Which PSU for a rather ageing MOBO?

[Kenton82]

Hi guys, been looking around for a while, but have got even more confused as to which PSU would best suit my trusty 9 year old rig. At the moment, it is running a 1010w Everest PSU, but i think this was the original unit, and the fan is starting to make a slight noise. It has worked flawlessly, but dont really want to trust it that much longer, as i have also just got an Asus GTX970 strix 4GB card, and dont really want to fry anything. My specs on this old girl are: Asus Rampage II Extreme, Intel i7 930, 16GB Ballistix sport 1600 RAM, 1TB WD HD, Asus GTX970 4GB, Running Windows 10 Pro 64. 3x 200mm fans, 1x 120mm rear exhaust fan, plus arctic cpu fan mounted on (what i think is) a cooler master Hyper 212 evo cooler.
I know its a very old rig, but would like to keep it going for a while longer.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers.

 

[13thmonkey]

a good 500-600W PSU would be fine. Seasonic is always a good bet.

 

[Kenton82]

a good 500-600W PSU would be fine. Seasonic is always a good bet.

Ah, ok, thanks for that, i will have a look and see what i can find!
Just one other question, would all the current PSU's on the market be 'compatible' with my MOBO? As far as connections go? It is all SATA so i would presume so?
Sorry, its been probably 10 or 15 years since i last built a pc, and i am so out of touch!

Thanks again,
K

 

[13thmonkey]

Any modern PSU will be fine, pop a few model numbers up here that you like the look of and I'll point out things of interest.

 

[Kenton82]

Any modern PSU will be fine, pop a few model numbers up here that you like the look of and I'll point out things of interest.

Oh great, i thought they must still be. This motherboard was quite good in its day. Thank you for that, i have found three that caught my eye, i know you did say between 5 & 600w, but with the price difference being so tiny, i thought i would step it up by 100+w, just for the hell of it.

Would love to hear what you think of these! I have heard quite a few contradicting veiws on the corsair PSU's.

1. Seasonic X750 750W 80+ Gold Certified Full Modular Power Supply
2. EVGA 700 W 80 Plus Bronze B1 Series
3. Corsair CX750M 750W ATX PC PSU 80 Bronze

Many thanks for your help with this mate. Very much appreciated!
K

 

[13thmonkey]

I'd go for that seasonic personally.

The other two, there are variants of them that are good or bad, I think the CXM 750M is good, the CX is bad, But i'm not sure, and the fact that it was poor in the first place is a bad sign in my opinion. I think similar exists B1 vs B2, we shouldn't have to know this stuff, no consumer should.

 

[Kenton82]

I'd go for that seasonic personally.

The other two, there are variants of them that are good or bad, I think the CXM 750M is good, the CX is bad, But i'm not sure, and the fact that it was poor in the first place is a bad sign in my opinion. I think similar exists B1 vs B2, we shouldn't have to know this stuff, no consumer should.

Indeed, this is what has put me off the corsair ones. Even though the company has produced some good components, they should not carry on like this!
That's great, i will keep an eye out for the best price Seasonic X750.
I am surprised that the Everest one i have has been so good, as i have seen some horror stories on here regarding them!

Thank you very much for your time, and help with this.
Will update when i have bought and installed!

Regards,
Kenton.