Need help choosing a PSU, my 1000W broke

[HuckleberryUK]

Hello,

I need help choosing a new PSU, this is one subject I no very little about. I need a 4-pin ATX 12V cable for my motherboard. I have 5 fans, and two small fans on my noctua CPU cooler. I have a gtx 660, 8GB RAM, i7 intel CPU. I have a Hitachi 1000GB drive, and an intel SSD C drive of 37GB.

Please can someone inform me of what to go for? I think the general consensus is that Corsair and Seasonic are the most trusted brands.

I don't want anything overkill and nothing too underpowered, I think I should aim for 650w?

Please help, I have exams coming up and I need an answer quickly. I need my PC for work and stuff.

Thanks.

 

[dacads]

EVGA G2/GS, Seasonic and Superflower are the best quality.

You are right 650w will be enough, so I'd aim for the EVGA GS 650W

 

[ShivP]

If buying from OcUK I'd get the G2 650W as it's cheaper than the GS (dunno why) but has longer warranty and is better internally

 

[HuckleberryUK]

Okay great guys thanks. I need a fully modular PSU, and the only one I can find that is fully modular and nearest to the 650W mark is the BeQuiet 750W 80 plus Bronze PSU.

Those units you advised cannot take my fan cables and possibly my CPU cable also. The one that failed is the BeQuiet 1000W Dark pro mod 10. So the 750W BeQuiet would have exactly the same set up, so it would be easy to install also.

You think this is a good idea?

 

[pastymuncher]

Not particularly. The BeQuiet psu's are overpriced, use a inferior oem (FSP) and the one you are looking at is only bronze rated. All of these are far superior units and are cheaper, fully modular and gold rated. The OEM's are Seasonic for the XFX and EVGA GS and Superflower for the rest:-

YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX XTR 750W '80 Plus Gold' Fully Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Antec EDGE 650w 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £87.95
1 x EVGA Supernova GS 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x EVGA Supernova G2 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £74.99




All will have a 8 pin cpu plug made up of a pair of 4 pin plugs so will all fit your board.

As to the fans, either run them off the motherboard headers so that they are speed controlled, buy a cheap fan controller or use a fan hub such as these:-

YOUR BASKET
1 x Phanteks PWM Fan Hub £12.95
1 x NZXT fan Grid Multi-Channel Distribution Fan - Black £9.95

 

[dacads]

The PSUs recommended have 4+4 pin meaning you can either use 4 for older motherboards or 8 for new.

It doesn't seem the be quiet has enough molex connectors for your fans either, only 4 from what I can see? What you can do is buy a SATA to Molex adapter or Molex splitter.

Or other options include a fan controller or a 4 pin splitter such as the Akasa Flexa FP5 which will allow you to connect up to 5 fans from one motherboard fan connector.