My 2nd computer just went down
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My 2nd computer just went down
Well the computer is about 5 years old, and it all of a sudden decided to crash and burn. Now this was the computer I was using to host Pyromania. But just as I was being to host the 2nd server the computer just blew. Now I'm getting a burning smell I don't know where it’s coming from. The computer won't stay on for more than 10 seconds nor can I get a picture. Is there a possibility it’s the power supply.
The burnt out computer:
Power Supply CompUSA 300w<-- 5 years
Motherboard: SIS 630 from Amptron
AMD Thunderbird 1g
512 Megs of ram
Harddrive 10GB and a 13GB
The burnt out computer:
Power Supply CompUSA 300w<-- 5 years
Motherboard: SIS 630 from Amptron
AMD Thunderbird 1g
512 Megs of ram
Harddrive 10GB and a 13GB
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realistically, no. the amperage rails on those PSU suck, royall,y chances are theyll do more damage to your individual PC componants then it will to itself. if you want a good deal, the ePower Puma II is a rock solid PSU, and cheap, im talking 45bucks or less. the chepaest at compusa is like 80, and its specs are but to shame by most 30USD PSUs online.
ePower Puma II
its a solid little psu, plenty of wattage, plenty of amperage, and they run stable and quiet, for the price it cant be beat.
ePower Puma II
its a solid little psu, plenty of wattage, plenty of amperage, and they run stable and quiet, for the price it cant be beat.
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five years with an FMI CompUSA PSU seems like they actually do ok...Immortal Lobster wrote:and they'll eat his PC alive
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I bought a 400W on sale, seemed like a good deal, right, no, had less power then my old 250W, and it in the end fried my CPU (old XP1600+) so i figured, old processor, understandable, my XP2400+ didnt last long either, it still works, but is crippled, and is ffaaar away from any FMI PSU. the amp ratings on those things are unbelievable, my 400W had like 12A on the 12V rail, which should have been plenty for my 1500XP, but it produced some rather dirty power, using speedfan, the volatages go everywhere, at points the vcore(voltage in the CPU itself) was fluxuating by .75volts, fluxuations like this will destroy a CPU, that same CPU and motherboard are running on an ePower Puma 2 now, and they are stable, solid, a nice flat line. sure, it may last 5years, but the rest of the PC will not.
take your chances, but I dont know a single person in the PC community that would ever recomend an FMI/Compusa PSU.
take your chances, but I dont know a single person in the PC community that would ever recomend an FMI/Compusa PSU.
CompUSA PSU's are trash, at 3 times the cost.
Get a $30 Fortron or Antec from newegg/zzf.
250w Fortron will totally murder a 500w CompUSA PSU.
Get a $30 Fortron or Antec from newegg/zzf.
250w Fortron will totally murder a 500w CompUSA PSU.
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I just got a fortron source for someone here, the existing PSU in that system was a no brand 250w, it was less then $30 shipped off newegg for a 300w. It has a SATA power plug, a 24 pin ATX connector, and a 4 pin 12v connector, completely overqualified to run this micro-ATX board that only has one 20 pin connector.
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Well this is more than just a failed power supply. The CPU is shot and I found a couple burnt chips on the motherboard. But it only gets worse! The very company it tried to stay away from and is also the very company that made this power supply. The damn thing is a PowMax with a CompUSA sticker on it. I didn’t know this until opened the power supply case and saw it labeled on the fan. Well surprise surprise I just got owned. Well at least nothing caught on fire but damn did it stink.
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I hope you took pictures or video. I imagine a few people wouldn't mind seeing you beat the crap out of the fried components. (google video)
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you think everything is 80 bucks...Immortal Lobster wrote:cheapest PSU my bestbuy sells is a dynex, its almost as bad as the FMIs, but its 80bucks
not $80 @ big yellow price tagImmortalLobster wrote:the chepaest at compusa is like 80, and its specs are but to shame by most 30USD PSUs online.
i mean really... antec 350 watt for 61.... yeah it's more than most $30 online psu's... but seriously, online is not the only (or best) and certainly not the fastest way to get computer parts...
i know everyone will go ahead and hate me cause i don't mind paying a couple extra bucks to not wait 3-10 working days to get my equipment... but it's a hell of a lot faster and easier for me...
as to the PowMax / FMI .... el Cheapo ... PSU... cheap store branded components are almost never made by the store... and are usually the WORST possible thing on the market. it's sad that companies are actually willing to put their names on these components, because they are typically quite evil. but in the case of the 'CompUSA' PSU, the margin on those are usually somewhere in the 40-80 point range as oppose to the standard 5-20 on everything else in the store, so it makes them more money if you buy the $30 CompUSA PSU than the 80 'Good' PSU...
lessson learned i suppose.
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Fortron Source 300W - $22.99
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