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Power Supplies for an old PC

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Executioner

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Hi,
I have a 10+ year old mobo, Asus Z170-K with 16 GB ram, NVIDIA Geforce RTX 360 Ti, 2 SSD's, 1 DVD/CD Player, and 1 3.5 mechanical hard drive. My current power supply, a Tough Power 750w has a noisy fan that is getting worse as time goes by. Just want a quality power supply.
 
If you're handy with splicing wires, you can replace the fan yourself. Just make sure to discharge the PSU first before opening it up. Based on what I could see online, the original Tough Power used a 140mm fan and the GT version uses a 120mm fan.
 
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Got the new power supply installed and I took the lid off the old power supply. It was an EVGA 750 model. After blowing out the dust, the caps still look pretty good. I could not get the connector off. They apparently applied some type of glue, so the only way to replace it would be cutting the existing cable. I was able to remove the sticker that covers the bearing, and applied 1 drop of synthetic oil. I then ran it on my power supply tester and the voltages are all good and the fan is no longer making noise. It will remain as a backup.
 

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Executioner said:
Got the new power supply installed and I took the lid off the old power supply. It was an EVGA 750 model. After blowing out the dust, the caps still look pretty good. I could not get the connector off. They apparently applied some type of glue, so the only way to replace it would be cutting the existing cable. I was able to remove the sticker that covers the bearing, and applied 1 drop of synthetic oil. I then ran it on my power supply tester and the voltages are all good and the fan is no longer making noise. It will remain as a backup.
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Nice! The glue is actually RTV silicone adhesive, you can just pull it off with needle nose pliers. But, if the synthetic oil works, then no need.
 
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