Power Supply Recommendations

[manoman66]

I currently have an Antec Truepower Trio 650W. The fan on it no longer seems to work. As I otherwise have pretty good cooling, neither my CPU or MB seem to be getting too hot, but I figure it is only a matter of time until the Antec dies, possibly doing some collateral damage. I can send it back to Antec, but waiting around for 2 wks with no PC is not really an option I am interested in.

I have done some preliminary research and am leaning toward a corsair. Looking at newegg, after rebates the costs for the following 3 PSUS are:

650TX - $79.99
550VX - $84.99
750TX - $93.99

Assume that these price differences don't matter to me and that I generally like to err on the side of overkill (but only if it means less hassle and more reliability). Also, I think that any one of these three PSUs would have plenty of power for my system.

Is there any reason not to get the 750 - keeping in mind that my main concern is reliability? It is so discounted, I wonder if that is due to issues with the device.

I don't think my power reqs are too great:

CPU P4/3.0CGHz 800M 478P/512K HT RT( Intel 875P)
MB ASUS P4C800-E DELUXE CANTERWOOD

1GB RAM
2 120MM case fans
1 x7200 Maxtor 160GB SATA HDD
CDRW LITEON|52X32X52X LTR-52327S BK
DVD|SONY 16X DDU1612/B2 BLACK OEM
FD 1.44MB|MITSUMI D359M3D

nVidia 5900 Ultra

[manoman66]

It occurs to me the prior email is rather dense.

My question really boils down to: for an extra $9 is there any reason not to get the 750 rather than the 550 (e.g reliability)?

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Originally Posted by manoman66

for an extra $9 is there any reason not to get the 750 rather than the 550 (e.g reliability)?

Nope. Unless you need that $9 for food or rent or something

[MrWicked1968]

you could power that system with an Antec EA380. Then again, if you go for the 650 or the 750 now, you're set for just about any future build.

[manoman66]

Thanks. That was my guess, just wanted to make sure there weren't any bugs I didn't know about. With rebate the 750 is actually only $77 on provantage.

Didn't want to go with an antec since I had bad luck with the last one.

[ianm2]

why don't you open the case if its out of warrantee, obtain a similar fan, check the ratings, and simply do that? unless its the fan controller that's gone, surely a fan is a simplish drop in?