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oklorr
post Oct 14 2020, 12:27 AM

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My rig has these symptoms where it will fail to start and die immediately after I pressed the power on button, when it dies, I have to either wait for about 10-15mins before I can press the power on button again as it is not responding, or I just pull out the ATX power cable from the MOBO and plug it in again. I'm pretty sure the cable is securely plugged in and is not loosen.
Sometimes it also auto rebooted again during the windows booting process and even freeze in the midst of operating the windows, e.g playing youtube video. Replaced MOBO earlier but issue still persists. Spec as below -

AMD FX8320
GIgabyte 970-Gaming MOBO
Windows 10
4GB x 2 DDR3 RAM
Radeon HD7850
Sandisk SSD 500G SATA
WD HDD 500G SATA
Corsair VS550 PSU

Not sure if the issue related to PSU but seems like it, so just wanted to look for a PSU replacement that is within the range of RM200-250++. Very light gaming, youtube, drama and MS Word/PDF works most of the time.

Any recommendation, sifu?

This post has been edited by oklorr: Oct 14 2020, 12:37 AM
oklorr
post Oct 14 2020, 10:28 AM

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QUOTE(Cold|Drawn @ Oct 14 2020, 01:01 AM)
that's quite an old rig. PSU assume also an old unit right?
if you can't boot upon pressing power button, very likely PSU KO dy.
can consider:
FSP Hyper K 500W 80+ white - Rm161

you can actually chat with the seller from lazada and bring your unit over to their shop for checking
see if you can score a free quick test from them provided with the promise that you'll buy the PSU if proven faulty
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Yes it is a pretty old PSU which I bought it together with my build 8 years ago biggrin.gif

Thanks for the recommendation, I'm also looking at the FSP Hydro K series 600W. Would this overkill?
oklorr
post Oct 14 2020, 03:09 PM

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QUOTE(Cold|Drawn @ Oct 14 2020, 11:26 AM)
no, not really extra headroom for the system is always better.
plus the price diff is not too huge, also the Hydro K is 80+ bronze which has better power efficiency too.
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Ok got it. Can I say, Hydro K 500W is more than enough for my usage since its power efficiency is better with 80+ bronze , correct?

 

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