Hiper Type-R 480W PSU

stokerockscene · 29 Sep 2007 at 23:52

I currently have a Hiper Type-R 480W PSU running an athlon 3500, 2gb ram, ati 1950xt, 3 hard drives and a dvd writer.

Will this psu be sufficient to run a Q6600, Abit IP-35 Pro & 2gb ram?

yantorsen · 29 Sep 2007 at 23:56

those Psu's have a really poor reputation. I wouldn't go near one.

Cupra · 30 Sep 2007 at 00:07

id be tempted to get a 600w + psu for that system

yantorsen · 30 Sep 2007 at 00:24

well a hx520w would be adequate.

V|per · 30 Sep 2007 at 00:41

yantorsen said:
those Psu's have a really poor reputation. I wouldn't go near one.

actally is the 580w modular ones that have the reputation, and a 520w corsair would be adequate, with the 620w corsair being good if you eve wanna upgrade and keep the psu

yantorsen · 30 Sep 2007 at 00:45

ooh my mistake, but tbh, with the 580w rep, i would probly avoid the company altogethor personally.

Cupra · 30 Sep 2007 at 01:44

yantorsen said:
well a hx520w would be adequate.

corsair psu's are crap everyone bigs em up, there cables are crap they take loads of fiddling to get them on things, there sata cables always unclip, the psu's have had a good few failures latley too

griffy · 30 Sep 2007 at 01:50

My Hiper PSU went pop without any warning. I shut my pc down and all was fine, I woke up the next day (which just happened to be my birthday) and it refused to switch on.

Absolute garbage and not cheap either!

MarkPW · 30 Sep 2007 at 02:45

Hiper 580W Type-R went on me the other day without warning and it's taken my motherboard (and possibly other components) with it. Avoid at all costs!

krisbutler · 30 Sep 2007 at 09:15

get one of these the hyper psu is very prone to dying http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

yantorsen · 30 Sep 2007 at 10:18

Cupra said:
corsair psu's are crap everyone bigs em up, there cables are crap they take loads of fiddling to get them on things, there sata cables always unclip, the psu's have had a good few failures latley too

well mine's works fine. And I havn't any of the problems you stated.

krisbutler · 30 Sep 2007 at 10:19

give it time

schumi84 · 30 Sep 2007 at 12:33

Cupra said:
corsair psu's are crap everyone bigs em up, there cables are crap they take loads of fiddling to get them on things, there sata cables always unclip, the psu's have had a good few failures latley too

I have just built a system with one for a mate, used the 520W and it was a nice surprise when opening the box.

Loads of cables, went together really nice and excellent build quality. Got it because of the reviews on the forums.

You must be one of the few that doesnt rate them

krisbutler · 30 Sep 2007 at 13:02

one of few mate there is a whole list of people with probles yes they look nice very nice cables etc but dnt usuall last long

krisbutler · 30 Sep 2007 at 13:03

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17694588&highlight=hiper

this is one of a load of threads

celliott · 30 Sep 2007 at 13:08

stokerockscene said:
I currently have a Hiper Type-R 480W PSU running an athlon 3500, 2gb ram, ati 1950xt, 3 hard drives and a dvd writer.

Will this psu be sufficient to run a Q6600, Abit IP-35 Pro & 2gb ram?

Im also fed up with everyone flaming every single hiper.

Do you remember when they were first out, everyone raved about them and they were great, everyone got one. Now everyone says don't get them.

Same happened with the X-Pro PSU's.

I have had my Type-R 480W for 3 years and its been solid through several upgrades.

As far as I'm concerned, only the 580W models made later have problems.

krisbutler · 30 Sep 2007 at 13:10

i also bought hyper case fans they lasted for 2 monthes the started clicking

ive had 2 hyper psus go wrong the both lasted a year one in mine and on in my old mans pc

im speaking from experiance and fair play to u celliot u have a good one wish many others were as good

hibeesmad · 30 Sep 2007 at 13:37

Is there anyway to check what PSU you have without looking inside the case? I have a Hiper PSU which I got about 15 month ago. I want to check to see if I should change my PSU.

krisbutler · 30 Sep 2007 at 13:38

listen out for clicking or a screaching noise whilst putting load on it eg gaming

Gray · 30 Sep 2007 at 16:56

I'd heard lots of things about these blowing up, but I had mine for about a year with no problems at all.

I sold it to a mate last week. He fitted it, used it for a few days, then it blew up!

Avoid like the plague.