Question 1

Sorry if dumb question, but it says compatible with intel & Phenom, etc. Then should I assume it's NOT compatible with AMD FX 4130 and/or 6300?

Accepted Answer

You should be fine. It will be compatible with any CPU you throw at it just about. I know for sure that it will work with ALL AMD. Add me on steam if you PC game. Yodazb or ~HFD~ yodazb. You're welcome have a good day

Question 2

Is this PSU able to power the z87-g45 gaming mobo, amd r9 270x and i5 4570 cpu?

Accepted Answer

Yes it will . I currently have it running a Radeon 7970 which is the same as the R9 280 series. So go for it It a beautiful PSU

Question 3

What does this have a short warranty compared to the rest of the OCZ psu?

Accepted Answer

I'm not sure why it has a shorter warranty.  When I purchased it, I didn't even look at the warranty.  I had two of these power supplies.  The first one lasted almost 4 years under heavy load and a few bizarre power events.  It finally died after my server was shutdown for ~6 hours after a fire.  I replaced it with another identical power supply, and it's been humming along for 4 months now.  I could be an exception, but they have been rock solid for me.  My next power supply will probably be an OCZ due to my current experience.

Question 4

Would this fit in a Dell Optiplex 990 MT?

Accepted Answer

The dell optiplex 990 is from what I know a slim of tower. If it is slim and doesn't have much clearance you will have to get a specialized much smaller psu. If it is the regular tower size you wouldn't have issue. It ultimately comes down to case size

Question 5

I have this PSU and it is currently running my media server. This server currently has 10 hard drives in it and I was wondering if the power supply would be able to handle me adding another drive. All 11 drives will  be running none stop daily. Is it suggested I upgrade to a higher wattage PSU?

Accepted Answer

You should have a power supply with double the wattage that you need. Add up the power of the drives and the graphics cards and the CPU and double it. That is what you need.  Othewise it will fail when you least want it to.

Question 6

I have this PSU from waaay back in the day (maybe 2008). The look/ packaging is basically identical: does this really support a haswell chip? I'm asking because I think the 2008 version of this PSU is shorting out and bricking my i3-6100 :(

Accepted Answer

Yes I have installed them exclusively on Haswell systems actually. As long as it supports the amount of power that it requires and is within Intel's specs for voltage and variance etc it will work fine. 8+ years for a power supply is quite a lot and it may be messing with it just due to age and maybe lower tolerances back then.

Question 7

does it  support the radeon r9 380?

Accepted Answer

Yes definitely overkill for that card

Question 8

can this run a kavari 7850k? with 16 gigabytes of ram and how many pcie pin connecters come with it?

Accepted Answer

The power supply came with one 6+2-pin and one 8-pin connectors; if your video card needs just one 8-pin connector you'll be fine.

As for the other part of the question, it would depend on what else you run with it.  The CPU by itself, with 16GB of RAM, would run on this power supply; but any other components you add might change that answer (video card in particular - I have one system that requires 400w just for the video card).

If you need a larger power supply, the Cooler Master V1000 is a great, high-end power supply that I've used several times recently.  Also has a 5-year warranty, which is nice.

Question 9

I'm adding a video card (#1: HD6970; #2: HD6950) and there are insufficient power connectors, despite this PSU being advertised as CrossFire-ready. Can I purchase an additional PCI-Express modular cord to correct this oversight? The HD6970 needs a 8+6 pin and the HD6950 needs 6+6, while the OCZ PSU only offers 8+6 and 6-pin power.

Accepted Answer

In all honesty I wouldnt buy this powersupply for 1 video card, even though it says you can. 550W to me is not big enough. I bought it because right now i only have 1 GTX 760 connected to it. Grab another one man thats just my opinion.

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