What I think killed my Athlon 64

Lead Head · May 28th, 2006

I am beginning to think that it was my Power Supply that took out my Athlon 64's mobo, I opened the PSU i used in it yesterday, 2 things I noticed, 1. Extremely small heatsinks,2. the PCB in the PSU was charred abit around a diode and some resistors were kind of flaking

sbohdan · May 28th, 2006

sorry to hear that man :( get an antec, you can't go wrong with it.

**simple_inhibition** · May 28th, 2006

yup, ive had great luck with antecs. hopefully when the mobo went up it didnt take anything else with it *crosses fingers*

**Capper** · May 28th, 2006

I think Antec makes some of the best PSUs on the market, the only drawback that I see is the wiring done on them is less than stellar.
Antec, Fortron, Thermaltake, and Seasonic all are very nice PSUs

Lead Head · May 28th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by simple_inhibition

yup, ive had great luck with antecs. hopefully when the mobo went up it didnt take anything else with it *crosses fingers*

Nope, everything else is fine :)

**drew and not u** · May 28th, 2006

Hmmmm, that sounds familiar. Sounds like, oh wait, exactly what I told you months ago!

=P

polobunny · May 29th, 2006

Only thing bad about Antec I can say is that their customer service is crap. You'll need to literally beg for a RMA number.

A bit of background, I'm a computer technician. I'm not the best one, as there is always someone better than you but I know my things.
I had a really bad experience returning a 350W SmartPower 2.0 to them, something that should have been almost automatic since I clearly told them the problem, how I troubleshooted the whole thing and arrived to the conclusion it was the power supply. I took around 4 days discussing with a tech to get a number, and this tech was less than techy in my opinion, declaring that the power supply was too advanced for the motherboard I was using, motherboard being the same as in my signature.
Anyway, except for that bad experience with them, I'm pretty happy with their products. They're reliable, and while some users found voltages to be fluctuating on some power supplies I had none of this myself.

Thermaltake on the other hand... From my experience with their power supply, they tend to make alot of noise. And i'm not talking about fan noise, i'm talking about electrical noise you can hear... None has failed yet, and no RMA experience with them either so can't really say i'm disapointed.

And lol Lead Head, thats what you get from running Rosetta 24/24 on a cheap PSU. ;D
*stabs with pointy stick*

wtcnbrwndo4u · June 10th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by polobunny

Only thing bad about Antec I can say is that their customer service is crap. You'll need to literally beg for a RMA number.

A bit of background, I'm a computer technician. I'm not the best one, as there is always someone better than you but I know my things.
I had a really bad experience returning a 350W SmartPower 2.0 to them, something that should have been almost automatic since I clearly told them the problem, how I troubleshooted the whole thing and arrived to the conclusion it was the power supply. I took around 4 days discussing with a tech to get a number, and this tech was less than techy in my opinion, declaring that the power supply was too advanced for the motherboard I was using, motherboard being the same as in my signature.
Anyway, except for that bad experience with them, I'm pretty happy with their products. They're reliable, and while some users found voltages to be fluctuating on some power supplies I had none of this myself.

Thermaltake on the other hand... From my experience with their power supply, they tend to make alot of noise. And i'm not talking about fan noise, i'm talking about electrical noise you can hear... None has failed yet, and no RMA experience with them either so can't really say i'm disapointed.

And lol Lead Head, thats what you get from running Rosetta 24/24 on a cheap PSU. ;D
*stabs with pointy stick*

That would be 24/7 polobunny. :D

I would go for an Antec too. Cheap, reliable, powerful. Enermax and Fortron throw PSUs in the same price area too.

polobunny · June 10th, 2006

Oh yeah that's what I meant. Go away now. shoo. :P
I cannot get access easily to Fortron and not long ago my best provider of Enermax PSU stopped carrying them. Too sad because Enermax RMA was really easy. In fact I could do it "on the spot" at my provider because they could always get an exchange no matter what. With Antec they don't even want to take the risk of staying with a broken PSU. =/

wtcnbrwndo4u · June 10th, 2006

Here's one. 535W, dual 12V rails, 18 amps on each rail. $89.99. It's also SLI certified for you, so you can use your dandy CrossFire feature... 2 years from now. :D

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103512

If you don't want that, there's a 420W... also with dual 12V rails and 18 amps on each. $69.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103459

May 28th, 2006	#1
Lead Head Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rhode Island USA Posts: 1,716	What I think killed my Athlon 64 I am beginning to think that it was my Power Supply that took out my Athlon 64's mobo, I opened the PSU i used in it yesterday, 2 things I noticed, 1. Extremely small heatsinks,2. the PCB in the PSU was charred abit around a diode and some resistors were kind of flaking Opteron 64 165--1.5GB DDR--ECS KA1 MVP(thanks HL!)--x1800GTO 256MB--Seagate 320GB SATA--Antec 550 Watt--Antec P180

