Antec TruePower 430 watt - Lifespan

[Treeburst155]

Mine lasted one year, operating 16 hours per day on a very basic machine. IOW, I don't think I was putting much load on the unit. The most demanding machine it ever had to power is my current setup:

8RDA3+, XP 2400+, 512Mb DDR RAM, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, 3Com NIC, Ti4200, 7,200 rpm Western Digital Caviar (40Gb), CDROM drive, 1.44 floppy, Belkin RegulatorPro UPS

Was I unlucky, or is there a reason you can get such good specs and features for a fairly low price with Antec?

For my next PSU experiment, I'm going to plug in a 425 watt PC Power&Cooling unit. I'll bet it runs twice as long as the Antec because you usually get what you pay for I think.

 

[sswingle]

Everyone usually says Antec is one of the best....

 

[Treeburst155]

That's why I posted when my Antec failed. I figured others might be interested. I also think people like Antec because of the price. I think there's a reason for the apparently great value. If the PC Power&Cooling unit with the same specs lasts twice as long, it is actually a better value.

 

[AntecCSR]

You can get it replaced via RMA, it does have a 3 year warranty. 1-888-542-6832 or rma@antec-inc.com or you can go to: http://www.antec-inc.com/pdf/rma_form.pdf and print the form out, fill it out and send it in to us.

I've had true 430 going for about 1 year and a half (maybe a bit longer) on my home system.

AntecCSR

 

[vshah]

i have 2 antec power supplies, one (300w) has been working for about 3 years no problems, on an overclocked tbird
the other one (430w) is going fine on a P4 3ghz with pretty high load (see sig), voltages always kept in check, no stability problems.

-Vivan

 

[RaymondY]

I have been running my Antec TruePower 550w PS for 2+ years in my AMD system and now in my Intel P4 system without any problems. My system configuration is what I would consider medium to high.

 

[QTPie]

Originally posted by: Treeburst155
Mine lasted one year, operating 16 hours per day on a very basic machine.

why and how did it die? That's strange.

 

[Treeburst155]

AntecCSR,

Yes, I know about the warranty; but I wasn't smart enough to
keep from losing my receipt. I found the box; but not the receipt.

QTpie,

My computer just starting freezing right after getting to the Windows
desktop. I reinstalled the OS, changed mobos, cpus, sound cards, NICs,
everything. The last thing I suspected was the PS. Finally, I threw
in an old generic 300 watt, and the problem stopped completely.

I figure I got just about 6,000 hours out of it. For some people that
could easily be 3 years or more.