Replacement power supply for aging HTPC

GSXRMovistar · 21 Jan 2014 at 10:29

Seems the power supply in my aging (six years old) HTPC as blown. Whilst I'm ideally looking to replace the whole system with a lighter client (as all media/TV services are moving server side) I need to replace with something in the meantime.

PC upgrades aren’t my thing these days and no idea where to start as the majority of power supplies seem to be massively powered. Can anyone recommend a quiet/cheap power supply that will happily power the below:-

Antec NSK 2480 Desktop Case - Black/Silver (380W Earth Watts PSU) - This is the PSU that’s failed
Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2 Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB)
2* Samsung SpinPoint T 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD501LJ)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO SILENT 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express)
WinTV-NOVA-TD 500 PCI Card
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency Dual Channel

Many thanks
Andy

Idleman · 21 Jan 2014 at 10:33

Any of these will be up to the task. Although the CX and L8 are OoS atm.

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £44.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £39.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £37.99
Total : £132.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).

andicole0 · 21 Jan 2014 at 10:37

general advice is not to use a cheap PSU, make sure you buy a known good manufacturer.

My recommendation would be a Corsair RM (450) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-151-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084 primarily as they are silent until high power is drawn.

Andi.

GSXRMovistar · 21 Jan 2014 at 11:37

Thanks guys, was looking at the corsair cx430, the RM range looks nice but a little too pricey for what should hopefully be a stop gap measure.