Hiper haters i am sorry

NightSt@lk3r · 1 Sep 2006 at 00:49

well i suppose as you can guess from the title my Hiper Type R 580W has expired, not shure if it took out anything else as i dont have another psu powerfull enough.
I tryed a 250w psu just to see if it turns on an it does so i am hopefull it was just the psu and nothing else.

any recomendations as to what to do about a replacement as i personaly dont want another but cannot afford a different PSU.

Jonny ///M · 1 Sep 2006 at 00:52

Told you so

Buy quality next time.

*pats enermax*

Psycho Sonny · 1 Sep 2006 at 01:24

yeah you should go all out and buy some decent stuff, pah no explosion or fire?

pats q-tec (ouch that feels hot)

2bullish · 1 Sep 2006 at 01:29

Crap. I hate these kinds of posts, my Hiper has just gone AWOL and I am mighty miffed. Happened in the last 20 mins, think its F@H related, nevertheless, its gone pear.

benjo · 1 Sep 2006 at 01:30

Enermax, Seasonic, FSP, Tagen, OCZ... any will be fine

NightSt@lk3r · 1 Sep 2006 at 01:34

benjo said:
Enermax, Seasonic, FSP, Tagen, OCZ... any will be fine

was looking at the FSP Sparkle 500w, as i have just put a FSP Sparkle 400w in my mums pc and it is motering along nicely(Asrock 939-Dual Sata 2, 3700+SD, HIS X1600XT IceQ).

EDIT: i was just wondering if damage caused to other components by a PSU failure is coverd in anyway?

Massive Attack · 1 Sep 2006 at 01:44

NightSt@lk3r said:
EDIT: i was just wondering if damage caused to other components by a PSU failure is coverd in anyway?

probably not with hiper anyway

NightSt@lk3r · 1 Sep 2006 at 02:04

there was no noises or sparks or anything it just shut off so im hopefull it didnt take anything else with it

Stelly · 1 Sep 2006 at 08:45

Seasonic are quality

Stelly

Gibbs · 1 Sep 2006 at 09:08

cant go wrong with Tagen

ReeMISM · 1 Sep 2006 at 09:42

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Socaddict · 1 Sep 2006 at 11:53

had tagan and enermax before, can't fault either of them.

pcknight · 1 Sep 2006 at 11:54

Seasonic are very good indeed.

stoofa · 1 Sep 2006 at 13:40

Sorry - is their supposed to be something wrong with the Hiper PSU's?
I have a couple of machines with 580w modular PSU's and they are sweet - excellent voltages, stable and silent.

fenderbass86 · 1 Sep 2006 at 13:49

Gibbs said:
cant go wrong with Tagen

I'm with you on that one.

Joe42 · 1 Sep 2006 at 14:20

stoofa said:
Sorry - is their supposed to be something wrong with the Hiper PSU's?

Yeah, an above average number of them die, and when they do most of them destroy system components which proper psus never do, and they don't supply anywhere near 580w, amongst other things.

These are the known good trusted psu manufacturers:
-Tagan, OCZ, Seasonic, Antec, Enermax, FSP.

FrankJH · 1 Sep 2006 at 15:58

Tagan and FSP here, both of which I find are top drawer

iraiguana · 1 Sep 2006 at 16:20

4 year old enermax still live and kicking so two thumbs up from me.

titaniumx3 · 1 Sep 2006 at 16:33

This is getting me kinda worried. Does it only apply to the modular version? I have the non-modular Type-R 580w and I've had no problems with mine and I've been gaming quite a bit with an X1900XT attached to it. Are there any signs of imminent failure or does it just go out suddenly?

daz · 1 Sep 2006 at 16:46

Hiper Type R 580w modular was the flavour of the month a while ago... every one was recommending them...