PSU reliability

euroDub

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KelticDaz said:
I've been running a Coolermaster 850W modular for almost three years now, never missed a beat. Great PSU. Whoever told you they aren't any good is talking parp.
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it's also the fact that I read reviews saying that they use standard quality 80°C capacitors whilst others make use of high class Japanese 105°C caps. So the fact that they cut corners on capacitors makes me think wrong about them :(

btw will this 550W PSU be enough for an AMD 955, an ATI 5858, 2 HDDs and a dvd rw, 4GB of RAM and an ASUS crosshair iv? or will it have a heavy load on it and maybe die or be damaged?
 
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-fedexer- said:
I seriously hope you're wrong about coolermaster PSU's, as i have one for my build... here's hoping it doesn't cop out on me :eek:
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me too, though I am still trying to get rid of it! that thing I read about using cheap capacitors from a company that had some bad stories related to it isn't making me any glad about my buy!! should have went straight to a serious company such as corsair! And what about the BeQuiet! brand, although they do not seem to be hugely renowned they (from reviews) seem to be very decent PSU manufacturers?
 
thanks all for your replies ppl :)

managed to convince my brother to swap my coolermaster psu with his almost new Antec signature 650W :) I am more than happy with the deal
 
Have people actually had the GX series go pop? The reviews I've seen the problems are mostly at high load levels the average user is unlikely to reach and possible cap-issues, they aren't great but not that bad :confused:
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not actually but you know, spending money on a new system and then realizing that the PSU you are using makes use of quite low quality caps and wasn't given quite a praise isn't the thing I wanted to hear, and frying anything is certainly a huge NO NO at the moment :rolleyes:

I don't have anything near a super power hungry system but an AMD quad-core, an ATI 5858, maybe up to 3 HHDs, up to 7 fans, dvd drives, an ausu crosshair and what not aren't the least power hungry either, I think...so I'd better be on the safe side and have the most of reliability that I can and go for something praised like what I now own, the Antec Signature 650W ;)
 
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