May 28th, 2006	#2
sbohdan VGA tuner & F@H Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 600	sorry to hear that man :( get an antec, you can't go wrong with it. Main rig: Chieftec modded case,MSI P4N Diamond, D830@3.48Ghz,1.4V,928FSB 2GB patriot Extreme Performance 6400@900Mhz, 4-4-4-17 Inno3D 7900GT@542Mhz/1.6Ghz, Thermalright SI-97 Samsung 320GB, Maxtor 250GB; Antec 500W Swiftech NB, Asus StarIceBlue CPU cooler; XP Pro Laptop: Dell XPS 1530 (T7500; 3GB 667 RAM; 160GB 7200rpm HDD; 8600GT; Vista 32bit) my 6800LE mod

May 28th, 2006	#3
simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,436 Blog Entries: 1	yup, ive had great luck with antecs. hopefully when the mobo went up it didnt take anything else with it crosses fingers Q6600 @ 3.6ghz (400x9 @ 1.408v) Gigabyte X38-DQ6 2x2GB G-Skill DDR2 1000 @ DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15 2T 2.1v Visiontek HD4870 Seagate 7200.11 500GB 32MB Cache HDD Razer Barracuda AC1 Silverstone DA750 Samsung Dual Layer DVD Burner Lian Li G70WB Thermochill PA120.3\|Swiftech Storm Rev.2\|Swiftech MCP 655

May 28th, 2006	#4
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,665 Blog Entries: 6	I think Antec makes some of the best PSUs on the market, the only drawback that I see is the wiring done on them is less than stellar. Antec, Fortron, Thermaltake, and Seasonic all are very nice PSUs INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

May 28th, 2006	#6
drew and not u The Pizza Killer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: where do you friggin live?? Posts: 1,749	Hmmmm, that sounds familiar. Sounds like, oh wait, exactly what I told you months ago! =P P5K-E wifi/ E8400 @ 4.0 / Scythe Ninja Copper / 2GB Hyper-X DDR2-800 / 7800GT / Antec 1200 / Corsair HX-520 P5W DH Deluxe wifi/ E7200 @ 4.0 / 2GB Ballistix DDR2-800 / 7600GT (passive) / P180B / Seasonic SS-550HT / Zalman Reserator V2 Optiplex 755 / E2180 / 4GB DDR2 / 160GB HD / ATI HD 2400 Dual-ISP Network aim: drewandnotu \| Skype: drew-and-not-u

May 29th, 2006	#7
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,595 Blog Entries: 6	Only thing bad about Antec I can say is that their customer service is crap. You'll need to literally beg for a RMA number. A bit of background, I'm a computer technician. I'm not the best one, as there is always someone better than you but I know my things. I had a really bad experience returning a 350W SmartPower 2.0 to them, something that should have been almost automatic since I clearly told them the problem, how I troubleshooted the whole thing and arrived to the conclusion it was the power supply. I took around 4 days discussing with a tech to get a number, and this tech was less than techy in my opinion, declaring that the power supply was too advanced for the motherboard I was using, motherboard being the same as in my signature. Anyway, except for that bad experience with them, I'm pretty happy with their products. They're reliable, and while some users found voltages to be fluctuating on some power supplies I had none of this myself. Thermaltake on the other hand... From my experience with their power supply, they tend to make alot of noise. And i'm not talking about fan noise, i'm talking about electrical noise you can hear... None has failed yet, and no RMA experience with them either so can't really say i'm disapointed. And lol Lead Head, thats what you get from running Rosetta 24/24 on a cheap PSU. ;D stabs with pointy stick

June 10th, 2006	#9
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,595 Blog Entries: 6	Oh yeah that's what I meant. Go away now. shoo. :P I cannot get access easily to Fortron and not long ago my best provider of Enermax PSU stopped carrying them. Too sad because Enermax RMA was really easy. In fact I could do it "on the spot" at my provider because they could always get an exchange no matter what. With Antec they don't even want to take the risk of staying with a broken PSU. =/

June 10th, 2006	#10
wtcnbrwndo4u Resident Brownie Join Date: May 2006 Location: KS Posts: 2,187	Here's one. 535W, dual 12V rails, 18 amps on each rail. $89.99. It's also SLI certified for you, so you can use your dandy CrossFire feature... 2 years from now. :D http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103512 If you don't want that, there's a 420W... also with dual 12V rails and 18 amps on each. $69.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103459 - Core 2 Quad Q6600 - DFI Infinity 975X - 4GB Corsair XMS2 w/ DHX DDR2-800 - 250GB Seagate 7200.10RPM + 160GB Hitachi 5400.4RPM - ATi Radeon X1900XT 256MB - Cooler Master Centurion 5 + OCZ StealthXStream 600W - Acer 19" P191W Monitor - Logitech Z-5500 Digital + Logitech MX Revolution - Vista Ultimate x64

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