Acbel never do it for me...The last time out i got myself an Acbel and it died on me 3 times before i decided to throw it away and get myself a chaplang PSU that never fails me...

Enlight, burn cpu + mobo 2x

Elec Eng friend check the wiring. Miswired at the 20 pin thingy, switch side by side

there no QC test for that particular psu??

and chapalng also, AVF or something. maybe all the chapalang too old all stuff inside kong

This post has been edited by Strike: Jan 4 2007, 11:16 AM

Nothing extreme lah, only 3ghz on air for my X2 and that's it.

Hmmm, i'm thinking about building my own high quality SMPS, just find the parts and buy the PCB and you should be good to go.

300W Hipro (Dell) --> Poof'ed
400W Enlight --> Died
430W Enermax Coolergiant --> Damn u VGA card killa.

Not nearly as "geng" as empy though

My ICute 430W PSU killed my 7600GS. Got a free replacement for both the card and GPU and voila!

I'm now using a 550W CoolerMaster Extreme Power PSU. IIRC, it's 550W. Or was it 500W?

Came across...

iCute = few blown ones, not that many
AVF = as with iCute, few blown ones but not many
L&C = many of these blow suddenly even on low spec machines, bad caps aplenty
No brand cap ayam = many dead on arrival, or have bad voltage rails.

Personal usage, both still working and have tasted 24/7 torture - old Enlight 300W from Pentium III days and 3+ year old Enlight 420W. Also have a spare Delta 300W plus a repaired L&C 250W (replaced bad capacitor).

hmmm. correct me if i m wrong,

noticed the trend. mostly all the 400w to 450w all died~

maybe really have to check on power instead of blaming the brand?

no hard feelings, just an opinion

iCute , got 1 420w died , the rails are unstable

I guess i know it.. might be i-Cute

This post has been edited by yehlai: Jan 4 2007, 05:52 PM

I've used cap ayam PSUs for quite a long time but none really failed me. One cons though for my Icute, not suitable for 24/7 usage, it surely will become unstable after operating long hours.

I agree the same thing.Last time use to have chaplang PSU and Icute & AVF PSU that never fails to power up my old 478socket P4..Nothing too extreme though inside the PC...

just yesterday my enlight 420w died.. been using for 2 years already. there goes a hole in my pocket

Its okay, not like my Antec Truepower 430W, 1 year only suddenly the whole PSU burst
Luckily still got warranty, got back Truepower II 430W instead with dual rails

My PSU never died on me. Even the Chapalang brand. The only thing that killed my PSU was the lightning. Good thing the one strucked was the chapalang one. Then bought Enlight, now using Fortron. Both has been working very nice 24/7~ Only changed cause want a higher watted PSU. Now the Enlight is being used by my friend and still lives just fine 24/7~

i'm using cap ayam on my old and new rig,non of it fails me,maybe its because i didn't on 24/7 or OC,that's why it's still ok (touch wood )

cap ayam psu didn't fail me on my P3 and P4 which i din OC (besides i play with red switch and fan bust )
this new C2D sayang abit give enermax

Could it be that good branded/reputable PSU died because non of the user are using any sort of voltage regulators to regulate the current? I have used Enlight 300W and now using Enermax FMA460W running folding 24/7 and none of this PSU died.

a good PSU should be able to tolerate voltage variations from the mains..

heck.. at my place.. the voltage fluctuates from 230v at night time to a high 250v at daytime..

and according to my UPS, there has been 12 brownouts recorded for the last 2 weeks..

This post has been edited by jinaun: Jan 4 2007, 07:29 PM

lol.. the race for the never ending wattage PSU

Ultra To Unveil 2000W PSU At CES

http://www.techpowerup.com/?22942

None self failing so far after using chapalang brand to enermax.

only cm 350w blown due to my carelessness. however it saved my other components from going RIP with it.