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Kennyy Evony

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anyone know a good article on reliability of psu? My seasonic s12 650w i was using on a light weigt i7 4790 stock speed (UPS said under load 350W and idle around 50-60W with lcd display) after 2 years killed every component in my system it was powered off and just wouldn't turn on anymore today i took psu out and it smells of burnt plastic and electronics as well as the entire system. mobo confirmed dead and have no other system to test the rest of the components.P.S. i keep my system clean and take care of the hardware quite well so not something I've done wrong since i don't o'c and it was completely powered off last couple days.
 
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I had the exact same unit for my backup Sandy Bridge build and it died. Fortunately no components were ruined. It left a bad taste in my mouth for Seasonic who I know is an OEM PSU maker for other vendors like Corsair and EVGA. I would recommend an EVGA Supernova G3 series PSU which core build is made by Super Flower.

In your case however that PSU should not have allowed components to get damaged. Supposed better quality PSUs have better built in protection to keep exactly that from happening.

I had the exact same unit for my backup Sandy Bridge build and it died. Fortunately no components were ruined. It left a bad taste in my mouth for Seasonic who I know is an OEM PSU maker for other vendors like Corsair and EVGA. I would recommend an EVGA Supernova G3 series PSU which core build is made by Super Flower.

In your case however that PSU should not have allowed components to get damaged. Supposed better quality PSUs have better built in protection to keep exactly that from happening.

 
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yes wasnt ups. i've checked. shorted green and black on 24pin mobo connector. also checked with another power supply on the same outlet. seasonic doesnt spin up the spare did. not to mention the smell of burnt plastic and electronics from the PSU vent is a dead give away... I guess Asus Z97-a usb 3.1 board that got fried is too susceptible to PSU failures.
 

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i'll have to give your recommendation a go. just purchased a rosewell on sale from new egg no one said anything bad about them so far as well. had to act fast the sale ended couple minutes ago. if its a bad one i'll have to keep it as an emergency spare
 

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have to use UPS due to idiots blowing circuit in the building since im in an apartment complex and it blows main circuit-breaker outside. none of the other devices, router modem were damaged at all by this issue and they were also plugged in to the same UPS. so could't have been it. I also changed batteries out in it and test it periodically couple times a year. Im just surprised it was able to fry the board while system is powered down. I mean z97-a usb 3.1 still uses a bit of power even while powered down to charge usb devices but that shouldnt have made the PSU go up in smoke...
 


I have a Z97-AR and love it. It's tied to an EVGA SuperNova 750W G2 (the G3 is the newer series line).



Be careful on Rosewill. It's who the OEM is that makes their core PSU. What was the model? Tom's has a PSU tier list here, from Tier 1 being the best to Tier 4-5 being dangerous.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
 

Kennyy Evony

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thanks for the link. looks like the one i just got is: Capstone series Super Flower "Tier Two"
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182262
ill look for Tier 1 tomorrow
 


Ditto, especially given a UPS was there to avoid any outlet damage.
I'd say it's a high power draw GPU if I had to guess.
 

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not the issue either still using my old asus 560 gti the entire system was about 350watts under full load playing a game the PSU was rated 650W.