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[ironicmemes]

I recently purchased a PC and I just found out my power supply is basically a ticking time bomb. I have plans to change the power supply, it has to be 750 watt+, which is my current one, is there any compatibility information about power supplies that I'm,not aware of? Or can I just order a name brand 750 watt PSU and install it myself?

 

[ksham]

"a ticking time bomb"? What make and model is your current 750W PSU? Is it not enough power or is it a bad branded PSU?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Current system specs, including case, GPU, and CPU are most important.

 

[i7Baby]

Just get a good one per http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

They are all ATX size and compatible these days unless you got something strange say from HP or Dell.

 

[ironicmemes]

Not proud of myself but I honestly don't know much about building PCs, so I decided to go with cyberpowerpc, and I decided to do some reading real quick and discovered my 800 watt "standard 80 plus" that I purchased for the PC (not 750 oops) has a very high rate of failure.

 

[ironicmemes]

I can post a quick summary of the PC specs if necessary

 

[i7Baby]

The Cyberpower should have a standard (but cheap and nasty) ATX power supply.

 

[ksham]

Yes; please post the system specifications.

 

[ironicmemes]

http://
Would this work?

 

[ironicmemes]

GIGABYTE 970A-DS3P AMD 970 ATX
CPU: AMD fx 8320 3.5 GhZ with turbo chace
Graphics: r9 280 3b
Ram: 8 GB (4x2) G.SKILL Ripjaws X DDR3@1886MhZ

 

[i7Baby]

An R9 280 pc needs 550W from a good power supply. per link above

 

[ironicmemes]

So the one I linked would work right? Sorry to be a hassle lol

 

[ksham]

What is the PSU? Please name the make and model.

 

[ironicmemes]

It is " 800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready" directly copied from site lol I've read their standard PSUs are infamous for their unreliability

 

[i7Baby]

The Thermaltake Smart Series SP750 isn't even on that list. Its an 80plus Bronze, but I'd stay away from it.

Try a Seasonic 550 or 620 instead.

 

[ksham]

Without the make and model, there's no way I would know if it's a decent PSU or not. Unbranded ones are almost always terrible. So going off their wording, 800W is most likely sufficient for your build. I do recommend replacing it anyway.

The PSU that you picked out is definitely not a great power supply and it does have poor capacitors, but your build is unlikely going to put it on enough load for your to worry about it. While I do not recommend the power supply for purchase and I would recommend buying a better quality PSU, there's no urgency for you to replace it at this point in time. Your system will maybe use up 650W with a bit of overclocking. So there's plenty of headroom.

 

[ironicmemes]

Thanks guys, I'm thinking I'll go with the seasonic 620, although is there a high wattage one I could go with in case I do choose to overclock one day?

 

[i7Baby]

Seasonic 620 will handle overclocking easy peasy.

 

[ksham]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220g20750xr

 

[i7Baby]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095&cm_re=seasonic_620-_-17-151-095-_-Product $90

 

[Pondering]

XFX TS 550 $36 after $25 rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013&cm_re=xfx-_-17-207-013-_-Product

Overclocking won't help much since the AMD CPU already has TURBO CORE enabled. I usually end up turning off TURBO CORE during the summer.

I own 3 of them and is running all 3 of my desktops. I swap out the TS 550 for my XFX CORE 750 and my Antec HCG 620M on 2 of my desktops when I run my processors at full speed during winter since I am picky about my temperatures since I live in a hot and humid place.