Reply 51180 of 53285, by justin1985
zuldan wrote on 2023-12-14, 09:32:Any reason why you’re not using a brand new PSU? I wouldn’t trust and old PSU with expensive retro hardware.
SFX format PSUs seem pretty scarce (at least in stock at UK retailers) and the better brand ~300w ones that are around from e.g. Seasonic or BeQuiet! at around £50 seem to be very weak on the 5v rail. It seems like you have to go right up to e.g. a full modular 500w Silverstone to get a 25A rating on 5v, but that costs £90 - about 3 x the value of the SocketA board and CPU!
So I was hoping that a used PSU from a brand generally regarded as good quality would be a good compromise...