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So, i'm still getting the hang of things, so please forgive me for being a complete dummy.

I'm Building a 'Semi' New gaming pc,

My current rig:
CPU: i5-4460
MOBO: ASUS B85
GPU: Radeon R9 270 2GB
PSU: 650w Widetech Silent (people say its sht, but has done me good no fails)
SSD: 240gb with windows 8.1 (forced wind10) on it
2ndry HDD: Old laptop hard drive for more room
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
Some Mid tower case ( 2 small and gets 2 hot)



Now i'm ordered a few new parts and want to swap them over to something else keeping a few parts from the PC stated above

I've ordered,

CPU: i7 6700k
MOBO: ASUS Maximus VIII Hero
RAM: G.SKILL 16G DDR4 2666MHz
CPU COOLER: Corsair Hydro Series H80i v2 120mm Liquid CPU Cooler
Cooler Master HTK-002 Thermal Compound (incase if needed)
CASE: Corsair Obsidian 750D Air Flow Edition Full Tower Case


Parts i'm intending to add to complete the build

GPU: Radeon R9 270 2GB
PSU: 650w Widetech Silent
SSD: 240gb with windows 8.1 (forced wind10) on it
2ndry HDD: Old laptop hard drive for more room

Looking to add Gtx970 or 1070 later this year when needed (Have 6pin to 8pin adapter for PSU to GPU)


I know people put down the wide tech, unsure why, i've had no problems with it over the past year and has been a great little cheap thing.

My Questions:
Will i have any problems swapping these parts over to the new build?
Will i need to add thermal paste for the CPU cooler as well?
Will the old build be able to be replaced with some old shitty GPU+PSU from many years ago so my mother could use it?
Will i have to upgrade my PSU due to swapping motherboards etc?
Will i have to install anything extra? as drivers for the wifi card GPU etc are on the current SSD?
DO i have to wipe my SSD and start again?

Thanks for reading - Sorry for being Not to tech savy!



 
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Yes that is a very solid psu. Toms hardware actually has a review of that one, I linked it below if your interested.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-rm750x-power-supply,4303.html
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Well I will have to harp on that psu first and foremost, it is a pile of junk it may be performing okay now but you wont say that if it fails and takes all your parts with it due to cheap lackluster protection circuitry. The psu is the most important component in your pc nothing works without it, you went all out and got a maximus and a 6700k and your looking to add a 1070 so thats over 1000 dollars worth of parts powered by a 20 dollar generic psu, does that make sense to you?

You will need to reinstall the OS but no you shouldn't have any issues.

You only put a small pea sized dot of paste on the cpu, not the cooler.

Probably you will need another hard drive obviously.

I would highly recommend it.

You will need the drivers on asus website under the maximus VIII hero in drivers and downloads, as well as the nvida gpu drivers for your gpu.

Yes you should to a clean install of the OS when switching motherboards.


 
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Why would i need another hard drive? 240gb SSD + the 600GB HDD does me well enough, plenty of room, i have all my main games + OS on the SSD, music and * games on the 2ndry...

So i shouldn't just do a full switch over of the SSD? ... what if i store my current games onto a portable hard drive or the 600gb HHD and transfer them over to the SSD after the OS is installed?

What brand of PSU would you recommend? .


http://www.jw.com.au/cooler-master-gx750-750w-80-bronze-power-supply-p-79683
http://www.jw.com.au/corsair-cx750-v3-750w-power-supply-p-13618

Or a full modular?
http://www.jw.com.au/corsair-rm750x-750w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-psu-p-79269
 
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"Will the old build be able to be replaced with some old * GPU+PSU from many years ago so my mother could use it?" Yes but you would need a hard drive to make it work unless you want to use your current hard drive or ssd in it.

What would be your budget for a power supply? Lots of brands I could recommend. I also do not like cheaper corsair's such as the CX or CS. I have never heard of the brand widetech nor can I find any info on them which is never a good sign, short of pulling the thing apart im not sure how good or bad it is. But I personally would never risk high end parts like that in an unknown likly very cheap power supply.
 
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I found a few on the Australian PCpartpicker, if you have a store you would prefer to buy parts from link it if you want.

Cooler master VSM 650 I have heard good things about it and it reviewed quite well: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/LhR48d/cooler-master-power-supply-rs650amaag1

Corsair RMx 650watt I would take this over the cooler master personally, again I have heard good things and reviews have been very good: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/R7V48d/seasonic-power-supply-ssr650rm

Seasonic G-Series 650watt I own the 550watt version of this PSU, served me well I have been pushing it hard for 3 years now without a hitch: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/R7V48d/seasonic-power-supply-ssr650rm

I couldn't find it on pcpartpicker but I also really like the EVGA 650watt G2, that's probably what I would get if I was looking for a new psu.
 
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It's worth noting, of course, that you don't actually know that your PSU has served you well. A PSU working isn't a fail/don't fail thing and bad PSUs can slowly degrade parts long before any spectacular failures - someone having a heart attack wasn't necessarily problem-free an hour beforehand. A PSU is guilty until proven innocent.
 
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Well today i got my PC serviced today and cleaned so it's all set for the change over, and this one is innocent. So what happend to your widetech PSU? .. i honesty dont take people seriously anymore unless theyve used the exact brand.
 
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Cheers mate thanks, i might go an 850 or 1000w fully modular so i have room for SLI/crossfire support from the PSU, Thanks for throwing a few brands at me cheers!
 
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Yes that is a very solid psu. Toms hardware actually has a review of that one, I linked it below if your interested.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-rm750x-power-supply,4303.html
 
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It's innocent? Really? Tell me, how did you do the load testing? How did you measure the ripple? What were your results when testing the inrush current? When did the overcurrent protection kick in? Do you actually know what testing a PSU consists of? You appear to think it's "find someone who has used that brand and see if their PC caught on fire."

When we say a PSU is innocent until proven guilty, that means that any PSU is assumed junk until it's been professionally tested by a reviewer with proper equipment, unless it's a brand that's using a known platform. Because almost invariably, PSUs of obscure origin have shoddy, unsafe parts.

 
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" any PSU is assumed junk until it's been professionally tested by a reviewer with proper equipment" ... This, So where's your testing since you're so adamant about it? if you're actually that concern you would of linked your proper testing and review on it, no it isn't a "find someone who has used that brand and see if their PC caught on fire." .. Because where i get alot of my gear from, many people take the widetech due to it's cheapness but yet no one has had any faults and 100s of people use them, maybe you should go out and test 1,000 and come back with the results and let me know, because testing 1, or saying it's shonky due to it being generic is a bit silly in my opinion.
 
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