PSU blown again??

[benjanini61]

Hey all, just over a month ago i upgraded from a crappy G7 Power Extreme 680w which blew on me for a Corsair 600w CX V2 but last night the same damn thing happened!!!(While gaming) The Corsair lasted just over a month yet the G7 lasted over 5 months. I dont understand how the corsair was out done by a non brand PSU and yet the Corsair is a strong enough PSU to manage my system+overclocking. What could be the reason for these PSU's going so often??

My Rig:
Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE OC to 4Ghz 24/7
MSI Twin Frozr III PE HD6950 OC 850/1325 to 910/1375
Kingston 4GB DDR3 Ram 1333Mhz
Gigabyte 970A-DS3
Liteon Blu-ray cd/dvd Drive
Samsung 500GB 7200Rpm HDD

Thanks, Ben

 

[AlderonnX]

Are you plugged straight into the wall socket?

 

[bigcyco1]

That's why i only buy gold rated seasonic PSU now CX-600 v2 = Channel Well(CWT)have no idea why it burned out on you though

 

[bigcyco1]

I trust consair as far as my 5 year old could throw them which isn't very far lol although there AX series is made by seasonic so i suppose you can trust it.

 

[bigcyco1]

typo corsair

 

[Traildriver]

Rural or urban power supplier? Industrial area or retail or strictly suburia? Do you have the PC in a building with large motors, compressor and such that have high startup power surges associated with them? Do you have the PC on a dedicated circuit from your breaker/fuse panel or are there other items as well. Any of the above could be sources/causes of unreliable steady electricity.

If so, get a quality power "conditioning unit" such as from APC (American Power Conversion for example), get another quality brand PSU and try again.

 

[hefox]

@Benjanini61: I bought a Corsair 550M and it worked for just one split second so....you are lucky. It can happen. I suggest buying a ups, just in case.

 

[rdc85]

The PSU is blown up or just the protection that blown...

if the protection was blown there maybe a problem in another place....

(but we cannot know for sure if we don't open the PSU and broke the warranty)

edit: A good thing is to buy power conditioning device......

 

[bigcyco1]

who ever hit the thumbs down on my comment needs to grow the hell up

 

[benjanini61]

Hey all thanks for the replies. Yes its plugged straight into a wall plug.
Traildriver; Residential area, with none of the things u mentioned in my house, im no electricity expert either so cant answer that last one. But i use a 2 wall plugs which both have adapters attached turning it into a quad-socket and its supplying the PSU, lamp, bass and monitor. Could this be the problem??? should i plug the PSU into its own wall socket rather than going through an adapter.

 

[benjanini61]

also whats a UPS, APC, conditioning unit?

 

[smorizio]

from the wall you want to use two good computer power strips. apc and ups are large battery with a transformer between them it keep spikes and dips in power from hitting your computer. if the power dips the battery kicks in and keeps your pc up till you can shut it down safely.

 

[benjanini61]

Would something like this do?

 

[benjanini61]

http://www.ebuyer.com/45748-belkin-e-series-6-socket-surgestrip-cable-3-metre-f9e600uk3m

 

[smorizio]

yes i use that brand here in my house i have two of them..the printer on one and the computer and monitor on the other.

 

[benjanini61]

Will a multi socket strip give protection to all the attached appliances? And does anyone have an idea of why the PSU blew, as its good quality and should be able to handle my system.

Could it be my overclocking?? At the time when it blew i was on The Witcher 2 maxed out 1080p without Ubersampling.
With the CPU at 4Ghz and GPU from 1325/850 to 910/1375 The 910/1375 profile is actually meant for BF3 as it has frozen on The Witcher 2 before, with that profile, so i usually lower it to 890 but i forgot to change it.
Also this may help with troubleshooting my prob; when the first PSU blew (which was a *** one but still) i was using Furmark stress test with the 910 profile and it blew after about 12 mins, so from this im guessing it is due to my GPU pulling to much power?? Maybe i should keep the OC down. And on these profiles i keep the Voltages at stock.

Any advice is appreciated guys i dont want it to happen again.

 

[InvalidError]

Will a multi socket strip give protection to all the attached appliances? And does anyone have an idea of why the PSU blew, as its good quality and should be able to handle my system.

Quality power strip and UPS usually filter their incoming power which means all outputs are inherently filtered.

As for why your PSUs are blowing up regardless of build quality, this might mean you have exceptionally dirty utility power which could be causing the PSUs to exceed their SOA enough do damage/destroy them. If power at your location really is that bad though, I would expect a lot more than just PC PSUs to fail prematurely unless it is problems specific to the electrical circuit/outlet your computer is plugged into.

 

[benjanini61]

What do you recommend i do?? Buy a Power strip and also place it into a different power socket? And ye im pretty sure our utility power is ok coz nothing else has ever been blown in our house except the PSUs. Could it just be the fact that im running 4 appliances out of 2 sockets?

 

[benjanini61]

http://www.ebuyer.com/91764-apc-basic-surge-protector-p1-uk-surge-suppressor-p1-uk

This one looks more suitable for me will it do the trick?

 

[InvalidError]

What do you recommend i do?? Buy a Power strip and also place it into a different power socket?

Not just any random power strip, one that has quality surge suppression like APC SurgeArrest.

Could it just be the fact that im running 4 appliances out of 2 sockets?

Which appliances would those be? Trivial loads like desk lamps and computer peripherals (except maybe laser printer) should be inconsequential.

If you have a room air conditioner or dehumidifier on the same circuit though, that might be a problem.

 

[benjanini61]

No its just the PSU, HD Monitor, sound system (2.1) and desk lamp.

 

[thee_prisoner]

Do you have many lightning strikes in your area? UPS=Uninterrupted power supply plus they offer some decent to great surge protection. If you don't need a the battery back up of an UPS, a very good power strip will work. Depending on sales etc sometimes a UPS is as cheap as a decent power strip. So go for the the UPS.

APC is a company that makes UPSs and power strips. They are a good company. I even use old APCs on my other electronics, for example my stereo, TV and etc. The batteries are dead in them but they still offer some nice surge protection.

Happy surge protecting, the Prisoner.

 

[benjanini61]

Ok im on hols atm ill get back to you guys when im back and and looking at UPSs or power strips to buy.