My PSU just died, help to pick a replacement.

apatia77 · 31 Aug 2013 at 19:27

I got a GTX 670 about a week ago, have been playing fine until today. I smelled something burned this afternoon but wasn't sure where it was coming from. Then few hours later when I was playing again I started to smell something burned again and this time I could see smoke coming out of the PSU. I was trying to shut down my PC asap but it just died on its own.

The PSU in question is Corsair TX 650.

I need to order something asap, do I just go for similar 650W or something more powerful this time?

I have an overclocked i5 running at 4.6 and GTX 670.

Budget up to £100.

RJC · 31 Aug 2013 at 19:54

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-018-SS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2383

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-053-EN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2432

Some options above.

bicpug · 31 Aug 2013 at 20:58

I just went from a 620w corsair to a 650w seasonic, their high end psus seem to get rave reviews.

MOOGLEYS · 1 Sep 2013 at 00:05

No need for more PSU power. I have become a big fan of Bequit PSU's since using a few in builds and one for my own system. Nice quality and generous 12v lines.

This is the one I use and it's a great PSU with more than enough juice for your system even if you wanted to add another 670 later on. 630W with a pair of 30A 12v lines.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-054-BQ&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463

Farseer · 1 Sep 2013 at 12:41

Oops wrong thread to reply to...

apatia77 · 1 Sep 2013 at 16:14

Was going to order something from OcUK but then I went shopping and popped in to a local pc store and they had the Corsair Builder Series CX 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply for only £72 so I bought that, all installed and everything is working just fine.

That trip saved me two days being without a computer