Hi, anyone do concern with PSU temperature? Normal operating temp & full load temp.

i have been using silverstone zeus 750w for the past 2 years..and yesterday my silverstone finally give all it can and blow off ..
after doin survey on all psu available in my area..i finally purcase acbel m8 740w modular which has 80% certified...
what you guy think of this acbel m8 750 psu as i try google more info on this psu but very limited...

I thought Silverstone reputated with high quality PSU, May I know ur rig spec and any OC setting & possible details about the power source connect from PSU to wall plug scoket (do u use extension and share to multiple devices on that extension), I realised OC did increase my PSU temperature up to 45 °C after running 48 hours PSU fan do auto increase fan speed to make it maintain under 45 °C, I get the reading from thermistor paste on PSU case part where near 24pin cable, and w/o OC is <45 °C, 38 - 40 °C, I never close the side case panel which I am sure the air flow inside is good enough (imagine 100 CFM ram cooler blow the hot air out set to 40 cfm also enough to blow out the hot air, inside the air-cond room ), even read from here or here which proof the 45 °C is normal operating temperature.

Just to want make sure is that every hx620 users have the same temperature reading with / without oc the CPU.

This post has been edited by cinbao: Aug 3 2009, 07:50 AM

me normal use...my spec as in my sig....
btw i using extension and 5 socket connected to the extension including my pc...
i believe, my silverstone already reach its maximum life cos i running 24 hour non stop even sleep or working or outstation my pc will be leave on ...
so how is acbel m8 750 watt

Even if u run 2 years 24/7 non-stop -> 365*2*24 = 17, 520 hours, u shd read about the MTBF of silverstone zeus 750w is 100,000 hours at 25 °C, full load. Urs only utilise 17.52% of Meant Time Between Failures than screw up already, what a poor quality silverstone somemore is zeus version , u shd not share the PSU power with extension somemore up to 5 source socket connect to others, it may cause insufficient power "pump" to ur PSU, and cause current fluctuation (even with APFC, it only help reduce the voltage if too high, never possible generate extra voltage if power source voltage too low), and kill PSU life span, shd be make independant power source to PSU.

But from ur spec, it shd be able to run even with 450w PSU, why that silverstone dead still abit curious , what 5 devices connect to the extension that share the power source with that PSU?

I dunno much about acbel M8, it is modular PSU anyway, and cooler master using acbel PSU and rebrand it, so far I know the greatest PSU is seasonic , next to CWT.

This post has been edited by cinbao: Aug 4 2009, 07:04 AM

ic...i forget to calculate MTBF....the other power socket connected is speaker , LCD, laptop and external drive
i open up the silverstone and i smell bad smell from inside..even my cable with fuse also burn....and i use other cabel to plug in...it came out spark again and burn smell
so i think it is 100% dmg edi...

, lucky it not burst off, u r lucky no injured, when the cable & fuse already burn, that sign already show danger, normally ppl will sent to techinician check or use Digital Voltmeter for those who know how to test, not straight try switch on again. Never do this again!

My advice is, check ur extension / wall plug / and even home wiring type, to make sure the current whether stable.

Overload = Kaboom Danger danger lucky you are alright bro. Last time my buddy cap ayam PSU gone kaboom, result mobo and GPU also gone dead, total damage around 1k

silverstone Psu good for overclock?

Want to know how much power your super duper PC uses ? Get a power meter to measure it ...

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1143357

my budget is max rm350 ?

any idea guys?

thx..

i would like to suggest you the silverstone st56f , good and reliable PSU, i am using it right now, so far so good.

ty...
fogot the system as siggy

**AMD 64x2 5200+ 1.5v(oc 250x13 = 3.2gig)**MSI N275GTX Twin Frozr OC
**Cooler Master Geminii S (120mm fan)**Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum (EX)
**OS Win XP sp3 + VISTA Ultimate sp1 **ASUS M2N-E mobo** HDD WD 160x2 + 160 Segate
**Kingston HyperX ddr2 1GBx2 PC6400 C4 (4-4-4-11) 1.95v **AcBel 450w Intelligent Power
**Cooler Master Centurion 590 ATX Casing Tranparent sidepanel + 5x120mm coolermaster fan
**Acer X203H 20' LCD ** Logitech MX™518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse 1800dpi
**OCZ Freeze Extreme Thermal Compound(mobo,cpu,3dcard)
**eXactMat X speed Razer pad**P1 WIMAX (Modem+ WIFI)(Home Lite)

bought a tagan 700w for rm350 for a friend though......
Thundermatch....dun forget to ask for discount from the hardware counter

Nice price ....i thought its more than RM500???

dude....let us know which tagan you bought?
intrigueddd

antonio,
Well thats the price tag lorr...
heheh

its a Tagan Stonerock 600w

hi guys.

how to know that the psu is still good? i mean, how to know that it can deliver the needed power to power up the cpu? is there any test/trick/software to check this?

@azilazwa

you can check via fluctuation in voltage readings
im trying to locate where did i read about it
but i cant recall it at the moment

Oo. so we have to monitor it manually la. use something like hwmonitor and see the fluctuation by yourself. hmm, is there any software that can be use to stress the psu? something like prime95 for proc? huhu.