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What do people think in general of the ThermalTake Power Supplies? I've been using them a couple of years without any problem, but I have an issue with a current system that, while it's MOST LIKELY motherboard related, well, my mind is just wandering a bit, especially since I changed the mobo once and the same thing is happening.

FYI, here's what's going on.

ymptoms: I hit the "go" button, all fans start to spin up for about 1 second then power off. If I hit the Q_Reset button the same thing happens. BUT, SOMETIMES, the system will boot and when it boots, it will run for days.

Here's my setup:
Thermaltake V1000 (2000?) aluminum case
R3E / 950 / 12 gig crucial DDR3 1600 (3 4gb pieces)
EVGA GTX 460 Video.
Thermaltake 1200 W ps
Power connectors: Main ATX , plus 2 more 8 pin connectors on mobo near fan, plus 4 pin just north of 1st slot - the only one that's not connected is the one at the extreme bottom of the board.

I'm using a 256 gig Crucial SSD and a
BD/DVD Reader/Writer.

So, I thought this was a mobo problem so I RMA'd it, just put in 2nd one and SAME THING?!

I tried running 2 or 1 piece of ram - same thing.

What's left to try?
Well, I was thinking of:
1) CMOS Reset
2) Pulling the video card (yea - I know - but the system DOES boot and stays up!)
3) changing the LN-2 Mode Jumper to activate it - NOPE - tried this - same result.

Is there anything else I can try? Sure, I could Breadboard it but I doubt that this will change because the system DOES run (Windows 7). I installed the OS, ran through all the upgrades and did a ton of work with it up.

One more thing - when it does come up it asks me if I want to hit F1 (setup) or F2 (load defaults and go) - I hit F2 because after going into setup, it saves, restarts, powers down then it's dead again.
 

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Hiya Gang!

Yesterday TechPowerUp published a technical review of the EVGA SuperNOVA NEX1500 Classified 1500 Watt Power Supply. Here is a link to the review:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/SuperNOVA_NEX1500/

TechPowerUp does pretty good reviews but this one makes me wonder. The psu earned the editors choice award despite some problems and issues. What do some of the veterans think?

carlgh - Thermaltake has more power supplies in the PSU Lemon List than the Power Supply Recommendations List. Here is the link to the PSU Lemon List:

http://www.johnnylucky.org/power-supplies/psu-lemon-list.html
 
Yeah we should update the list to with newer models seems a bit dated don't you guys think or am i the only one?I am not suggesting take any off the list just update it a bit with some more what do you all think?
 
bigcyco1 - Which list are you referring to?

Here's the link to the power supply recommendations list I maintain:

http://www.johnnylucky.org/power-supplies/psu-recommendations.html

The list is up to date except for a couple of new entries this month.

I also have a complete list of reviews for this month and another one for this year to date:

Current month: http://www.johnnylucky.org/reviews/index.html

2012 to date: http://www.johnnylucky.org/reviews/2012-pc-hardware-reviews.html

NOTA BENE - That 2012 hardware reviews list is the mother of all review lists. You'll have to scroll way down to the psu section at the bottom of the page. This list includes all psu reviews - the good, the bad, and the ugly!!!
 
I was referring to TH list your is very nice to i recommend it quite often :) i mean this thread fist page all are good or decent recommendations i just think it would be nice if update it with more options that's all.
 


I will get to this soon. I still mostly find myself recommending the same old units... it's one thing to be good, but if they aren't ACTUALLY being recommended they don't have to be on our list.
 
that's true but you can't just judge by brand and also i don't think listing every PSU that is reliable is the intention of the thread
 
o.k. :)
 


Good point, just suggesting. It's still an awesome thread, keep it up!
 
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