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Yep, very lucky guys after the unlucky incident lol. Oh well. RMA and put up with this Tagan that's quite noisy. I can't use the Enermax as it's only got a 4 pin CPU power connector.
 
You can plug a 4 pin CPU power into an 8 pin board, if memory serves...? Pretty sure I did it the other week... In fact, yes. 8 pins are only really required when the CPU draw is > 130 watts, and the 3770k you have is 77w?
 
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You can plug a 4 pin CPU power into an 8 pin board, if memory serves...? Pretty sure I did it the other week... In fact, yes. 8 pins are only really required when the CPU draw is > 130 watts, and the 3770k you have is 77w?
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Yeah mate, works fine
 
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You can plug a 4 pin CPU power into an 8 pin board, if memory serves...? Pretty sure I did it the other week... In fact, yes. 8 pins are only really required when the CPU draw is > 130 watts, and the 3770k you have is 77w?
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You're right! Thanks :) Enermax is in. Tagan out.
 
Depends what you want to achieve... IF you're measuring stability then heaven's good, but not as hard on the CPU as a wprime calc, or linpack (sorry if wrong name)

3d marks is at least good at measuring your rig in several different ways
 
Ok first benchmark at stock speeds...

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Looking through the Heaven benchmark thread, I think it's the appox figure for my spec?
 
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Wow I had no idea how "low-profile" that low profile memory actually is, that's awesome!
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Do miss my 3200LL Pro with the activity LEDs...It's a nice feature when you open the side panel to have a look lol. But yeh was going to go for Crucial Tracer for the activity LEDs but no point for sure now that the D14 is over the memory.

Swapped out the SSD...

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Tidied case a bit and will wait for the Seasonic RMA. Won't bother install the storage drives yet until the replacement comes...

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D14 and 670 looks like they could do with some scaffolding :p

Stuff still to do...

Install replacement Seasonic PSU when it comes and then the storage drives

Buy NF-S12Bs to replace current NF-P12s or may just get a fan controller but undecided as fan controller will ruin aesthetics of the front of the case

Overclock!
 
Looks like I'm not the only one..talk of a bad batch that blow during or soon after a Windows install...

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=1040083

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Well was I shocked to say the least how such a high end PSU such as this Seasonic XPS 1000 Platinum PSU can blow up in my face literally. On a brand new build after about 8 hours operation the PSU went with a huge spark and massive bang and the resultant dead PC. This was a brand new $3k build and I was ******** bricks the whole PC was taken out.

Luckily, I had an older Enermax 620W Liberty PSU and once plugged in everything came back to life and running well (touch wood) last 30 odd hours.

I've seen cheapo PSU do this over the years but never a new PSU of this calibre and $300 expense. I'm so shocked this PSU got through Seasonic QC and fail so epically, the bang was that loud the missus thought I had done away with myself. Thank god for warranty.
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I bought one from them last week, with all the other pieces for my x79 upgrade. Set it up on the weekend, 10 minutes into installing windows and same thing, huge bang, tripped the circuit breaker as well and now dead

I did the same, swapped in my old psu and the rest of the pc runs fine, just need to send it back.
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I think you should be right, as already mentioned maybe just a small number of this model Seasonic had a bad component. From my searching around a few forums the ones that failed were DOA or died after a few hours use, that seemed to be the common trend.
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Adding another exploding Seasonic PSU to the list - a mate's brand new 1000w unit just exploded after a few seconds of operation.
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Yes, I contacted Seasonic and also spoke with the Aussie distributor (Powerhouse PC Australia) and they confirmed to me personally via phone conversation there was a bad batch, a single faulty component on the main board. I couldn't get specifics on which part or affected serial no's etc, but if you got one of these PSU's and it hasn't blown I wouldn't be worried, they fail pretty much straight away when they go. It was admirable that they were honest about it.

There is a new shipment coming in next week that does not have this fault, so obviously I'm waiting for new stock to arrive.
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My Platinum 860W PSU failed in the same manner after the first 4 hours on my recent build. Took it back to umart two days later who swapped it for a new one straight away, no questiosn asked.

Discovered a couple of days later that one of the USB3 controllers on the motherboard wasn't working and also had it replaced. I'm not sure whether it was related to the PSU failure. No issue with swapping that through umart either.

My replacement PSU has been working ok, however I haven't had it anywhere near full load as I sized it for future capacity to allow for installing extra hardware.
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Sigh, I wish I'd read this thread earlier.

Same thing just happened to my new Seasonic XP-1000. Finally put together my new machine, and was having a look around the BIOS, when there was a small pop, and the whole machine went dead. Also tripped the circuit breaker for the circuit I had it plugged into.

PSU is dead, and it also seems to have taken out the fan controller/control panel on my Coolermaster Cosmos II. Hopefully nothing else (haven't been able to fully test everything else yet).

OP - did everything survive OK? Now I'm worried about something being damaged but not totally fried
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Sigh, I wish I'd read this thread earlier.

Same thing just happened to my new Seasonic XP-1000. Finally put together my new machine, and was having a look around the BIOS, when there was a small pop, and the whole machine went dead. Also tripped the circuit breaker for the circuit I had it plugged into.

PSU is dead, and it also seems to have taken out the fan controller/control panel on my Coolermaster Cosmos II. Hopefully nothing else (haven't been able to fully test everything else yet).

OP - did everything survive OK? Now I'm worried about something being damaged but not totally fried
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Hope my replacement doesn't do the same! :eek:
 
Yikes about the PSU - I'm surprised there not been a recall if theres a common problem with a particular batch.

At least the problem seems to be non destructive to other parts. Are we to assume that you're not going to hide away the cables until the RMA'd one comes back...?
 
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