Goodbye old friend!

Badger1970 · 14 Mar 2021 at 20:33

So my poor old Enermax Galaxy is giving me the 3 beeps after many years of great service. Fans failing I think. I might give it a good clean to see if that helps but I’m thinking a new 1000w psu..any recommendations?

cheers
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Minibiker · 14 Mar 2021 at 20:40

Good evening Badger!

That PSU has lasted you a while, do you really need another 1000w PSU? Could you system run on something with lower power? You could save a bit of £££ that way aswell

Badger1970 · 14 Mar 2021 at 20:48

Yes, it’s done well. I did over spec when I bought it just to future proof. I’m only running a 2070 super and about 4 hard drives. Not sure what I actually need power wise tbh. I’m going to take the PSU out tomorrow to see how easy a fan replacement will be. Just had a quick look on here and lots of PSU’s are sold out.

cheers
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Minibiker · 14 Mar 2021 at 20:51

Badger1970 said:
Yes, it’s done well. I did over spec when I bought it just to future proof. I’m only running a 2070 super and about 4 hard drives. Not sure what I actually need power wise tbh. I’m going to take the PSU out tomorrow to see how easy a fan replacement will be. Just had a quick look on here and lots of PSU’s are sold out.

cheers
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Yeah I'd say your PSU could be lower as the new GPU's recommend less power than that, Finding a lot of things in stock lately is a challenge with the whole pandemic, mining etc happening

Badger1970 · 14 Mar 2021 at 21:17

Just been on a psu calculator and it reckons I use about 600w.

Akagi · 14 Mar 2021 at 21:26

What are your specs? PSU calculators over-estimate on the basis that it assumes you will use a crap PSU.

Badger1970 · 15 Mar 2021 at 00:09

Hi

I'm using the following

Asus TUF X99 Sabertooth MB

I7-5820K 3.30GHz

2070 super

Team Group Elite 32GB

Samsung NVMe Solid State Drive

4 x HDDs

Blueray drive

24" Monitor

Cooler master cosmos s, with the big fan on side and about 3 other fans running

Cheers
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EsaT · 15 Mar 2021 at 15:49

650W PSU would be enough for those parts.
Gaming power draw is likely around 350W.

chaparral · 17 Mar 2021 at 09:54

I would buy an 850watt as it will cover you better for future upgrades (unless money is really tight)

New GPU's these days are drawing big power again

Grimley · 17 Mar 2021 at 17:23

chaparral said:
I would buy an 850watt as it will cover you better for future upgrades (unless money is really tight)

New GPU's these days are drawing big power again

This is about as good a 850w PSU you'll get for the price.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Phanteks Revolt Pro 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Combo Supply= £134.99

Total: £145.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)

slim01 · 28 Mar 2021 at 15:33

Badger1970 said:
Yes, it’s done well. I did over spec when I bought it just to future proof. I’m only running a 2070 super and about 4 hard drives. Not sure what I actually need power wise tbh. I’m going to take the PSU out tomorrow to see how easy a fan replacement will be. Just had a quick look on here and lots of PSU’s are sold out.

cheers
S

just google search psu calculator. pop ur details in and presto. probs around 500w for a 2070. however as grimly says if u want a 3080 in like 2024 when we might actually be able to get them, 750w-850w is best