Recent content by xenogen84

Seems like the death rate is about Luck. I guess I will stick with the FSP I bought and experience it myself, If it only last 3 years(I would like to see it last for 5 years at least) then I will get rosewill brand,coolmax brand ($10-20) instead of $50 FSP since they never break my computer...

The percentage of a motherboard to die is too slime. Try to smell if the burn come from Motherboard, look for any sign of melt on the motherboard. If u don't see that. Big possibility is your PSU.

My last PSU was Rosewill which come with case which cost me around 25 dollar from newegg. Case plus PSU so I am thinking the rosewill PSU costi around 10-15 dollar. Surprisingly it only last for 1.5 year, normally, the PSU I bought last for 2.5-4years+but after the rosewill die, I scale...

Try to unplug all the Hard drive, DVDrom, graphic card and also RAM. When you start your computer, if there is no beep from the motherboard, that mean your PSU is dead. If it does Beep, that mean your one of the component(CPU , graphic card or ram) is dead. Next, look at the motherboard...

I think its cheaper to build your own.

What brand(s) do use? How much do they cost? They last more than 10 years? Just curious.

From my experience, all the PSU(s) I bought cost around USD 10-15 for the past 8-10 years. My experience is that they have average life cycle of 1.5 years to 3.5 years life time until some part of them burned and I changed another one. I usually on my computer 24/7. Recently, I bought a...