Soldato
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My one year 1.5 yr old computer has finally died, well the PSU has neway 
Was using the computer earlier for approximately 5 minutes and all of a sudden then computer restarted followed by smoke and burning smell. All i hear now from the PSU is a whirring noise which suggest the PSU has died, the PSU in question is a 450W Smart Power PSU which was supplied with the Sonata II case.
My rig:
AMD X3800+
2GB Ram
7800 GTX Graphics Card
2 Sata HDD's
I think that the PSU supplied was pushed too hard for the rig above....
as sometimes when my external harddrive was on during boot up, it would just hang on the XP screen!
Can anyone suggest a new PSU for me which will also help to be handy when i come to upgrade the comp say in 1/2 years time.....? I jus hope that it hasnt killed off any other components as i plan to upgrade later and not now when money is a bit short
Was using the computer earlier for approximately 5 minutes and all of a sudden then computer restarted followed by smoke and burning smell. All i hear now from the PSU is a whirring noise which suggest the PSU has died, the PSU in question is a 450W Smart Power PSU which was supplied with the Sonata II case.My rig:
AMD X3800+
2GB Ram
7800 GTX Graphics Card
2 Sata HDD's
I think that the PSU supplied was pushed too hard for the rig above....
as sometimes when my external harddrive was on during boot up, it would just hang on the XP screen! Can anyone suggest a new PSU for me which will also help to be handy when i come to upgrade the comp say in 1/2 years time.....? I jus hope that it hasnt killed off any other components as i plan to upgrade later and not now when money is a bit short
Fingers crossed that only my PSU is dead. Do Antec's often blown up just like dat..... 
