I have been running FSP 650W, non-mod PSU and have been happy with it but I am looking to hear from someone that has been running one for a while and if they have had any good or bad experiences, or what type of life span do they have.
I'm asking this because I will be buying 2 new PSUs shortly for a couple of systems i am putting together.
FSP Aurum PSU's are pretty good but iirc correctly most of the other PSU's that FSP sells are either pretty bad or you can get better for the same money, so not worth getting FSP.
If you will be buying 2 new PSU's shortly for a couple of systems then I suggest you stick to seasonic, XFX, EVGA, Superflower, Corsair (higher-end models) or similar. You could also tell us what kind of systems those 2 PSU's will reside in so we can give you 2 specific PSU's to look at.
Is it 80 plus with decent reviews?
Otherwise I've used 2 laptop AC adapters from them and they've been working fine.
It all depends if you run power hungry components or you overclock, if yes try to get psu with strong single 12 V rail instead of multirail psu ,also "real power" for cpu and gpu is power of 12v rail not total combined . for example FSP Raider 650W Power Supply Unit, 650 watt psu with 600 watt for cpu and gpu . Check the full spec not the magic number on the box
one of the systems will be a fx-4xxx with a gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P, 8GB ram most likely 3x 3.5" HDDs, 1 DVD-RW and nvidia Quadro graphics card.
The other is highly like going to be a AMD APU based system, A10. 8GB ram 4x 3.5" HDDs, 1 DVD-RW.
is there anything else you need to know that will help?
EDIT: these systems won't be OC'd.
Is that being made of used parts?
All new. even the cases will be new.
But then like, why the 4350 with a quadro?
I have the mobo and cpu already sitting here, ran it as my own system few a month or so before i upgraded again