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HELP! PSU unit died and took my mobo with it. need advice on new PSU

Schadenfroh

Schadenfroh

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this morning i was playing a nice game of 1942 when all of a sudden my system went down. my tornado fans RPMs went WAY out of control and i lost all picture. After intense testing of the components i conculded that my generic 400W PSU is putting out way too much juice than it is supposed to, frying the mobo in the process (mobo makes no beeps and only a green power light comes on on it). CDrom and fans however, appear work fine. my Asus is still under warrenty and i will RMA it.

1. Do you think my Raptor bit the dust?
2. How is NewEggs RMA?
3. Reccommend me a PSU that wont do this to me again. (please do not reccomend one becuase of noise, im sure i wont be able to tell the differance over my twin tornado fans, need one to provide good cooling also.)
4. does my theory hold grounds?


system specs
Asus a7n8x deluxe
Athlon XP 2500
1gb of Corsair XMS pc3200
G4 TI4200 8x
WD Raptor

any input is greatly appreciated
 
1)You'll have to test it but either way it's warranted
2) They are Superb @ RMAing
3)Antec, Enermax, Sparkle, Foltron,Thermaltake
4)Yes esp if the PSU was a cheap generic one
 
i'm running somewhat similar system with 1gb of 2100 ram but with cpu at a much higher clock on 350watts antec. 5 case fans. i dont have a raptor, but i have two hds😛
 
Get an Antec Truepower. I had a 430W from Amazon. Now yes, it did die on me, don't know why exactly. However, I was able to send it back for a replacement under warranty - the new one seems to be working just fine. They do take their time though getting a new one to you...but still, their Truepower line is usually recommended around here. Either that, or go for the top quality, top dollar PC Power&Cooling ones. So I hear anyway - they're supposed to be the best of the best.

Oh yeah, more info on the death of the Antec PSU I had - something inside it popped, but the PC kept running. It seemed that only the fans inside the power supply were affected; they didn't seem to be getting power. I couldn't open it up to have a look, because there's one of those "Void your warranty" stickers on the PSU. But the thing still was able to power up the PC, which was completely undamaged by the PSU's injury.
 
anandtech.com tomshardware.com both have reviews of psu's. and comparisons between a bunch.

but yes, you can't go wrong with antecs. there are cheaper ones that are quite good, butyou'l have to look at the reviews to find out. that or go to a store and buy by weight 🙂 heavy = good. but thats no awy to determine noise.
 
I have been very happy so far with a pair of Enlight 420W units. $55 shipped from newegg. Made by HiPower, identical to the Thermaltake PSU's. Seem very heavy duty, lots of connectors, long connectors if you have a larger case, very stable readings on the various rails. Like them better than my Sparkle 350W unit. Just in case you want to consider an alternative to Antec. I could have got the Antec instead, but I am cheap and always try to get the best for the least amount of money. The PNY PC-2700 ram with spektek chips may have been a mistake, but the Enlight 420W power supplies so far have been gold. Good luck.
Link to newegg
link to High Power manufacturer
A pretty nice power supply for the money. (Note the factory is asking $129 retail for the same unit)
 
thnx novice, i bought the one you linked. it had perfect reviews and it fit my needs exactly, but more importantly, it was the correct price.
 
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