I am assuming that if your brother is installing an Intel Core i5/i7 Skylake 6th Gen CPU in this new rig, that he has a motherboard equipped with Sata3 technology. The hard drives are definitely worth using, make sure that you are booting from and have the primary partition located on the Solid State Drive/s and the standard Seagate Branded drives can be used for general storage etc. The power supply, @ 750Watts is even now more compatible. The new Generation of Intel Processors cater to a lower voltage and power consumption environment, so save the money and keep the PSU and HDD's they are still very sufficient for what he is hoping to accomplish.

 

[CV_Taihou]

Awesome! Thanks for the replies. I wasn't sure on the psu more so since Corsair no longer makes it. Figured it was better to ask the experts on here if it would be good to reuse or replace rather than say go for it and hope for the best.

With the 6600k i5 and a z170 mobo, I'm guessing that psu won't have any issues running a single 970 or r9 390 correct?