Hello, I have been wondering something about my PSU, but my research has not gotten me any useful info about it.
I bought a Corsair TX750M around 4 years ago, I used to have a cheap Gigabyte motherboard, well around this time last year that motherboard stopped working completely apparently due to some kind of short circuit or electrical problem, it wasn’t a big deal as I assumed that due to it being such a cheap piece it was just expected for those things to happen, I got an Asrock B250 m pro4 which isn’t that fancy but is what I could find to fit my Core I7 - 7700.
Everything worked flawlessly for a year until last week when my GPU a Gigabyte 1080mini suddenly stopped working while I was gaming, after some fiddling, I discovered that the card was fried but every other component is working fine.
I sent the GPU to a repair shop they said it was a short circuit and that it was probably cause by a faulty PSU or an electrical discharge. power is stable in my house, so I doubt there was any discharge or outside electrical problem I also have an UPS for more safety with that.
I can assumed that the GPU just decided to die because it is also around 4 years old and has been used a lot - not mining, but gaming and rendering constantly - I am still unsure though and want to know if someone has any idea if the PSU can just start killing components sometimes while working perfectly most of the time?
I bought an RTX 3060 that is arriving soon, is quite the investment for me so I want to make sure that everything is good to go before doing something stupid and damaging the new one.
I bought a Corsair TX750M around 4 years ago, I used to have a cheap Gigabyte motherboard, well around this time last year that motherboard stopped working completely apparently due to some kind of short circuit or electrical problem, it wasn’t a big deal as I assumed that due to it being such a cheap piece it was just expected for those things to happen, I got an Asrock B250 m pro4 which isn’t that fancy but is what I could find to fit my Core I7 - 7700.
Everything worked flawlessly for a year until last week when my GPU a Gigabyte 1080mini suddenly stopped working while I was gaming, after some fiddling, I discovered that the card was fried but every other component is working fine.
I sent the GPU to a repair shop they said it was a short circuit and that it was probably cause by a faulty PSU or an electrical discharge. power is stable in my house, so I doubt there was any discharge or outside electrical problem I also have an UPS for more safety with that.
I can assumed that the GPU just decided to die because it is also around 4 years old and has been used a lot - not mining, but gaming and rendering constantly - I am still unsure though and want to know if someone has any idea if the PSU can just start killing components sometimes while working perfectly most of the time?
I bought an RTX 3060 that is arriving soon, is quite the investment for me so I want to make sure that everything is good to go before doing something stupid and damaging the new one.
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