any one order a smoked pc?

[WelshD1K]

well installed my *BRAND NEW* tt 420w psu earlier and ende dup with a room full of smoke . on the first boot as soon as it reached the post ....

LOL!!!

Fing pc's

wooo hooo

the shop i purchused froms aid to return it for a 550w one to be returned to me . oh and to send him any faulty hardware that the psu may have caused... >< 8800gtx that says low power mode all the time ><

 

[Rastalovich]

Absolute reps for the coverage !

That's a heck of alot of smoke, most psus I've experienced the iec lead going pop b4 the unit.

 

[WelshD1K]

Absolute reps for the coverage !

That's a heck of alot of smoke, most psus I've experienced the iec lead going pop b4 the unit.

it didnt pop... it just kept going >< i went downstairs to get a drink + i came back up to a room full of smoke . and it still boots now untill it gets to the xp load screen and then it restarts ... oh atleast it did till it proper popped outside and made a nice big bang ><

 

[sprento]

Dude, run it for 5 min, fry everything and get nicey new ones for free !

 

[Brooksie]

lol thermaltake, reps for taking the pics though

 

[JN]

Whoa good job mate! Shame they've asked you to return it really. Would have been interesting to see what the cause of death was.

I had a PSU arrive a few weeks ago with a screw floating around inside! had I have turned that on I'm sure it would have been an interesting fireworks display

 

[monkey7]

+reps

Good coverage from the shop, but quite a lousy psu :/ Just confirms once again not to skimp on the quality of your psu.

 

[WelshD1K]

+reps

Good coverage from the shop, but quite a lousy psu :/ Just confirms once again not to skimp on the quality of your psu.

Thermaltake isnt skimping?!?!?!

 

[tinytomlogan]

Thermaltake toughpowers are reasonable psu's anything else can be iffy and the one you have/had is knocking on abit now.

 

[WelshD1K]

aii well tis proper DEAD now lmao

 

[Diablo]

Agreed, toughpowers are made by a decent OEM (forget who) from memory, so they are OK. PSUs are one of those things not to skimp on.

Reps for that smoke filled room

 

[WelshD1K]

stupid thing ><

need a new psu now ><

 

[mrapoc]

no matter who made it, anything thermaltake is somethin id aim to avoid

altho could probably happen to any brand

 

[WelshD1K]

no matter who made it, anything thermaltake is somethin id aim to avoid

altho could probably happen to any brand

.....

ok then i ran a tt750 for over a year with no hassle powering 8800gt's 8800gtx's and even a 3870x2 .. along with a quad @ 3.6 their psu's are amazing value for money

 

[midnightray]

Aye TT psus are ok its just there water cooling stuff u avoid.

Wow, only ever had 1 PSU go on me, small bang and a burning smell not a cloud of smoke.

 

[Diablo]

I'm happy with my toughpower 1500w...seems pretty stable and even on heavy load the votages are within about .5% of where they should be.

 

[mrapoc]

just saying from my experience i would avoid them (myself)

id rather pc power and cooling or ocz, corsair

 

[tinytomlogan]

I'm happy with my toughpower 1500w...seems pretty stable and even on heavy load the votages are within about .5% of where they should be.

Thats cos its 2 750watters like welshys was on about in one unit practically

They just got the vaseline out and slipped it in

 

[Diablo]

Yeah, suits me though, although the case is pretty big. Hope its not vaseline, otherwise we could be onto a repeat of Welshy's PSU...:micro:

 

[JN]

Yeah, suits me though, although the case is pretty big. Hope its not vaseline, otherwise we could be onto a repeat of Welshy's PSU...:micro:

Its basically the same PSU as the Corsair HX1000. Made in the same factory, same PCB layout. Only thing thats different is the quality of a few capacitors and the fact that Thermaltake milked it for all its worth labelling it as "1500w" whereas Corsair were much more conservative and called it "1000w".