Zyon
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System Name | Computernamehere/Computernamehere2/Computernamehere3 |
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Processor | i5-2500/Athlon 6000+/C2D Q6700 |
Motherboard | P67A-UD3R/M2N-SLI Deluxe/P5K-Deluxe |
Cooling | Stock/Hyper212+/Unknown Coolermaster |
Memory | Patriot PC3-10666 2x2/A-Data PC2-6400 4x1/OCZ PC2-8500 4x1 |
Video Card(s) | MSI GTX580 Lightning/2x Gigabyte GTS450 OC 1GB/2x HIS HD4870 512MB |
Storage | Seagate 1TB/Samsung 500GB/Seagate 1TB |
Display(s) | Samsung BX2440 |
Case | V4 Black/Mystique 631 Silver/Soprano VX |
Audio Device(s) | WTF is a sound card? |
Power Supply | Corsair HX650/Antec Earthwatts 650W Green/None |
Software | Windows 7 Home/Professional/Professional |
Benchmark Scores | TBA |
This true story inspired me to create a thread and allowing people to discuss about the worst power supplies (PSUs) ever made, please feel free to share your horror stories and I apologise if there is an existing thread, but please only include ones that you come across in real life and not on hardware reviews, internet advertisements etc.
So one day I went to one of my aunt's house and she showed me problem with her computer being very loud with static noises (started first week after she bought the computer five years ago). So by instinct I figured out it was most likely the PSU causing the problem, after I opened her PC this is what I found as the PSU, a SHAW Elite 680W. Here's her PC specs by the way:
CPU: Core 2 Duo E4600
Ram: Some generic 2x1gb
Motherboard: Some Gigabyte one
Graphics Card: Geforce 8500GT
HDD: Some IDE one
Optical Drive: Some SATA one (awkward isn't it? Why have IDE and SATA?)
Mind you, SHAW PSUs are probably the cheapest 'brand' you can buy in Australia (the '680W' is only $17 at MSY Technologies), and is reputed to be one of the worst PSU manufacturers ever (several stories of fried SHAWs taking out the entire computer), even though Core 2 Duo with something like 8500GT doesn't use much power, it's a miracle how the SHAW worked for five years without malfunction and taking out the entire $800 PC.
Bought her bought a Corsair CX430 and the noise disappeared.
So one day I went to one of my aunt's house and she showed me problem with her computer being very loud with static noises (started first week after she bought the computer five years ago). So by instinct I figured out it was most likely the PSU causing the problem, after I opened her PC this is what I found as the PSU, a SHAW Elite 680W. Here's her PC specs by the way:
CPU: Core 2 Duo E4600
Ram: Some generic 2x1gb
Motherboard: Some Gigabyte one
Graphics Card: Geforce 8500GT
HDD: Some IDE one
Optical Drive: Some SATA one (awkward isn't it? Why have IDE and SATA?)
Mind you, SHAW PSUs are probably the cheapest 'brand' you can buy in Australia (the '680W' is only $17 at MSY Technologies), and is reputed to be one of the worst PSU manufacturers ever (several stories of fried SHAWs taking out the entire computer), even though Core 2 Duo with something like 8500GT doesn't use much power, it's a miracle how the SHAW worked for five years without malfunction and taking out the entire $800 PC.
Bought her bought a Corsair CX430 and the noise disappeared.