RIP Corsair HX620W - replacement?

[Zefan]

My blissful WarThunder session was interrupted last night by a loud pop from my power supply. It's definitely long out of warranty, so I'm now looking for a replacement.

I inititally bought the PSU as an upgrade to support my watt-hungry GTX 480, and I'm aware that I currently/in the future might not be requiring the 620w I did before.

Current system spec is

i2500k
Z68 Pro3 Gen3
4GB
280X
Single SSD/HDD

Looking at a couple of calculators, this doesn't push past 500w, and when I think about it, I'm likely to be buying even less power hungry hardware in the next few years such as a 970, which apparently brings my power requirement to under 400w!

With that in mind, I've been looking around on here a little bit and on the OcUK PSU product page, and I'm definitely out of the loop when it comes to brands in favour. When I last bought it was definitely Corsair that people were batting for in terms of bang for buck, but that seems to have changed.

It seems EVGA/Superflower are now very much in favour? I'm definitely keen on getting something rated Gold or higher, and the 7 year warranty on EVGA's new G2 models seems to be pretty enticing. I believe these are based on Superflower Leadex?

Any advice you can give me? Thanks bros.

 

[Zefan]

Thanks for the clarification there. The LEDs that SuperFlower have don't sound like my cup of tea at all. My first PSU was a SuperFlower and the LEDs really got on my nerves then

:edit: The G2 just came in stock - it's showing as Pre-Order on the list of PSUs but on the product page it's available for immediate dispatch - it changed while I was flicking back and forth weighing it all up, so ordered for tomorrow.

 

[Zefan]

EVGA 650 G2 arrived today, fitted and it is a dream