My build is just two days old, and suddenly the PSU popped + there was a flash at the rear (but I didn't smell something weird nor saw any smoke). And the power in my house went down (not quite sure which happened first, power down first or psu broke first).
I didn't do anything, no games, no strenuous tasks. The PC was idle.
Power cable was not directly plugged to the wall, I'm using UPS (Prolink PRO700SFT).
Here's the spec:
Mb: Asrock A320M-HDV
CPU: Ryzen 3 2200G
RAM: 2x 4GB Apacer Panther DDR4
HDD: 1TB WD Blue
PSU that broke: Seasonic ECO-430
I've brought back the PSU (along with whole PC) to the seller, who was also assembled my PC. He will RMA the PSU tomorrow.
I've tested my PC with his PSU, thank God all other components are safe and it can boot into Windows. Although I haven't test my HDD with programs like CrystalDiskInfo or something like that.
So, the questions:
I didn't do anything, no games, no strenuous tasks. The PC was idle.
Power cable was not directly plugged to the wall, I'm using UPS (Prolink PRO700SFT).
Here's the spec:
Mb: Asrock A320M-HDV
CPU: Ryzen 3 2200G
RAM: 2x 4GB Apacer Panther DDR4
HDD: 1TB WD Blue
PSU that broke: Seasonic ECO-430
I've brought back the PSU (along with whole PC) to the seller, who was also assembled my PC. He will RMA the PSU tomorrow.
I've tested my PC with his PSU, thank God all other components are safe and it can boot into Windows. Although I haven't test my HDD with programs like CrystalDiskInfo or something like that.
So, the questions:
- First, will the other components last longer like there was no incident like that?
- Second, I heard if the PSU died it can bust the whole system, in worst case scenario. Do modern hardware nowadays like PSU and motherboard have some kind of protection to prevent that?
- Last, I'm sure a few days later I will get the replacement unit. But if I bought another one at the price range of ECO-430, what PSU is good for me? The price of ECO-430 here is IDR 650000 / around USD 45.