Recent content by RexB

I've a Corsair RM650i (modular) made by Channel Well Technology running almost 4 years now with no problems. Very good reviews on it at the time that have borne out. Quiet. 10 year warranty, registered at Corsair.

Too bad. And rgr that, it's a ways back in tech and got outdated.

@VirtualLarry - Agree not with a $2k GPU. I'm using a newer PSU now too, though the quiet OP wanted to use it for a home server. This thread got me fired up to pull the old rig out of the closet and plug in. Started up, Posted fine and three hours later it's still purring...er roaring. I forgot...

"...THAT OLD.." makes me feel old sigh. You're right, used it about 12 years in a Pentium 4 and AMD64 builds, it's mostly unused the last few years unless i get nostalgic for old Windows. I don't upgrade often you can probably tell (now i'm on a Z370 mobo with Corsair 650W PSU.) On the OCZ...

It's been a good power supply for me since it was first in a 2004 build. It's still quiet and does its job, never a problem. You can check the outputs with a 20 or 24-pin tester you might have lying around (this has a 4-pin connector snapped onto the side of the 20-pin) or a multimeter, so it...

Been using an Asus Rog Strix Z370-I m-ITX build (8700k and Evga GTX-1080) for 18 months, it's very good. Strix is the budget Rog line. Strong stable power delivery with a good psu of course. You don't want the extras a Z board has, but all have good quality bits. Legacy PS/2 for a kb/mouse...

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Thanks for that info, I was comparing Gigabyte mobos with others and will keep in mind their Update add-ons and to disable auto-update.