Hiper 580 Modular, risk or replace?

[Mulder]

I know there are many threads regarding the poor reputation of these PSUs, but I already have one running and am wondering as to whether I should replace it with something else (enermax etc). I'm running:

Core 2 Duo 4400
Gigabyte DS3
2gb Corsair Twin x
Radeon x1800XT

What do you guys reckon? Risk or replace?

 

[Cyber-Mav]

depends, if the insides of your psu look like the one in here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17785180
then its probably best to replace it.
however if the insides of it look like this one:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=26
then you should be ok.

 

[Mulder]

depends, if the insides of your psu look like the one in here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17785180
then its probably best to replace it.
however if the insides of it look like this one:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=26
then you should be ok.

It's the second one. How can you be sure of the reliability of the second one?

 

[Cyber-Mav]

well, most of the 580w hipers which have blown up seem to be the most recent ones. so im guessing the older ones were better built, the older ones use 105c rated capacitors the new ones use 85c ones. hard to say really though, im just guessing.
you could just carry on using it, but then again, the majority of the reports of busted 580w units seem to be the modular ones.

 

[MarkPW]

well, most of the 580w hipers which have blown up seem to be the most recent ones. so im guessing the older ones were better built, the older ones use 105c rated capacitors the new ones use 85c ones.

Mine is 2 years old and went bust on me last week taking my mobo with it so I'm too sure about that

 

[Cupra]

the fact is its luck of the draw.. a few corsairs have blown up too and theyv only been hyped for 9 months or so, just the fact so many peopl ehad them to start with

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Mine is 2 years old and went bust on me last week taking my mobo with it so I'm too sure about that

do you still have your blown up hiper? what do the insides look like in it?

 

[MarkPW]

I've got rid of it, sorry.

 

[subroutine]

depends, if the insides of your psu look like the one in here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17785180
then its probably best to replace it.
however if the insides of it look like this one:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=26
then you should be ok.

Mine went wrong after 13 months and it looked like the one in the second link. I can't give you any futher information since I put it in a skip .

 

[pastymuncher]

depends, if the insides of your psu look like the one in here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17785180
then its probably best to replace it.
however if the insides of it look like this one:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=26
then you should be ok.

Mine was the same as the one in the JonnyGuru review and was only 12-14 months old when it blew and took out my mobo.

 

[Owenb]

well, most of the 580w hipers which have blown up seem to be the most recent ones. so im guessing the older ones were better built, the older ones use 105c rated capacitors the new ones use 85c ones. hard to say really though, im just guessing.
you could just carry on using it, but then again, the majority of the reports of busted 580w units seem to be the modular ones.

I doubt it is the caps fault. Matsushita caps are highly regarded unlike Fuhjyyu.