PSU Required

[stoofa]

Well it has been probably over a week since the last one of these threads.
Also trends seem to change weekly - so I'll attempt to get what is flavour of the week.

Basics:
Wife yesterday in bathroom hears strange noise from computer room - bang.
Can't find anything weird, tells me, goes to work etc.
I come to switch PC on, nothing. Change power cable, nothing.
I own Blue Hiper 580w modular PSU - suddenly things are coming together and the noise, plus the fact my PC no longer powers up, plus the Hiper brand...

So, I need a new PSU and in a bit of a hurry.
Components:

Gigabyte DS4
Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.2Ghz
4GB DDR2 800 RAM
Gainward 8800GTS 640mb
Creative X-Fi Frailty Extreme Gamer
2x WD 250GB SATA HD
2x Pioneer IDE DVD/CD-ROM/RW (Soon hopefully to be SATA versions)

Corsair & Seasonic seem to be mentioned a lot.
Something like the Seasonic S12 500w be sufficient or 600w?
Corsair 520w or 620w?
Better option?
Both the above are modern PSU's so why Seasonic ATX2.0 compliant and the Corsair ATX 2.2?

Cheers.

 

[misterPK]

Couldn't resist

Creative X-Fi Frailty Extreme Gamer

Sorry, I know this isnt helpful at all but that just made me laugh. The image of my Gran playing counterstrike just popped into my head.

Its a quiet day at work, what can I say....

PK!

 

[semi-pro waster]

I'd go for the Corsair of the two although it is essentially just a modified Seasonic so either would do however it is a bit cheaper and has a slightly beefed up modular system. The differences between ATX2.0 and ATX2.2 are minimal, I can't remember fully but I think it might have something to do with the posititioning of some tables in the specification and changing the -12V rail tolerance from +-5% to +-10% or similar.

 

[Richdog]

When anyone asks for a PSU reccommendation and doesn't want/need something ridiculous I always without hesitation reccommend ther Corsair HX620.

It simply oozes quality, is silent, and the cables are so thin that hiding them is a piece of urine. You can't get a better PSU for the money imo.

 

[stoofa]

Corsair 620w - £110 all in (VAT & Delivery) ordered.
Certainly not the cheapest PSU I've ever ordered, but should form a good base for my PC for a fair few years to come.

Thanks.

 

[Richdog]

Corsair 620w - £110 all in (VAT & Delivery) ordered.
Certainly not the cheapest PSU I've ever ordered, but should form a good base for my PC for a fair few years to come.

Thanks.

Can be had for a fair bit cheaper than that mate...