New PS
I have an Antec SP-350 in my computer and heard it was responsible for many mobo deaths. Is there a good cheap PS I can buy?
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Depending on how cheap you consider to be affordable, one of my favourittes is the corsair VX450. It has entirely Japanese caps, and is one of the best out there. Personally, I consider Antec StupidPowers (Smartpower) and early TruePowers to be worse (ie. less reliable) than even the really cheap and nasty brands, like low end deer, powmax/leadman, sun pro and linkworld. They are the only PSUs I've seen with a 100% premature failure rate.I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!
No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards
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Define "Premature Failure Rate" Mine still works after 2-3 years of light usage. Cheap means > $50 but better to spend money on a PS than money on rebuilding my entire system. I will check out the corsair VX450 Thank you
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Nono...Antec TruePowers are definitley not worse than Leadman/Deers. True they are filled with Chemi-Con KZGs, but I doubt the Fuijiyus in the Leadmans are any better. Soldering quality and overall construction quality is much better, even if the caps might not be as good as the rest.
Smartpowers aren't even ATX2 speced I don't think.Comment
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The VX450 is indeed a solid supply, but if you need cheaper, I'd recommend an Antec NEO ECO which is a Seasonic S12II based power supply, exclusively available on Newegg.com. No, it's not sketchy at all. It's a sold supply.
The VX450 is a bit old at this point. There are some better designs out there, but reliability wise, it's top notch. But you won't have problems with the Antec either.Comment
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I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!
No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards
Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium
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What a good selection! Thanks to all of your excellent advice, I have decided to go with the VX450W from Amazon.
This review helped more than a little.Comment
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I've only heard of one case where a smart power caused a house to burn down.
They must be safe.Mann-Made Global Warming.
- We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
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Mann-Made Global Warming.
- We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
- Dr Seuss
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You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
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It nearly happened to one of our customers. Several years ago (before I worked where I do), my boss used to use antec PSUs in new systems. One customer's SP-350 once gave off a heap of smoke, caucht on fire inside and and exploded big time when they attempted to power their PC on. Remarkably, the only thing to get antec'd was the motherboard.I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!
No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards
Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium
Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 ProComment
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I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!
No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards
Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium
Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 ProComment
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According to Intel the useful life of a PC is 7 years.
[That's from their marketing side.]Mann-Made Global Warming.
- We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
- Dr Seuss
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You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
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OH!
That's a rain hat!
I thought it was a helmet!
.Mann-Made Global Warming.
- We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
- Dr Seuss
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You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
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Oh, been into the strong coffee this morning, eh?
It's tin foil lined to prevent "them" from reading my thoughts.
.veritas odium paritComment
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If you decide to recap the Antec SP-350, here is the thread giving some helpful information, especially how to do the DM311 mod to prevent overvoltage problems with the 5vsb circuit.
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...hlight=everellOld proverb say.........If you shoot at nothing, you will hit nothing (George Henry 10-14-11)Comment
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As a member of Amazon Prime, the shipping is worth it, especially since I would like to use my computer and not think of the PSU as a $400 rupoor.Comment
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My old 350W FSP-350GLN(80) PSU was working fine with my current computer for few years(and previously with few other computers as well). Nothing has changed in setup but since last few months I am getting problems while trying to boot PC.
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