Troubleshooting: Drive messed up? Check your PSU quality first! Good/Bad PSU list...

uSerKey

@Quakester2000

I just bought an Enlight 450 W psu.
Sorry, if this is a stupid question, but do I just plug in the 20-pin portion of the 24-pin connector to my mainboards 20-pin receptable?
Or do I need some kind of adapter to go from 24-pin to 20-pin?
The psu didn't come with a manual.
I have noticed that the wiring to the 20-pin portion of the new psu is almost identical to my old psu's wiring--with the exception of position #18.
The old psu has a white wire and the new psu has NO wire to that position.
Is that important?
sorry if this is off-thread but I didn't want to start a new one and I didn't want to PM you.

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BeardedKirklander

Should be ok with the 20 pin to 20 pin.

Some folks use adapters, but it sounds like your PSU has a nice split-off for the 4 pin.

Give it a whirl, and good luck.

uSerKey

@BeardedKirklander
Thanks!
I have everything connected, but was hesitant to turn on the power until I had at least one more opinion. It seems like it should be fine. I'll will know soon.

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Arachne

Hehe...I think I lucked out when I saw my new PC had come with a Fortron PSU. Only 350W, though...but I'm sure it'll manage.

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jmhinkle

Can a moderator make updates to the original list since we have some new good power supplies such as the Corsair's from Seasonic and Mushkin's from Fortron?

Thanh-BKK

Hello

After i had several cheap PSU's die on me in the course of a few years, i changed to ENERMAX even tough they were (and still are) amongs the most expensive available in Thailand.

The first one was a 350 watts unit. It blew up during a very nasty power spike, which also completely fried my UPS and the Sony home stereo as well as the fuse in the TV set - the computer was NOT running at that time and i only found out about the fiasco when returning home from work and none of my devices would work, i was informed by the building owner that some giant welding apparatus on a nearby construction site (next door actually) had almost blown the main transformer (actually caused it to shut down) and many electronic devices in the neighbourhood were destroyed. I found that a capacitor in the Enermax had literally blown up - there were bits of it all over the case, however the rest of the computer was unharmed! I replaced that Enermax with an identical one (the warranty did not cover power surges... they recommended me to use a UPS, good joke i said, used one and it's fried as well) and it stayed with me untill four weeks ago when some mystic multi-device-failure brought my entire computer down (mainboard, CPU, graphics, possibly RAM too). When i built my new rig i also got a new PSU, and of course i went for ENERMAX again, this time a 450 watts unit.

<edit> that 350 watts ENERMAX was NOT amaged in the system meltdown! I just wanted a stronger one... i in fact sold the 350 watts unit

I would NEVER recommend using the PSU's that come in no-name cases - usually rated at very large wattage... i got one with "850 watts"! In a 950 Baht case (that's around 30 us$) yes, sure..... during a brief test run i measured it's voltages and i got 11.3 V on 12 and 4.6 V on 5 - without any load, just the mainboard and CPU/Fan! Hadn't even plugged in the RAM! CRAP i'd say, that thing doesn't have any brand sticker on it, just the power ratings but hey, it's got a fancy golden grille covering it's rear fan

I think tomorrow i'll take a pic of my rig and post it in the apropriate section here.... that case looks nice for me, and it was cheap - and finally i got front audio and USB connectors

Kind regards.....

Thanh

Rats!

This thread needs to be updated or deleted. Silverstone is one of the best PSU manufacturers around, and lots of the PSUs in the crap/bad category have improved and no longer belong there.

>>Flash<<

I think beQuiet is missing in the "good" list - should be in the very first section, prooved as even better (but a bit more expensive) than Tagan in some serious tests I once read.

brncao

Corsair makes really good PSU's. Plus it comes with a 5 yr warranty. You can usually get good discounts at newegg *mail in rebate*. I'd highly recommend corsair.

Aramchek

They're made by Sea sonic or Channel well, depending on model (possibly others)? Both of those are well regarded. I've got a Sea sonic made Corsair in my main system. :-)