ATI 5870 1GB with Jeantech 1000w PSU

[Martini1991]

^Agreed

To describe Jeantech...they are basically "Jack of all trades, master of none and worse than OCZ".

Fixed.

 

[OLDPHART]

Bang, ouch Jeantech, if it was me l'd get a descent Brand of PSU. Jeantech have been around for about 20yrs, they make Case's, PSU's and few other PC parts, for your average PC.

 

[555BUK]

I ran an i7 920 @ 4GHz and an overclocked 5870 for many months on a 520W PSU without issue. However, this was a top end 520W PSU.

I suspect your 1000W will be fine.

 

[muppet]

wow i didnt know jeantech were that bad . ive got my 700w running my rig now and have overclocked my cpu and gpu with no probs . admittedly i needed one quick because my retailer wouldnt swapout my be-quiet 600w so had to buy a psu quick while they were testing my be-quiet which is still in mt old rig . do you think i should swap the psu's around

 

[MooMoo444]

Even if it doesnt delivery close to whats advertised (1000w), it will still be extremely capable of running a 5870 with ease.

I have the same PSU as the OP in mine, powering a GTX 580, if that's a good example.

 

[Marine-RX179]

wow i didnt know jeantech were that bad . ive got my 700w running my rig now and have overclocked my cpu and gpu with no probs . admittedly i needed one quick because my retailer wouldnt swapout my be-quiet 600w so had to buy a psu quick while they were testing my be-quiet which is still in mt old rig . do you think i should swap the psu's around

I wouldn't call them 'bad'. But I wouldn't be comfortable with using their PSU close to their rated max output. As long the power consumption is not going beyond 75~80% it should be fine...I think.

PSU made by Seasonic on the other hand, most of them go at least 50W beyond the rated output would still be perfectly fine.

 

[Ewanb75]

My Jeantech has died, well, when i say died, it doesnt want to switch my pc on for longer than startup now... other days it just restarted it, and the voltages were majorly drooping below normal.

 

[muppet]

gonna go for a 1kw psu next for a bit of futureproofing

 

[^Andy^]

I had a few jeantech psu's (storm and whatever it's big brother was) - they are quite rubbish. The box is nice though

I still have one in a spare pc and it is still going but I did change the fan in it because the stock one started to die after about 6 months and I didn't fancy waiting for it to go up in flames.

 

[PCM2]

Ah the box is good. That's ok then. It will make up for the possibility of a spectacular and catastrophic failure .

 

[Marine-RX179]

Ah the box is good. That's ok then. It will make up for the possibility of a spectacular and catastrophic failure .

May be the fancy looking box is Jeantech's free gift of "coffin", for their unfortunate PSU to have a proper burial when they die of "cancer"

 

[^Andy^]

The box should be made of asbestos just in case it decides to burst into flames during shipping.

No seriously I'm sure it's a fine quality part but just in case do you happen to have a fire extinguisher near your pc desk?