PSU Carnage - Need Advice for a better quality one.

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Quote from: dimke_yu on June 14, 2013, 03:10:53 AM

You should check out FSP Aurum Gold 1200W. My runs 4 x 7950 Vapor-x and it is doing great. It has single rail of 100A 8 x 8pin pcie cables and it is pretty quiet.

Thanks for the suggestion. I decided to go ahead with the Rosewill model.

and this one:
Rosewill LIGHTNING-1300 1300W ($219.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182063

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You should check out FSP Aurum Gold 1200W. My runs 4 x 7950 Vapor-x and it is doing great. It has single rail of 100A 8 x 8pin pcie cables and it is pretty quiet.

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Quote from: zackclark70 on June 13, 2013, 01:16:30 PM

Quote from: bitbyebit on June 13, 2013, 12:45:24 PM

I haven't tried that but I will. Thanks for suggesting it. I am just starting on this hobby.

no probs if you need advice pm me

thanks
zack

Hello: Well I tried everything again. I'm pretty sure this PSU is dead. I ended up ordering the Rosewill Lightning 1300w. Hopefully I will be safer with enough power.

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Quote from: Cpt_Ginu on June 13, 2013, 11:40:59 AM

No reason to facepalm...His Kill-A-Watt would measure the wall usage. The rating is for what the PSU will put out. Since the efficiency isn't 100% his hope wasn't that misplaced. I would go bigger to get some headroom but that psu should have been able to handle.

Ok ok. I admit that was a little bit snarky. Apologies. Did not consider other things on the Kill-A-Watt.

I'm a bit OCD and like to have 20% headroom on my PSU's for the TDP I'm doing per chassis.

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Quote from: bitbyebit on June 13, 2013, 12:45:24 PM

I haven't tried that but I will. Thanks for suggesting it. I am just starting on this hobby.

no probs if you need advice pm me

thanks
zack

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I haven't tried that but I will. Thanks for suggesting it. I am just starting on this hobby.

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Quote from: bitbyebit on June 13, 2013, 12:35:00 PM

Quote from: zackclark70 on June 13, 2013, 12:17:46 PM

Quote from: bitbyebit on June 13, 2013, 11:55:33 AM

Yes, it handled it for about three days.

what part of the psu failed ?

Well the fan is not turning on the PSU anymore. I do see the LED lights on the MOBO but the PSU will not turn on. I unplugged everything from the mobo and the PSU still doensnt turn on. I checked the MOBO and I dont see any burnt plugs.

have you tryed terning it on with the bare minimum conected to the motherboard ?

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Quote from: zackclark70 on June 13, 2013, 12:17:46 PM

Quote from: bitbyebit on June 13, 2013, 11:55:33 AM

Yes, it handled it for about three days.

what part of the psu failed ?

Well the fan is not turning on the PSU anymore. I do see the LED lights on the MOBO but the PSU will not turn on. I unplugged everything from the mobo and the PSU still doensnt turn on. I checked the MOBO and I dont see any burnt plugs.

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Quote from: bitbyebit on June 13, 2013, 11:55:33 AM

Yes, it handled it for about three days.

what part of the psu failed ?

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Yes, it handled it for about three days.

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Quote from: Xian01 on June 13, 2013, 10:55:38 AM

Quote from: bitbyebit on June 13, 2013, 07:03:18 AM

My Killawatt was saying around 900-910 was being used. I was hoping my 850w psu could handle it but it couldn't.

*facepalm*

No reason to facepalm...His Kill-A-Watt would measure the wall usage. The rating is for what the PSU will put out. Since the efficiency isn't 100% his hope wasn't that misplaced. I would go bigger to get some headroom but that psu should have been able to handle.

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Quote from: bitbyebit on June 13, 2013, 07:03:18 AM

My Killawatt was saying around 900-910 was being used. I was hoping my 850w psu could handle it but it couldn't.

*facepalm*

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Argee the corsair ax range are awesome, thumbs up from me I run three 1200w all powering four 7950s per rig.

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buy your self a ax1200 and you will have no problems ( i have ax1200s on my 4 card rigs i get 2500kh out of 4 cards pulling 925w from the wall )

i have also got a 3 card rig with hx750 710w from the wall

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I'm pretty happy with my XFX 1250W unit. Got excellent review at Jonnyguru, and it's basically a cheaper Seasonic (same guts, different case).

I've also got an older Zalman 1000W which is fine, too. I got it used off eBay, though it's a bit short of PCI-E connectors, so resorted to Molex adapters which I don't like using.

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My Killawatt was saying around 900-910 was being used. I was hoping my 850w psu could handle it but it couldn't. I'm leaning to the Rosewill being that so many people have given it such good reviews compared to the other.

Quote from: wheatrich on June 13, 2013, 01:30:32 AM

As noted 4 sapphires + components needs more power than what you were giving it.

My advise is to figure out how much power you need and get a power supply that has more W's than that (add some to be on the safe side).

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Quote from: r3wt on June 13, 2013, 12:04:01 AM

Quote from: ssateneth on June 13, 2013, 12:01:15 AM

about the lepa 1600W, but I am not a fan of multi rail. I absolutely hate load balancing.

all modern psu's are dual rail.

No they aren't.

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Quote from: r3wt on June 13, 2013, 12:04:01 AM

Quote from: ssateneth on June 13, 2013, 12:01:15 AM

about the lepa 1600W, but I am not a fan of multi rail. I absolutely hate load balancing.

all modern psu's are dual rail.

Not true, my OCZ gold 1250W PSU is single rail and I ran 4 7970s on it for 18 months.
http://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/zardon/ocz-zx-1250w-power-supply-review/

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As noted 4 sapphires + components needs more power than what you were giving it.

My advise is to figure out how much power you need and get a power supply that has more W's than that (add some to be on the safe side).

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Quote from: ssateneth on June 13, 2013, 12:01:15 AM

about the lepa 1600W, but I am not a fan of multi rail. I absolutely hate load balancing.

all modern psu's are dual rail.

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