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Pancake · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: Bad PSU?

I just recieved 450W Corsair PSU for my 9600gt card.
I took out my old 305 watt PSU and hooked up my new PSU
Everything was plugged in the same way my old PSU was plugged in.

I also put in my 9600gt graphics card.
I used 2 6pin cables from my new PSU to fit the 6pin to 4pin converter.
Then I booted my pc everything was fine for about 30min I smelt a burning smell from my PC then my whole PC shut off, and it wouldnt turn on .
Later, I plugged in my old PSU and put in my old graphics card in and everything was fine again, except my new PSU wouldnt work anymore.
I have a 60 month warranty bleh bleh bleh.

information:
my psu - http://shop4.frys.com/product/5539780;jsessionid=3qej6lWlTHZ4QXAL1s3IuQ**.node2?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
my graphics card - http://shop4.frys.com/product/5504510;jsessionid=GVddiCDsdLn4uthf9v1mkA**.node1?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

SHOULD I BUY A HIGHER POWERED PSU?
WHY IS THIS?

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Ajax · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:37 pm Post subject:

Yeah you should get a higher powered PSU. Graphics cards take up a lot of wattage and you got lucky that your entire computer didn't fry. PSUs are the most important part. Don't get the min. amount of watts to power your computer. Go like 100 more just for assurance. Going minimum doesn't allow your parts to go a lil farther then stock and if you push it, they will blow.

superweapons · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject:

I still wonder why my PSU hasn't died yet. I'm really stressing it with a quad core, 2GB of RAM, an 8800 series graphics card, and dual hard drives.

It probably isn't a wattage problem, just a faulty PSU I guess.

BTW: You got ripped off on your graphics card. Badly ripped off (you could get an HD4850 at Newegg for the same price after rebates).

Pancake · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject:

Noz3001 · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:26 am Post subject:

Pancake · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:08 pm Post subject:

superweapons · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject:

That's way too much. You'll end paying a lot more than you need to. Not only for the power supply, but also your power bills. A 500W PSU should be more than sufficient for most single-card solutions.

Localhost · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject:

Madman · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:13 pm Post subject:

I'm running some 2.5ish GHz AMD proc and a 8600GTS on a no-name 380W PSU!

Yay for shit!

19diablo93 · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject:

I'd try RMA'ing the PSU and if the second one does the same thing buy a new one.

As superweapons said, a 500w should be enough.

Pancake · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject:

is it the higher u overclock, the high watts it takes up?
and i dont know if me plugging anything wrong would be the reason for my 450 psu to burn out cuz it was working for like 30min then BOOM my whole pc shut off. well i'll go with a 600watt to be safe

blackdiamond · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:06 am Post subject:

i'm running a Sweex (the most shittestest brand evar) 650, can easilly take a Nvida 6800 and lotz of fans to prevent it from overheating