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| Thread ID: 59864 | 2005-07-14 23:53:00 | Geforce 6600GT Power Supply? | hamstar (4) | Press F1 |
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| 372204 | 2005-07-14 23:53:00 | Hey guys, I just built the following system. Albatron KX600A mobo 1GB RAM XP2800 200GB SATA DVDRW Geforce 6600GT (agp) 350W noname PSU What are the chances of this machine blowing up the second you try to play games on it? |
hamstar (4) | ||
| 372205 | 2005-07-15 00:02:00 | Who knows, try it and see, I ran mine off a no name 300w PSU for months, Granted it was only a matter of time till it failed but I removed it before it could, and is now ruuning off a no name 400w psu. Rock solid. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 372206 | 2005-07-15 00:16:00 | My generic 350 PSU has been running for over two years. The exhaust fan is really wonky, but had absolutely no power issues. | Greg (193) | ||
| 372207 | 2005-07-15 00:58:00 | I run a FX 6800 LE TDH off a 300w PSU. P4 2.53 533, DVD rom drive, DVD writer, 40gbHD, 120gbhd,1gb ram, 2 cooling fans, SB Audigy2 ZS sound card no problems. Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 372208 | 2005-07-15 09:02:00 | i ran an xforce 6600gt runing it with a 280 w power supply generick for months ran great so i doubt it will | Mr_Rain313 (7944) | ||
| 372209 | 2005-07-15 09:06:00 | I would say it will fail,its just a matter of time. Even though some including myself report them running fine I have seen numerous comps fail to even boot when a hefty video card is inserted. One thing that gets me is when someone purchases a heap of good gear then puts it in a $50 case, and then complain when the PSU fails 6 months later,and thats after being told it will never carry the load. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 372210 | 2005-07-16 04:51:00 | I've always worked on the assumption that a PSU was there forever. Something not to worry about. I still have never had a PSU problem. But from reading numerous posts about them I am starting to wonder. I don't recall reading about a failure either. But I've read plenty about how you must have a name brand with over xxxx ammounts of power. What is the true story? For the record I have a no name 350 watt. Seems OK. How do you test them? How do you know they are on the verge of blowing up? |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 372211 | 2005-07-16 05:58:00 | PSU faults would be the single biggest hardware problem for pc's at the mo. main causes are generally useing an undersized psu or a crap one (hence why use brand name) which is basicly an undersized psu with a different label on it. its all done in the name of making pc's cheaper. no customer ever asks about quailty of psu, they only want to know about cpu mhz, ram size, hardrive or other flashy gizmo. so useing a elcheapo cse and psu is an easy way of making it cheaper. you often can get way with a cheap psu provided its oversized and the actually specs are true. not uncomman for the labels to be wrong. over the years i've had faulty psu's cause everything from general crashes, modems dailing up causeing pc to crash, cd burners not working, to desytroying everything in the pc. there are a few testers around but its hard to test fully. you really need to test noise levels as well as voltage and current. as far as life span goes it depends a lot on how the pc is used and quaility of incoming power. also case temps have a bearing on it to. if your case temps are high (typical for a cheapo pc) it means the psu is being cooled by hot air, which can lessen the lifespan of the pc. i know of a tech who was in charge of looking after some pc's, they ended up putting the psu fans in backwoulds because the psu's was getting so hot they where blowing up. that fixed the psu cooling problem but naturally the rest of the pc didn't like running that hot. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 372212 | 2005-07-16 06:03:00 | Thanks Tweake.I guess I will replace mine. Just to be safe. | JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 372213 | 2005-07-16 06:05:00 | jjjjj.......what sort of pc do you have ? | tweak'e (69) | ||
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