Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU?

2008-05-20 Thread j maccraw
LOL! Some people like to keep current? Know is relative and has expiry dates in this business Duncan! DHSinclair wrote: Why? I think we know what works by now. Price is what we keep discussing. We all have our own favorites. Best, Duncan At 15:16 05/19/2008 -0700, you wrote: CWT as a

Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU?

2008-05-20 Thread DHSinclair
LOL OK. Ugot me! Yes, I accept that Know is relative in this sandbox. I was just observing that most of the psu comments are relative to price. I accept that all of us are not floating in bucks. But, with a psu, I'd rather spend a bit bigger to get the quality and performance I expect. Picky

Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU?

2008-05-19 Thread j maccraw
Antec has had major issues because they use crap caps. They supposedly have fixed the issue but I will not buy another from them. HardOCP has a great power supply forum where people are discussing who actually makes what with what components. http://www.hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=93

Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU?

2008-05-19 Thread j maccraw
CWT as a ODM is supposed to be good. Issues stem from capacitor choices and what the OEM is looking for price point wise. You want to read a real PSU horror story check out HardOCP's review of the store brands from Best Buy and others:

Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU?

2008-05-19 Thread DHSinclair
Why? I think we know what works by now. Price is what we keep discussing. We all have our own favorites. Best, Duncan At 15:16 05/19/2008 -0700, you wrote: CWT as a ODM is supposed to be good. Issues stem from capacitor choices and what the OEM is looking for price point wise. You want to read

Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU?

2008-05-17 Thread James Boswell
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?

Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU?

2008-05-17 Thread Greg Sevart
the entire range though. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Sipe Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 9:26 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU? One thing I've never been sure of--do the power

Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU?

2008-05-17 Thread Greg Sevart
] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Boswell Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 1:39 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU? I've had horrific luck with Antec power supplies over the last couple of years, these days I'm preferring Enermax

Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck?

2008-05-16 Thread j maccraw
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

Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU?

2008-05-16 Thread Scott Sipe
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

Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU?

2008-05-16 Thread Gary
I'm happy with a OCZ 700 and a cooler master 850 pro. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Sipe Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 6:17 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU? What brand PSUs

Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU?

2008-05-16 Thread Bobby Heid
Of Scott Sipe Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 7:17 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU? 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

Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU?

2008-05-16 Thread Scott Sipe
7:17 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Do I have really bad luck? PSU? 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

[H] Do I have really bad luck?

2008-05-14 Thread Scott Sipe
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