Is this power supply to old?
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Topic: Is this power supply to old?
Posted By: MADBUZRD
Subject: Is this power supply to old?
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2020 at 9:35am
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I just purchased the ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 Board and have the older Raidmax Thunder V2 RX-735AP Power Supply. Will this work? I have searched high and wide but nothing tells mes if this is a match or not. Thank you in advance for your help MADBUZRD |
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Posted By: Ray62
Date Posted: 27 Jan 2020 at 12:15am
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This PSU is not only old, it is a cheap, loud and low quality thing. 2018 the price was 35 Euro in germany, for a 735W Bronce PSU... Unbelievable! Good that it is sold out... Maybe with a low power CPU and GPU it's ok until a better PSU is available for you. Anyway, i would not use it in any case! ------------- Asrock Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming Offline Under test: MSI X570_MEG_ACE | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | Scythe Mugen5 | 2x16GB F4-3200C14D-32GTZ@3466 | ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FE |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 27 Jan 2020 at 12:18am
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Based on the specs it should work, as for quality it does have 80 plus certification. As Ray62 said however, it is not a high quality unit. It is better than the low end but if you plan on using a 12 core or higher CPU and a decent GPU I would look into a better unit. For a lower spec system it will do the job well enough. By the sound of it, Ray62 has had some experience with the unit so take that into account too. ------------- 
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Posted By: MADBUZRD
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2020 at 4:41am
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My apologies I should have added my specs: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Case AMD RYZEN 7 2700 8-Core 3.2 GHz ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 MB G.Skill Ripjaws V 2x16mg ASRock Radeon RX580 8G OC Silicon Power Ace A55 1TB SSD My power supply isn't that old, and the said specs are high (?) so I decided to use it. For as long as I've had it, it never gave me one ounce of trouble. Has been good and did its job. |
Posted By: MADBUZRD
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2020 at 4:42am
| I may also ad, Ray its not noisy at all. It was very quiet. |
Posted By: Ray62
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2020 at 6:25am
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With your specs it might be ok. I just read some discussions and a test of this nice price PSU, where it fails the 80+ Bronze rating: https://www.jonnyguru.com/blog/2016/09/05/raidmax-rx-735ap-power-supply/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlkgjzmOiZc ------------- Asrock Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming Offline Under test: MSI X570_MEG_ACE | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | Scythe Mugen5 | 2x16GB F4-3200C14D-32GTZ@3466 | ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FE |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2020 at 6:47am
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For those specs it should be fine. So long as the fan isn't ramping up and the air coming out the back of the PSU isn't more than mildly warm under load it means the PSU isn't overloaded. If the PSU fan is pulling air from inside the case flip it so it draws air from outside as it is intended to be used. -------------
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Posted By: MADBUZRD
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2020 at 9:45am
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Thank you for your replies. The system is up and running. I will keep an eye on the PS. I'm adding extra fans to the case, to be on the safe side. Again, thanks a bunch! MADDY! |
Posted By: MADBUZRD
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2020 at 9:46am
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BTW.. Could you recommend a brand of power supply that is worth its money?? 
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Posted By: MADBUZRD
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2020 at 8:44am
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any suggestions on powersupplies?? -------------  
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Posted By: kamild1996
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2020 at 2:13am
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Your system shouldn't need more than 400W, but to be safe for future upgrades, I would recommend aiming for a good quality 500W supply. If you're in a budget and looking for as much quality as possible, I would look at Corsair CXM series ([URL=https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3hkwrH/corsair-power-supply-cp9020102na]Corsair CXM 550 W[/URL]) as well as be quiet! Pure Power 11 500W ([url=https://pcpartpicker.com/product/cTfhP6/be-quiet-pure-power-11-500-w-80-gold-certified-atx-power-supply-bn901]non-modular[/url], [url=https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qpvbt6/be-quiet-pure-power-11-cm-500-w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-bn297]modular[/url]). |
Posted By: kamild1996
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2020 at 2:14am
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I don't know why I can't format links properly, so here you go: - https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3hkwrH/corsair-power-supply-cp9020102na - https://pcpartpicker.com/product/cTfhP6/be-quiet-pure-power-11-500-w-80-gold-certified-atx-power-supply-bn901 - https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qpvbt6/be-quiet-pure-power-11-cm-500-w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-bn297 |
Posted By: ThreeDee
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2020 at 1:45am
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if a PSU goes, it can potentially take your whole system with it .. don't skimp on your psu... I'd recommend getting a quality 80+ gold 600w or better that can stick with you through several upgrades. Your rx580 can pull upwards of 300w on it's own when under load. (based on review I just read comparing the RX580 do the new 5600XT). Any PSU can die at any time and do potential harm to your PC.. but having 1 bullet as opposed to 5 bullets in your six shooter while playing russian roullette .. your playing with 5 bullets. ------------- |Ryzen 5 5900|ASRock X570 Taichi-BIOS 4.60|2x16GB HyperX Predator RGB 3200@3600 1:1 IF|ASRock RX 6700XT|2 x PCIe 4.0 M.2 Drives for OS & Games|850 WTT Seasonic 80+ Titanium PSU|Noctua NH-D15| |