Question Is my PSU dead on arrival or am I doing something wrong?

[Eternalll]

I just got my Thermaltake Smart Series 600w PSU in, I hooked everything up, went to turn it on, and nothing, I already tried shorting the pins instead of using the power button but same thing. Whenever I attempt to turn it on the fans spin for like half a second and then nothing, I checked the PSU fan and it just clicks kind of? as in it barely even moves, it tries to but just clicks back in place. It did come with a warranty which is good so I can take it back, but I want to know if it’s something I can fix myself easily or if it’s a hardware mismatch so I know to get a refund instead of a replacement.

SPECS:
Motherboard - ASUS A320M-K
GPU - ASUS 1070 OC (the white one if you go to search it up)
CPU - Ryzen 5 4500
SSD - M.2 Western Digital 1TB
PSU - Thermaltake Smart Series 600w

 

[Eternalll]

It’s worth noting that that “shell” or whatever on the PSU wasn’t in place when I opened it but I was able to push it down to pop back in place (I didn’t mess it up myself lmao I didn’t push that hard)

 

[Eternalll]

Just checked the power cord and the CMOS battery, it wasn’t that either..

 

[DSzymborski]

Honestly, I'd take the opportunity to return it since it's a low quality PSU anyway. Then worry about it if a decent budget PSU also fails to work.

A history of this problem would be helpful. I don't know if this is a build you just made or a build that was working and stopped working. We need to know the whole story to solve the mystery, not just selected parts.

 

[Eternalll]

Honestly, I'd take the opportunity to return it since it's a low quality PSU anyway. Then worry about it if a decent budget PSU also fails to work.

Yeah makes sense, it’s a bummer though because it took almost a month to get here and I assume the returns won’t be faster, I was just kind of hoping if there was anything else I could test to guarantee that it was dead and not a mismatch

 

[Eternalll]

Yeah makes sense, it’s a bummer though because it took almost a month to get here and I assume the returns won’t be faster, I was just kind of hoping if there was anything else I could test to guarantee that it was dead and not a mismatch

Are there any other good relatively cheap brands you’d recommend instead?

 

[DSzymborski]

Are there any other good relatively cheap brands you’d recommend instead?

The Corsair CX ones -- not the decade old ones with green lettering in the branding -- tend to be the least expensive PSUs I'd ever want to connect any 70-class GPU to. Yes, the 1070 is no longer a new card, but like an old German car, higher-tier GPUs don't become cheaper to run when their prices fall.

 

[--SID--]

The Corsair CX ones

Not anymore. CX 2023 is a relabled CV. CX550 2023 has the same group regulated platform like the CV550. CX650/750 2023 have DC-DC but still double forward on the primary.

 

[Eternalll]

Not anymore. CX 2023 is a relabled CV. CX550 2023 has the same group regulated platform like the CV550. CX650/750 2023 have DC-DC but still double forward on the primary.

So which one should I get, I also do plan on maybe upgrading my GPU sometime in the future so idk, kinda lost here honestly

 

[--SID--]

So which one should I get, I also do plan on maybe upgrading my GPU sometime in the future so idk, kinda lost here honestly

Where do you buy?

 

[Eternalll]

Where do you buy?

Online. Amazon, eBay, whatever I just need a decent budget 600w that’ll work preferably under 60$

 

[Eximo]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mn...-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-mag-a550bn

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8L...-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-mag-a650bn

Not the best, but they should get the job done.

 

[--SID--]

Add an extra 10 for a ATX3.0 unit like https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hD...-modular-atx-power-supply-ps-spd-0750mnfabu-3 that can power a next gen GPU.