Need PSU suggestion for an old dual Opteron system

[tungtung]

Well this morning my 7 year old Enermax PSU bite the dust. Not really sure what actually happened but I smell burnt stuff from it. I haven't had the chance to test any other parts of the system, but I'm hoping for the best that nothing else get damaged.

Anyway I now am in the market for a new PSU, but I'm kinda behind the curve in term of PSU tech and stuff.

My system spec is as follows:
-. Dual Opteron 240's on MSI K8T-Master2 with 4 sticks of rams (2GB total)
-. 3 ATA drives, 2 SATA drives and 2 15k SCSI drives
-. All-in-wonder X800XL video card
-. DVD-ROM and DVD burner

I have once in the past measured the power usage at around 350 Watt max during boot, and during normal usage the power usage fluctuates around 220-260 Watt.

One of the consideration I wanted to take into account is that I do plan to upgrade around the end of the year, so I'm hoping I use the PSU with the new build that I will do. Most likely I will upgrade to a Core Quad + single graphic card system so my "future requirement" won't really be too high.

So anyway now I'm kinda not sure what PSU I should be getting. With the power consumption numbers I kinda figured some 550+ Watt PSU would suffice (I'm eyeing either an Antec, Cooler Master or another Enermax unit). Can anyone here tell me if there is any caution that I should take?

By the way I just saw this "Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W" system, seems to be reasonably priced, will this unit be a good fit for my use?

Thanks in advance.

 

[mpilchfamily]

What size was the old PSU. Any current PSu of that size will have more power going to the 12V rails then the old one. Most any other PSU of that size under a reputable brand will do fine.

FYI after about 5 years a PSU has outlived it usefulness. Chances are the old one died from old age. The capacitors probably got worn out and poped cauign the burning smell. If you open it up there will probably be black ozz coming from the caps. I only hope the unit didn't cause any problems. When a PSU dies there is a good cahnce it will damage other system components.

 

[tungtung]

Well I picked up a new PSU earlier today. The OCZ GameSxtream 700, and well turns out it was my video card that bite the dust.
I didn't know what happened exactly, but I found out after retesting the parts with this new PSU. And yea the old PSU was still in good condition apparently, I tested back on the machine (after replacing the video card) and everything works just as before.

So yea dunno what happened with the old card, it blew some of the capacitors and stuff on the back of it, I have no idea what happened.

By the way in case anyone wanted to know the OCZ unit I got had 1 PCIE 6 pin and 1 PCIE 8 pin (6+2), which is contrary to what their website says (the website spec says it should only have 2 PCIE 6pins).