CIT power supply exploded

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my specs are, I mean WERE as follows:

CIT case and 500W power supply
Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
AMD FX-8350
16GB of 1600mhz RAM
500GB HDD
windows 7 pro 64x
ATI Radeon HD 6450 512mb
Etc etc

so I had done a small overclock to 4.4Ghz and 2500mhz HT link.
I had launched Prime95 64x to see if I was running stable.
about 5 min in if even, i heard a noise coming from the case, thought at first it was something hitting off the fan, so I stuck my head over to see what it was and BANG, the power supplky exploded, sparks and bits came firing out the back, I looked into it and there was capacitors and a fuse just in peices in there.

ok I'v heard of people advising on changing power supply when getting a case to something reputable, but I never knew it was for this reason, thought maybe it might just not be able to deliver enough power or something. I dont have a big power hungly graphics card, that is why I thought I'd get away with it.

well this is just a warning to people to BUY a DECENT power supply with your setup!!

out of interest, has this happened to many others out there?

ps. I'm lucky no other parts were damaged, and am using a spare PSU untill I get a new replacement.
 
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I so myself
On a small psu the 20pin on a 24 pin motherboard the 12V wire started melting and the motherboard 24pin plug and cables started burning
So :) get a decent one
 
Glad your other components are okay. Your lucky.

This is very common with cit PSU. I have also seen threads of them melting.. They are very unreliable..

Glad to see a lesson has been learned.
 
I am really lucky, just read a few reviews about cit psu and some were not so lucky!:eek:

I really dont understand how they are still allowed to sell these with known problems like this, surely this is a health & safety issue no?

lesson learned is right, I will be getting a decent one after some review reading..
 
My brother has a cit power supply :S

been telling him for a while he ought to change it ill forward this thread link to him he may listen then!
 
well I'd be glad to settle with this happen me if it helps deter it from happening again and destroying other people's components.

to anyone who may use some bit of performance from their machine, and has one of these psu, Invest in a decent psu, you have been forewarned :D
 
I used a CiT power supply for a while and it was perfectly fine, but I really didn't like running the risk, got a corsair and I feel safer. Picture of the aftermath?
 
scoobyrob said:
ok I'v heard of people advising on changing power supply when getting a case to something reputable, but I never knew it was for this reason, thought maybe it might just not be able to deliver enough power or something. I dont have a big power hungly graphics card, that is why I thought I'd get away with it.
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this is why you should listen to us ;)

at least it didnt take out any other components/ burn down your house
 
i HAD a cit power supply until one day it...i dont even no what it did but it managed to go bang, blow the fuse in the kettle lead and the fuse in the kettle lead for my other pc....they are bombs waiting to go off and mine nearly took 2 PSUs with it
 
A friend of mine had one, everytime he switched his computer on the WiFi in his house would fail, eventually found out it was extreme electrical interference from a Cit PSU, it's called Cit becuase it rhymes with **** ;)
 
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