Help choosing a Power Supply

[trickynick]

Hi Guys,

I haven't trouble shooted yet, so I may be jumping the gun. My computer won't turn on again. This would make the 5th time I've had computer problems since I bought it back in March.

My Specs (listed from oldest to newest)
Feb 10,2010 XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770

Feb 11, 2011 (all items below)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Model F3-10666CL8D-4GBRM
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb
COOLER MASTER RC-692-KKN2 CM690 II Advanced
ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 870

Hard Drives are Western Digital Green Drives....Don't know when I bought them, they were bought around 2009-2010. 500GB each

The Optical Drive, wasn't bought from NewEgg, but was bought in 2011, not longer after Feb 11,2011.


My computer won't turn on, not getting any power. When I woke up, the computer was in sleep or hibernation (not sure which, but power light was blinking) and I go to hit a key as normal to turn on. It wouldn't turn on, so I powered it off. Now it won't even power up. assuming it's the power yet again. This would be the 4th time it's the power out of 5 times it's gone down.

My question is, Can you tell me another brand of power supply I should use? I currently have a OCZ ModXstream 700w PSU. It's new, only got it a month or two ago from RMA on my last PSU which was an OCZ StealthXstream II 700w PSU.

 

[henydiah]

corsair, seasonic, XFX .. this is good brand PSU for recommend and you can find in reviewer like jonnyguru, hardocp , kitguru

 

[trickynick]

Link to the 3 brands above

Of these, which would be best bang for my buck?

 

[henydiah]

SeaSonic X series SS-400FL Fanless 80 PLUS GOLD vs PSU Seasonic 560 just $10

i think for Now use PSU Seasonic 560 very very enough :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151098

for future if you want upgrade SLI gtx 570 or Crossfire XH D6950, ... get corsair HX850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011

 

[trickynick]

Any other suggestions as well? I want to make sure I pick a quality PSU that won't go bust when my power voltage is usually around 123v but for less than a second does go to 132v.

I get this info from my UPS.

 

[henydiah]

Seasonic 560 Watt have feature range 100 - 240 V and feature otomatic switch 220 to 110

Jonnyguru

Sumamry :
The 100v Load Testing results for the Seasonic X-560 were just like the 120v results as we have seen from previous X-Series units. The voltage regulation was once again very good posting drops of just 0.12v on the 12v rail and 0.03v on the minor rails. Further, the efficiency results for the X-560 here at 100v AC input ranged from 84.66% to 88.48%. These results are terrific, but interestingly the 84.66% posted at 100v is the lowest efficiency we have seen from an X-Series unit to date. It is still a good number, especially since it is at 100v AC input where efficiency is lower, but it is a bit of an odd result. Let's move on now and see what happens in our Torture Test.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/11/08/seasonic_xseries_x560_power_supply_review/5

 

[trickynick]

How about this one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151088

It's $10 more, but $5 cheaper in shipping.

 

[henydiah]

same feature in same performance and more power than above , it's good choice

 

[trickynick]

I went with the one I posted about. $10 more, and I went for the free trial for free 2 day shipping, so, same price

 

[trickynick]

Best answer selected by trickynick.