OcUK 650W Dual Rail High Efficiency Modular Power Supply

I was using untill yesterday a cheaper 700w modular power supply with x-fire 4890's. while I was doing a bit of gaming the door knocked so I paused the game whilst I went to answer it. When I came back into the room it was full of smoke and the pc had shut down, it caused me to panic a bit i can tell you. After stripping apart the pc it was very clear which part was at fault as the psu was nolonger just a plain chrome box and had a rather blueish colour on the top plus it stank and was still quite hot to the touch :eek: After fitting a spare power supply I was pleased to see the pc reboot, I have had to remove one of the graphic cards as a precaution I also removed a couple of my extra 120mm fans and left the side off the case (they were only there to help with the graphics cooling).
The reason I am writing this is that I am now very weary of cheaper unbranded psu's especially when running cards in x-fire. So I am just about to order the biggest, brand named, reliable psu I can (or can not) strech too, i'm thinks of the Corsair HX1000 and hopefully I wont have to worry about having to replace this for a long time :rolleyes:
 
I would'nt buy one. The PSU is the one component that should'nt be skimped on. If it fails it could take out other components in the pc. After OCUK's previous "own brand" Huntkey psu's turned out to be ticking time bombs i would'nt have any faith in a £44 650w psu.
 
It's a gamble. Whatever the reliability figure of the generic PSU is, you're effectively gambling £50 on that, with a potential loss of £100s. Not a good return of investment (saving) in my mind.
 
Makhaira said:
It's a gamble. Whatever the reliability figure of the generic PSU is, you're effectively gambling £50 on that, with a potential loss of £100s. Not a good return of investment (saving) in my mind.
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Yep its not something I really want to risk either seen as though I think its my PSU that has died at the minute and that was a decent OCZ Modstream one.

What would you think would be best http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-111-AN&tool=3

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-031-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Cheers
 
So, any consensus on these power supplies? OcUK never sell those crap £20 PSUs that other places stock, and I don't believe they'd risk their name by doing so. Then again, it's kinda hard to believe £63 for an 850W PSU. I'm really interested in knowing how they get them so cheaply.
 
Ace Modder said:
Correct, Powercool. They are reliable.
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Which powercool is it? For the purposes of checking what the two 12V rails are rated for, since if it's the atx limit of 20A (which "ATX 12V V2.2 Design Guide Compatible" implies) then it's good for at most 480W on the 12V line, and "650W" is somewhat misleading.
 
mines just "popped" while playing AvP a few minutes ago >< another lesson to not buy a cheap brand, was an arctic power 700w, lasted 6 months ffs, now need another sharpish!

edit: new ocz modextreme 600w installed and running again lol, cheap psu's -_-
 
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JonJ678 said:
Which powercool is it? For the purposes of checking what the two 12V rails are rated for, since if it's the atx limit of 20A (which "ATX 12V V2.2 Design Guide Compatible" implies) then it's good for at most 480W on the 12V line, and "650W" is somewhat misleading.
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I think the wattage from the +5v and +3.3v lines are taken into account as well which probably makes up the 650w
 
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