Power supply

[Jhon]

Me be here againe 

First of all, let me clear that this topic is an anticipation of me. I'm still not sure what really happened.

Some days ago, I was using my PC as usual, and it suddenly died, and then when I tried to re-start it all I'd get was a flashing power button LED, but no boot at all, not even the processor's fan would start spinning.

Today my uncle and I checked the power supply (OCZ StealthXStream 600 real watts), and checked the fuse hoping it was dead due to an electrical overload, but it was still fully functional... Someone told me it might that the PSU just died, and that it's possible that the PSU dies even though its fuse is intact.

That guy is coming tomorrow to test my PC with another PSU to see if the PC still works, hopefully it will.

Now, pre-assuming that it's just a PSU death issue, and that nothing else got burnt, what brand / model of PSU do you recommend to me? I know Corsair ones are very good but they're very expensive for me right now, so that one won't work. My budget for it is between 50 and 80 USD, any advice highly appreciated. 600W+, if possible.

Thanks mens.

[cloakster]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6817139020

Its worth the extra money and the new revision just came out

[Gaahl]

I'm currently using a Corsair GX800 at 800W(110 euros), and I've got to admit Corsair is your best choice. I'd rather buy that one and keep it forever than wasting your money on cheaper ones which get broken easily.

If Corsair is not what you are looking for, go for a 600W NOX APEX(65 euro) or a Cooler Master(60 euro); if you are looking for a cheap one, buy a Kraun 600 watt, I bought one once for 25 euros

[Hitman]

dont buy a cheap powersupply, if it dies it will most likely take your videocard, ram and cpu with it

[DowJones]

buying a cheap quality PSU is a bad idea, better invest some more to get a decent one. Corsair or SeaSonic

[cloakster]

buying a cheap quality PSU is a bad idea, better invest some more to get a decent one. Corsair or SeaSonic

Corsair PSU's are SeaSonic

[DowJones]

Corsair PSU's are SeaSonic

i know that...

[Jhon]

This is the deal:

Yesterday the guy I was talking about came, and we tried to start the PC with a cheap PSU he brought... Luckily it started well, but we had to un-plug the videocard because his cheapass PSU didn't have any PCI Express slots. For the rest the PC started normally, so I assume nothing besides the PSU got burnt.

What happened? I was told that my current dead PSU isn't bad at all, and I don't think it is either, but what might have caused all of this is the fact that I was plugging my PC directly to the wall. I was doing this because when the PC was bought, when I had it plugged to the voltage regulator (dunno how you call it), it would restart every ~5 minutes. I took it back where it was bought, and they told me that it was due to the voltage regulator not having enough power to feed the PC, so they told me to plug it directly to the wall, and so I did - big mistake.

The day that the PSU failed, my dad moved one of the electrical system's breakers back up because it was accidentally pulled down, and he did it while the PC was on. It might have created a shortcircuit (a proof of that is that my bedroom's light bulb died as well that day), but my PSU failed hours later, when I was using the PC, yet the same day.

Being all that said, now I guess that's what caused my harddisk to die back in October as well, and I now understand that I should never have my PC without a voltage regulator, especially in this appartment where the electrical installation is old as fuck. I'm lucky nothing else on the PC died.

Now, regarding advises, thanks cloakster, but I checked its price here and it costs about 146 dollars, funny huh? Even if bought it via newegg the shipment taxes and all that shit would increase its price to almost the same, so I guess I'll have to discard that option... I'll go PSU hunting soon, so whenever I find a good and affordable one I'll update this topic. Thank you guys for your interest.

[cloakster]

Don't say USD then Are you buying from a site or a local store? If a site, link me

[Mark]

So the whole problem was caused because of the electricity accidental shutdown? Because I dont really understand how can a power supply be plugged wrongly.