Guaranteed not to dramatically explode
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Rastalovich
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All makes for some fun and games.
Would like to have seen the loads spread across the connectors, rather than over just the mobo connector, would depend on the makeup of the el-cheapo psus, but even so.
Corsair do a good 450W psu ?
Would like to have seen the loads spread across the connectors, rather than over just the mobo connector, would depend on the makeup of the el-cheapo psus, but even so.
Corsair do a good 450W psu ?
Heres the deal though. We have no way to know if it was the SAME psu over and over again or how much load was really on it. I had a 250watt Antec that did that but it still kept chugging till finally it died from one big exsplosion. They didnt even mention the hardware used to get this "75%" load. Marketing scam!
daniel-kun
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Eh... nice try! I guess they'd fry their own PSUs, too, if they did the same test on those. Well, most likely they'd take longer to die than two minutes.
But such kind of tests by a manufacturer or distributor themselves are never really trustworthy. They were indeed spectacular, though
But such kind of tests by a manufacturer or distributor themselves are never really trustworthy. They were indeed spectacular, though
looks a fix but brings back bad memories when fitting my first graphics card:
Was round the back pluggin in the vga cable (ahh), turned it on and the cheap psu (weighed less than a calculator) decided that it was gonna POP right in my face - spark and smoke galore...almost put me off completely until i realised it wasnt my fault
Was round the back pluggin in the vga cable (ahh), turned it on and the cheap psu (weighed less than a calculator) decided that it was gonna POP right in my face - spark and smoke galore...almost put me off completely until i realised it wasnt my fault
They took they cover off which is sure to change how the air flows over the heatsinks and components which could well lead to overheating and finally failure of the power supply. If they could have achieved the same affect with the case on I would say that they do have a valid point but as it stands they may as well be shorting them out.
