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THRobinson

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I have an older system, with an ASUS P5Q-e board in it running my media server. Debated upgrading but, never had problems with it so, just going to the replace the power supply.

Has a BFG power supply, lifetime warranty, but sadly the company is no more. Shame too, they made great stuff. Power supply still works, just super noisy for the first 10min at startup.

Board specs say
24-pin ATX Power connector
8-pin ATX 12V Power connector

I'm on NewEgg.ca looking for a replacement, and I see in the filters 20pin, 24pin, 20+4pin, but nothing about the 8pin part. I see something about 12v rails... not sure if the same thing?

What do I need to look for in terms of specs on the power supply?

Ideally, I'd like to get this one... which when I do decide to build a new system, I can use there as well.

EVGA 600 B1 100-B1-0600-KR 80+ BRONZE 600W
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438014
 
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Virtually all 600w power supplies will have a 24 pin main connector and a 4+4 aux cpu connector.
You can check that in the newegg specs detail, or go to the psu website for the particular model.

The unit you linked will serve.
But, not all EVGA units are top quality.
I would look for a tier 1 or 2 unit on a quality list such as this:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

If you are concerned about noise, which comes from the psu fan, consider two things:

1. Overprovision by perhaps 20% so the unit operates in the middle third of it's range and does not need the fan to spin up for cooling.
2. Look at better than bronze efficiency rating. My Seasonic X750 gold rated has a warning to not be alarmed if you do not hear the fan. The efficiency is so good that the fan never runs; I have yet to hear it.

 
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Ya, my main computer has a higher tier power supply, since I use it so much for work and games etc, I made sure to sink the extra money into that one.

Media player, Bronze+ or higher was on my filter when searching. Upside is that I'm sure that the PSU I get will probably be quiet and more efficient than the decade old one I have now.

My main debate now is, buying a new EVGA 600, vs a refurb Corsair 750M... I don't care if modular or not, had good luck with refurb stuff in the past but reviews are 50/50 on these...

New EVGA 600 (3yr Warranty)
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438014

Refurb Corsair 750 (1yr Warranty)
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139112

Likely the EVGA simply because of the warranty... only 'need' 500w for my system based on the power calculators.
 
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None of the above, the EVGA is a low quality unit, and that Corsair was bad before it was refurb. The new CX---M Corsair PSUs are what you want they are much different and better. I would never buy a refurb PSU, and for a media center PC you don;t need anything nearly 600 watts. Check the one I linked above.
 
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Sadly... with my setup, the 450w may not cut it, especially if I upgrade later on... I'd have to jump to the 550w which is $25CAD more.

I have a Core2Duo Q-9450, a 250GB primary, and 2x3TB storgae drives, a GTX650 card, DVD drive... initially was going to setup a RAID but, 3TB for movies, 3TB for TV series... and a pair of external drives that I make mirrored copies to every few months and store away from the computer on a shelf.

That said, if I upgraded, with how well onboard HDMI is lately I may build a mini system, room for 3x3.5" drives and lose the DVD drive and the video card completely.
 
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None of the above, the EVGA is a low quality unit, and that Corsair was bad before it was refurb. The new CX---M Corsair PSUs are what you want they are much different and better. I would never buy a refurb PSU, and for a media center PC you don;t need anything nearly 600 watts. Check the one I linked above.

Hmm, I'll look around a bit and use the PSU Tier List... I have an EVGA in my system at home, but it's a GOLD+ and was on the Tier List... not sure where on the list, can't recall. Looking at the list now, I think it's Tier1. Though a 550w jumps to $110.

Hoping to stick around the $65CAD range, blew my PC budget on a GTX1060 upgrade for my main PC. :)
 
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EVGA doesn't manufacture their PSUs they are made by various OEMs. The one you picked is made by CWT and is cheaply made. EVGA B2, G2, etc psus are made by superflower and are excellent. GS are made by Seasonic also excellent.

If you need 550w I would suggest this then:

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151119&cm_re=seasonic-_-17-151-119-_-Product

Gold rated, $10 rebate, AND $10 off with promo code gets it to $79.99. I have this in my server (the 450w version) its ultra quiet and ultra stable.

Keeping it to $65 is tough, you want to be safe especially with something running 24x7.

 
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Yeah I was gonna say seems steep. Especially if you're not running that GTX 650 as a full gaming setup.
 
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Oh wow I didn't realize that the 450w model dropped in price that much. Thats the exact PSU I have, its gold rated, excellent quality! I paid $80 US for it last year.

looking at it the link you posted is US if you change to canada

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151124&cm_re=SeaSonic_SSR-450RM-_-17-151-124-_-Product

Its $79 after rebate.
 
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Shoot... must've switched to .com by accident with all the back/forth. :)

Well, I have some options at least. Main worry was that being an older board, most power supplies wouldn't have the proper connectors or something.

Thanks
 
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