Earthing issue or Faulty PSU?

[Soul_reaper121]

Hey guys i just bought a new Corsair vs450 psu, HyperX 8gb 1866 ram and a gigabyte gtx960 2gb and upgraded my old pc Gigabyte h61m-s1 rev2.1 mobo and core i3-3210! So now after putting everything together.. I happened to touch my case and got a minor shock which I suspect is due to earthing but my old pc which had a shitty psu never acted this way! I have a good surge protector and proper grounding in my whole house! I even checked the mobo standoffs.. And even they are correctly fixed! So what could be the problem? I've heard Vs series is not so good but i thought its corsair so it has to be reliable and enough to power a 960.. So please help guys!

 

[huvik]

I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to ask. when you say minor shock, are you talking about static?

 

[scout_03]

if you put in the old psu do you have electrical shock on the case .

 

[makkem]

Hi
If you touch it and get a shock then touch it again straight away do you get another shock ?
If you get multiple shocks then it is an earthing problem ,if you only get one shock then it is a static problem.

 

[Soul_reaper121]

I get multiple shocks and nope.. This problem wasn't there in my old psu..! And its not static shocls

 

[makkem]

Then you have a problem with your earthing.
As a first step you may want to get one of these and plug it in where your pc is plugged into to see if you have an earth ; http://
Or get an electrician to test the earth from the socket you are plugged into.

 

[Assasin2902]

yes even i had the same problem...my pc didn't evem start when i plugged in my new video card...m sure its ur earthing problem as it was mine...just get it checked by an electrician