Back online, pc fried

[ASSEMbler]

I am back online and am working through my backlog.

I have had no shipping software, no email, nothing.
I had to build a new PC from scratch and that didn't go
as planned.

So no, I have not stolen your MONIEZ.

I am shipping everything EMS tomorrow to my
patient european friends.

K

[karsten]

what happened to your pc?

[Jackhead]

So no, I have not stolen your MONIEZ.

I am shipping everything EMS tomorrow to my
patient european friends.

K

I never think about it mate, but thanks for the info. I REALLY wait for the stuff...


what happened to your pc?
maybe it was an dell ;-)

[retro]

what happened to your pc?

It fried :P

The good thing about frying your PC is that the chips get fried at the same time! Fried PC and chips, tasty! :P

[ASSEMbler]

So my old pc died, so I thought since it was overclocked hard, it (cpu) had failed.

I built a new pc, all new parts except the psu and the system would not start.

I swapped in the same psu but new, and no go.

Seems the 750W rated psu is LIES ALL LIES and thermaltake is
a shitty company. It really only gives 480W in an online review
and here I am $120 into a psu that does not deliver the promised power.

I ordered a good xfx 750W black ed. psu. $134 :-(

What sucks is I still need a psu for the old pc and that will cost me $99 at least.

[Alchy]

Seems the 750W rated psu is LIES ALL LIES and thermaltake is
a shitty company. It really only gives 480W in an online reviewLook for the efficiency rating. Most consumer PSUs aren't even close to 100%.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_supply_unit_%28computer%29#Energy_efficiency

[ASSEMbler]

Look for the efficiency rating. Most consumer PSUs aren't even close to 100%.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_supply_unit_%28computer%29#Energy_efficiency

It's got an 80% rating on it, it's just a shoddy product.

[karsten]

consider that after one year psu lose another 20% in efficiency...

[Vosse]

PSU's are almost never rated for what is advertised in a sense.
Gotta look at the labels.

[retro]

What sucks is I still need a psu for the old pc and that will cost me $99 at least.

Err, so use the Thermaltake?

No PSU will give its power rating. The expensive ones will do closer, sure. I don't see how an online review (source? is it trusted?) could say it did 480W. It will only give out what power you require from it. If your hardware only needs 480 Watts, it will only give 480 Watts.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2624

I don't see why it shouldn't boot up with a stock i5. Using the above with the highest Lynnfield i5 (they don't have the Sandybridge yet), a high performance board, 4 sticks of DDR3, 2 SATA drives, DVD-RW, a GTX 580 and 3 fans gave a recommended figure of 485W.

Current requirement, on the other hand, is a different story. Maybe it's letting you down there?

Try using this to calculate power requirements:

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

[ASSEMbler]

Power sag

[EvilWays]

Check into the Antec HCP series. 80+ Gold rated.