First post, by Grayshazzle
Hello everyone, I am deciding on using a new old stock PSU (was told harder to find) or just a regular modern ATX one (decent 5 and 3.3 volt rail output and all). It may sound irrelevant but I would like to go for something that matches the grey internal/back color from my outside beige shelled case like old PSUs (grey) used to look. Besides color, should I just either go for a modern PSU with a decent amount of amps on the 5 and 3 volt rail, 20+4 with Molex connectors? A big reason in me wanting to get a modern PSU is that I can go full modular for the heck of it since old cases didn't really have any cable management spaces, so this would be a great advantage for flow/room (will accept black color in this case since it is more expensive for different colored modern PSUs). Two brands I am mostly thinking of are Corsair and EVGA, maybe would want to go with an EVGA as I saw Tech Tangents using one when building a 98 build awhile back with similar specs in terms of CPU and such. And lastly I am trying to keep this build somewhat silent as I have some silent fans in my case as well, Noctua (CPU) and Arctic (case).
Specs:
Motherboard: Intel D815EEA2 (non-Tualatin version)
CPU: Pentium III 1.4GHz-S (modified)
GPU: GeForce 4 TI 4200 (128MB/AGP 4x)
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS (Platinum)
Optical: 5.25" DVD Drive Bay
Here is a fully modular EVGA 550 watt PSU I found on Amazon, I will post a specs sheet below (ignoring price and talking about efficiency): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084RGH8W4/ … 0?ie=UTF8&psc=1
What I have as a PSU right now is unacceptable for my standards as it is a small branded PSU (A-Power), so I do not trust it around my parts. Thank you everyone for your time and patience for reading, hope your day is going well.