I've had horrific luck with Antec power supplies over the last couple
of years, these days I'm preferring Enermax or Corsair units, both of
which I've had zero problems with.
On 17 May 2008, at 00:16, Scott Sipe wrote:
What brand PSUs are people liking today? For a single GPU, 2 HDD rig?
The first computer--that had dead HDD and video card--is in an Antec
sonata case with whatever psu came with it. So I hope it wasn't heat
or psu issues there.
Scott
On May 16, 2008, at 2:54 AM, j maccraw wrote:
Could be but I'd suspect PSU & cooling issues played a
part in there also.
Scott Sipe wrote:
Do I have really bad luck??
In the only two non-business related computers I've
built in the last ~2
years, I've had a lot of things go wrong! I've never
had graphic cards
fail before, but I guess with the
heat/energy/complexity of the latest
cards, it's become a lot more common?
1st computer--ATI x1900XT graphics card emitted a
very audible
high-pitched whine. RMAed. replacement card started
getting artifacts
just after the 1 year warranty ended, now crashes
when entering 3d mode
at all. Original hard disk also died (seagate, in
warranty period
thankfully). In the meanwhile, still running
original WD Raptor!
2nd computer (dell)--added an nvidia 8800gt to a
q6600 dell, it works
fine for 1.5 months, and then starts crashing hard.
graphic artifacts
from the second the screen turns on.
Scott
