Exact make and model of the Cooler Master PSU?

How much are you willing to spend?

No reviews on the Gamdias, but it's an Andyson unit which is OK, but not great

The Super Flower gets my pick though

More than enough - grab something like the Leadex II/III Gold 650W and you'll be OK. Note that in order to mitigate damages caused by blackouts you should invest in a UPS instead

Your PSU is made by a very reputable company - I highly doubt it will harm your hardware

FYI, my Seasonic G-550 has been RMA'd twice and it hasn't damaged my hardware at all

The EVGA 500 BV or the Strider Essential 500W should do the trick fine

Yup should be OK (if you need some additional headroom spend a bit more on a quality 550W/600W unit)

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Dec 24 2019, 03:09 PM

If that's a no-name PSU chances that it will never deliver the rated wattage (either only the PSU burns out and leaving the hardware unaffected if you are lucky, or the PSU fails and takes out your hardware if you are unlucky)
https://www.hardwaresecrets.com/cooler-mast...upply-review/7/
https://www.hardwaresecrets.com/tiveco-tvps...upply-review/7/

460W max means the PSU can deliver a maximum of 460W (although it's worth noting that most no-name PSUs won't deliver its true wattage)

20A on +12V means the 12V rail has 20 amps, and from the power = voltage x amp you are looking about 240W on the +12V rail

https://www.gamersnexus.net/dictionary/6-psu/47-rails-psu

Yup, most power hungry hardware such as the GPU and the PSU uses the +12V rail, and so its highly recommended to get hardware that stays below the wattage provided by the +12V rail (but seriously, get a proper PSU so that it won't damage your hardware)


This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Jan 2 2020, 02:05 AM

A lot of Seasonic PSUs do too

Yup, and a time bomb as well

Swap that unit for a decent quality unit made by a reputable manufacturer

Yes coil whine is perfectly normal and usually does not indicate a faulty PSU

More than enough - in fact you can actually power some midrange GPUs with it

More than enough - even a good quality 550W can power a 5700 XT easily

P.S. that board has poor VRMs setup - consider the ASRock B450M Pro4 instead if you can

Yup, that's an even better choice

Not much really, as most PSUs as this range have the same tier performance wise

The S12II is a very old PSU with a very old design with a group regulated design so I'd avoid this one

Budget for the PSU?

Both the AVF and the Thermaltake PSUs are not that good so strike these off your list. The Seasonic used to be a good unit, although it's a very old unit with a very old design so I'd avoid this one as well

The CV550 unfortunately is a very new PSU with very little information on the OEM so that leaves the MWE

Any of them should do the trick, as long as you avoid the ones mentioned earlier

Yup that's right - your only way is to look for a used one, or get it repaired by Armand666

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4437612/+420

There's a small chance that your CPU is faulty, but that's very rare (unless the CPU is heavily overvolted)

Why would you go for a low powered CPU instead?

BTW, there's very little reason for going Intel - you should consider going AMD if you wanted a new CPU+board