Already put the order in. Fingers crossed they're compatible!
Trying to Get Back into the Game
- Thread starter Jakstaar2007
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Yep, that OCZ is well past its designed/intended life time.
It has at best second rate capacitors.
https://www.hardwaresecrets.com/ocz-modxstream-pro-600-w-power-supply-review/2/
This sample even had grab/trash bag random quality Trec as primary cap:
https://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/ocz_mxs_pro_600w/2.htm
(and border line out of ATX spec ripple)
Seasonic would be little cheaper than Corsair and comes with 10 year warranty.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seas...plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-05p-ss.html
Though if Corsair has UK support that would work easier after likely result of Brexit.
BeQuiet has mediocre max 5 year warranty regardless of price point.
Makes me suspect those have too lazy fan curves and BeQuiet knows from accelerated aging tests that failure rate starts climbing after that.
(why else would luxury £200+ PSUs have such total lackluster warranty...)
In CES they demoed Zen2's 8 core performance parity against 9900K with lot lower power consumption.
Also chiplet design was confirmed, meaning 8 core/16 thread likely becomes basic level for summer and 12c/24t enthusiast level.
(16c/32t as possible super high end into 9900K's price point)
And unless finalizing of DDR5 (going on since 2016) doesn't start picking up speed, also next year's further improved AMDs are likely going fit into current motherboards after BIOS update.
Also next-gen consoles are very likely to use 8c/16t Zen2 as CPU.
Meaning multiplatter games are going to have huge jump in CPU power requirement in two years.
With all the bloatware overhead and shovelware of PCs low core/thread count Intels aren't going to have easy time in running those games.
It has at best second rate capacitors.
https://www.hardwaresecrets.com/ocz-modxstream-pro-600-w-power-supply-review/2/
This sample even had grab/trash bag random quality Trec as primary cap:
https://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/ocz_mxs_pro_600w/2.htm
(and border line out of ATX spec ripple)
Seasonic would be little cheaper than Corsair and comes with 10 year warranty.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seas...plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-05p-ss.html
Though if Corsair has UK support that would work easier after likely result of Brexit.
BeQuiet has mediocre max 5 year warranty regardless of price point.
Makes me suspect those have too lazy fan curves and BeQuiet knows from accelerated aging tests that failure rate starts climbing after that.
(why else would luxury £200+ PSUs have such total lackluster warranty...)
AMD has Intel by the balls for future/platform longevity.
In CES they demoed Zen2's 8 core performance parity against 9900K with lot lower power consumption.
Also chiplet design was confirmed, meaning 8 core/16 thread likely becomes basic level for summer and 12c/24t enthusiast level.
(16c/32t as possible super high end into 9900K's price point)
And unless finalizing of DDR5 (going on since 2016) doesn't start picking up speed, also next year's further improved AMDs are likely going fit into current motherboards after BIOS update.
Also next-gen consoles are very likely to use 8c/16t Zen2 as CPU.
Meaning multiplatter games are going to have huge jump in CPU power requirement in two years.
With all the bloatware overhead and shovelware of PCs low core/thread count Intels aren't going to have easy time in running those games.
Thanks EsaT that's very useful and comprehensive. I probably shouldn't moan at the OCZ PSU in that case. It sounds like it's served me well considering how long i've had it!