Reply to: PSU recommendations?

[gadgetman]

Oops, schoolboy error in my maths. Yes that is way too low then.

May as well stick with cheapo ones and consider them disposable.

[scooterscot]

I have a UPS on this one, it hasn't triggered recently.

Also this one is my 'server' so its on 24/7/365 so I guess its done close on 100k hours.

There is only 8760 hours in a year... If I had a PSU failing on my clients equipment more than once every 5 years I'd be well shot of the supplier!

One instance was in air traffic control where this sort of problem is just not acceptable.

[gadgetman]

I have a UPS on this one, it hasn't triggered recently.

Also this one is my 'server' so its on 24/7/365 so I guess its done close on 100k hours.

Have you had a power cut recently, did the lights go dim in the house one night? Voltage spikes are usually the culperate. You might consider installing a surge protector the next time round.

[scooterscot]

My iMac uses 200W max! There is no way a PC should need anywhere near 1Kw!!! That is so wasteful it beggars beleaf.

Next time your at the gym on the exercise bike and your pumping iron and the read out says 150 watts... and your sweating like pig... now times that by 6 and your telling me that's what a PC needs to operate?

[scooterscot]

As someone who works in reliability PSU's should last in excess of 100,000 hours... and not failing in the lifetime of the user's needs.

Have you had a power cut recently, did the lights go dim in the house one night? Voltage spikes are usually the culperate. You might consider installing a surge protector the next time round.

[gadgetman]

Guess what, PSU on my other PC died yesterday. This was a mid price one, about £60 ish and died after just over a year, lovely.

I replaced it with a cheapo from 580W jobbie from Maplins (currently on offer at 29.99). Took my RAID array a few hours to recover itself but all seems fine again.

Incidentally I got an RMA and sent the Tagan (see above) back under warranty. They claimed the warranty was void because I had 'modified' the PSU. My crime was to add coloured (mesh) sleeving over the connector wires. So I've let them keep it.

Its cheapo PSU's every time now for me.

[gadgetman]

Got the parts and resurrected the PC last night - it is now very very fast.

This is before I've attempted any CPU or RAM overclocking. Not sure its worth the effort frankly!

[gadgetman]

Thankfully I'm not into hard core gaming on the PC!

[Board Game Geek]

If you intend to run a couple of graphics cards in SLI, it's a necessity.

[MrRobin]

A KILOWATT?! Does it double as a fire?

[Board Game Geek]

These folks make decent PSU's for the performance market.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...r_supply_1010w

[gadgetman]

Gone for an ASUS P5KC (£73), Intel Q6600 Retail (£155) from Scan (I get free delivery from them).

The RAM is 2 x 1Gb Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 RAM from Overclockers UK (£40 inc delivery).

[KevinS]

I'm taking it philosophically and using it as an excuse to upgrade to a quad core beast and 2Gb of highly-overclockable RAM. Only £270 for board, CPU and RAM so not the end of the world.

Nice - what CPU/mobo and where from (I'm going to be building a QC in the not too distant future)??

[gadgetman]

Well whatever happened it took out the motherboard as well!

With the Tagan plugged into the m/b I get no sign of life anywhere.

I bought a cheapish PSU as a temporary measure at the weekend. With this one plugged in I get a power LED lit on the built-in USB card reader.

Power is obviously getting as far as the USB ports but nothing else makes the board spring to life so I reckon its fried

I'm taking it philosophically and using it as an excuse to upgrade to a quad core beast and 2Gb of highly-overclockable RAM. Only £270 for board, CPU and RAM so not the end of the world.

[gadgetman]

Hmm, no such luck for me. I have to send it back at my expense then wait for them to test it