Psu keeps blowing

Hmmmm that is a good idea! The psu is about 1 inch inside of that bar and it does not seem to do anything! Was looking at it and thinking the same myself! Will just have to remember where and what plugs in where! Will call in the shop that fitted the faulty unit tomorrow and have a quiet word about it. Won't say what I paid but am NOT happy. They owe me cash so may see what they can do to rectify the fault. Maybe reimburse me, I can then get the psu myself and either have them fit it or do it myself. Thanks for the advice, will post back tomorrow when I know if I need a new psu from here and what is happening. Cheers!
 
Just saw the corsair builder series 750w on this site and another jungly one, good reviews there using it for gpuz etc, is this a good psu that will be ok for my system?
 
So for my system setup which I posted at the start, I don't need the 700w psu? What kind would be comfortable with my system, bearing in mind that my processor and graphics card are overclocked? I have no idea what sort of power it all requires, just that the tower has always had a 700w psu since I bought it about 5 yrs ago...... But I have changed mobo etc since thnx to overclockers!
 
Sometimes the problem is not the an unknow brand and/or cheap brand doesn't show the real Watts, sometimes the PSU is not single rail, could it be 2 or more rails, so the psu instead of 600W it actually is 2x300W, so if you plug everything in one rail it will BOOM :)
 
Just returned from the shop that did the work for me....... Am too annoyed to post much at the mo, but they trying to blame the gtx670 as being possibly faulty and that is what blew their 'high spec' psu. They said they ordered a psu that was easily cable of the card, and had i thought about going to a 850w or 1000w instead! How could the card be at fault if the PC booted fine, browsed ok but blew when I ran a game? To me that sounds like the load from the game made the psu blow as it couldn't cope. They now made me paranoid.....could it be my card/mobo? Will I be throwing cash away if I get another psu myself?
 
It'll be their crap PSU's.
Local IT shops rarely have a clue.

Last time I had a GPU blow (An MSI 7870) the card itself went bang, (And the SSD) but it didn't kill the PSU, and fitting a new PSU didn't start the PC.

Being brutally honest, you could probably run your system off a decent XFX 450W.
1000W for a single 670 and 2500K, LOL.
 
When a PSU blows it can take ANYTHING with it (sometimes everything!).

I've seen plenty of mobo's, HDD's, RAM and GFX cards killed by faulting PSU's! (Done computer repair in a local place for 12+ years). You're very lucky if you go through 2 and have nothing damaged... Although newer PSU's are better than they used to be!

Can you see any make/model info on the PSU they have fitted?

Failing that the rear side of your case (left side in rear pic) should easily remove and give you more room to remove the PSU, take a look!

If the place say there is a fault with your GFX card, get them to test it and prove to you that it's faulty. You almost need to go somewhere else (to their competitors) and explain the whole story about what's happened as I'm sure they'll be very happy to take business away from them!

If all the components are fine - and the PSU they fitted wasn't up to the task - they clearly didn't test it enough and you're well within your consumer rights to get a full refund. The only problem with this (and why I mention playing competitors off against each other) is you need someone technical to dispute their claim (of the GFX card) and find the only faulty component is their PSU.
 
Just ordered a corsair 750w builder psu. Had to get it from another site as needed del tomorrow to get it fitted (sorry oc but I missed the del closure time). As to the psu that they fitted, I did name it earlier here as evo labs 700w pentium 4 psu. I am certain this is the prob as in the store today they told me that they swapped out the old psu and replaced it with the same make and model that was already there. ..... Crappy psu prob not cope with the card, will see tomorrow if corsair runs it ok..... Really hope it does and they don't manufacture a fault! Sigh.....
 
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