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Druchii · 18-08-2007, 12:57

Not...

Well, we all know (Or many of the informed) that these PSU's are pretty damn good at going "Boom!". And this of all times is the worst time to discover my girlfriends PC is running with one of them, her specs are as follows:

Intel Pentium D 805 2,66Ghzx2
2 x 512Mb Corsair XMS2 PC2-800 and 2 x 512Mb Corsair ValueRAM PC2-533, both running at PC2-540 @ 4-4-4-12 @ 1,9v.
Asus P5ND2-SLI motherboard
Inno3D GeForce 6600 256Mb w/ my custom cooling (Pics on request)
320Gb HDD
NEC ND-3550A DVD burner.
Win XP Pro SP2 "WinBorg" Edition.
Anywho, it was all run with a 400w NorthQ PSU, that apparently was one of the cheapest available at the time.

I told her they went Boom when i discovered this 2 weeks ago, when i spotted it, but a year and a few months it had lasted and we thought no more of it...
Until two days ago.

You remember the game "Trackmania: Nations"? Well, it's not exactly the most taxing of games really, it was set at 1280x1024 at pretty much max settings, ran pretty well.
Ok, i'll gewt to the point, we'd just made a fantastic track to challenge us both (as we had been doing all day) and the PSU went Boom

Now, she starts the equivalent of college on Monday, with a ton of homework and coursework no doubt, and i don't have the money to replace the PSU i blew up (The GFX card had a modest overclock to 400 on core, and 295(590) on memory. IT had been running fine for the 3 weeks prior to this).
I've now had to get "The Antiquity" up to date for her to use, which is an old machine she had lying around and i feel so guilty at this point.

My warning is this: Stay the F&% away from cheap PSU's if you don't want problems.

At this point we're not sure what has been taken out with it as we have no spare powerful enough to try with. "The Antiquity" has a small 200w PSU with 6A on the main rail... Nowhere near powerful enough.

The Antiquity's Specs:
Intel P3 500Mhz
128Mb PC133 SD-RAM
9Gb HDD
Intel Riva TNT2 Graphics card.
And of course, a CD drive...

I feel bad

So bad...
Oh, and to make it worse, the PC in my sig will not be with me for at least another 6 - 8 weeks.

18-08-2007, 12:57	#1
Druchii cf.mega poster Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oslo, Norway. Age: 37 Services: Canal Digital: 50/10 Posts: 7,577	NorthQ what a PSU... Not... Well, we all know (Or many of the informed) that these PSU's are pretty damn good at going "Boom!". And this of all times is the worst time to discover my girlfriends PC is running with one of them, her specs are as follows: Intel Pentium D 805 2,66Ghzx2 2 x 512Mb Corsair XMS2 PC2-800 and 2 x 512Mb Corsair ValueRAM PC2-533, both running at PC2-540 @ 4-4-4-12 @ 1,9v. Asus P5ND2-SLI motherboard Inno3D GeForce 6600 256Mb w/ my custom cooling (Pics on request) 320Gb HDD NEC ND-3550A DVD burner. Win XP Pro SP2 "WinBorg" Edition. Anywho, it was all run with a 400w NorthQ PSU, that apparently was one of the cheapest available at the time. I told her they went Boom when i discovered this 2 weeks ago, when i spotted it, but a year and a few months it had lasted and we thought no more of it... Until two days ago. You remember the game "Trackmania: Nations"? Well, it's not exactly the most taxing of games really, it was set at 1280x1024 at pretty much max settings, ran pretty well. Ok, i'll gewt to the point, we'd just made a fantastic track to challenge us both (as we had been doing all day) and the PSU went Boom Now, she starts the equivalent of college on Monday, with a ton of homework and coursework no doubt, and i don't have the money to replace the PSU i blew up (The GFX card had a modest overclock to 400 on core, and 295(590) on memory. IT had been running fine for the 3 weeks prior to this). I've now had to get "The Antiquity" up to date for her to use, which is an old machine she had lying around and i feel so guilty at this point. My warning is this: Stay the F&% away from cheap PSU's if you don't want problems. At this point we're not sure what has been taken out with it as we have no spare powerful enough to try with. "The Antiquity" has a small 200w PSU with 6A on the main rail... Nowhere near powerful enough. The Antiquity's Specs: Intel P3 500Mhz 128Mb PC133 SD-RAM 9Gb HDD Intel Riva TNT2 Graphics card. And of course, a CD drive... I feel bad So bad... Oh, and to make it worse, the PC in my sig will not be with me for at least another 6 - 8 weeks.