I use a cheap PSU!! :P

lenix · Jun 30, 2007

I was browsing this forum when i noticed that 'dare' thread, with the 10 bucks psu link

... well i use a bad PSU and i'm having no problems ( i suppose it's a bad psu

as it came with my cheap case.. ).

My system spec:

Videocard: MSI NX7600GT @ 630/1554
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 541 3.2 @ 3.4Ghz
Mainboard: Intel DG965WH
Memory: 3gig DDR2-677
Soundcard: Onboard

And my system is as stable as a horse.. not a single problem since the day i built it.. which was sometime around the beginning of 2007..

would i notice any better performance if i buy a decent PSU ? i suppose not.. it's just weird all the fuss about expensive psu's while this cheap sucker i got with my case runs everything fine so far.. ( i might consider a better psu when i upgrade my gfx)..

A picture of the sucker

Fangs404 · Jun 30, 2007

10A on the +12V? It's amazing that thing even powers a single hard drive.

Automata · Jun 30, 2007

Fangs404 said:
10A on the +12V? It's amazing that thing even powers a single hard drive.

????

A HDD only take like 1 amp...

dicecca112 · Jun 30, 2007

and its not even UL approved, my god. Be happy being in the 1% of people that don't have issues, till the thing decides to die and take out half your system. I've seen it happen.

lenix · Jun 30, 2007

Well i'm going to hold on to it until it dies :attn:

i doubt it'll ever die, if it was meant to die it should've long time ago.. :-/

Automata · Jun 30, 2007

lenix said:
Well i'm going to hold on to it until it dies i doubt it'll ever die, if it was meant to die it should've long time ago..

I seriously wouldn't trust that PSU to run one more week...for the sake of your hardware, get a better PSU.... :beer:

ancalime · Jun 30, 2007

I think he's just trying to be hardcore.

dicecca112 · Jun 30, 2007

fine if prove me wrong. Just trying to give you a hand. Negate 5+ years experience and all the combined experince on this forum

lenix · Jun 30, 2007

thideras said:
I seriously wouldn't trust that PSU to run one more week...for the sake of your hardware, get a better PSU....

I live in Middle East, Jordan to be exact, and to be honest, finding a decent PSU in my country will be a pain in the ***.. that if i ever find a decent one -,-... But if i ever find a decent one around, i'll grab it.. ( ordering from the internet is not an option.. unless maybe there is an easy/cheap international shipping solution which i doubt ).

dicecca112 · Jun 30, 2007

what's available in your area?

Mathersalan · Jun 30, 2007

Well he lives in Jordan so I doubt there are any decent hardware stores around that area. I thought you could order stuff online and have it sent to you in that area?

Anyways.. You do have a nice midranged set up there so that cheap PSU must of been made by the PC gods for it not blowing up in 6 months.

ShadowPho · Jun 30, 2007

Heh, 200W is more than enough to power anything you throw at it!

(but seriosely dude, that might kill half of your system if it goes.)

Nebulous · Jun 30, 2007

Dam! I gotta give him mad props for being brave enough to run that pos 200w :thup:

GigabyteME · Jul 1, 2007

Nebulous said:
Dam! I gotta give him mad props for being brave enough to run that pos 200w

Haha yeah deff. :attn:

..Even though I would never do it myself

lenix · Jul 1, 2007

Just a question guys, Is there any performance gain from upgrading the PSU, could i may be overclock stuff better or any normal performance gain ?
Or it's just to be safe and feel warm inside ?

freakdiablo · Jul 1, 2007

lenix said:
Just a question guys, Is there any performance gain from upgrading the PSU, could i may be overclock stuff better or any normal performance gain ?
Or it's just to be safe and feel warm inside ?

It might be able to push that P4 past the 3.4 mark, with only 10a @12v would say that might be a factor unless you just raised the fsb and left everything else alone.

lenix · Jul 1, 2007

My Mobo isn't overclock friendly, i can't overclock the cpu from bios ( ya i know, wasn't my best chocie when i built this rig ).. I'm using ClockGen to overclock my cpu, so ya i suppose, i'm only increasing the fsb, nothing else.

freakdiablo · Jul 1, 2007

lenix said:
My Mobo isn't overclock friendly, i can't overclock the cpu from bios ( ya i know, wasn't my best chocie when i built this rig ).. I'm using ClockGen to overclock my cpu, so ya i suppose, i'm only increasing the fsb, nothing else.

I would upgrade anyway, just for the sake of being on the safe side. Not a big upgrade since it runs on that psu, just not a good idea to run a psu that close to its max wattage.

RollingThunder · Jul 1, 2007

lenix said:
I was browsing this forum when i noticed that 'dare' thread, with the 10 bucks psu link ... well i use a bad PSU and i'm having no problems ( i suppose it's a bad psu as it came with my cheap case.. ).

My system spec:

Videocard: MSI NX7600GT @ 630/1554
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 541 3.2 @ 3.4Ghz
Mainboard: Intel DG965WH
Memory: 3gig DDR2-677
Soundcard: Onboard

And my system is as stable as a horse.. not a single problem since the day i built it.. which was sometime around the beginning of 2007..

would i notice any better performance if i buy a decent PSU ? i suppose not.. it's just weird all the fuss about expensive psu's while this cheap sucker i got with my case runs everything fine so far.. ( i might consider a better psu when i upgrade my gfx)..

A picture of the sucker

Cheap power supply = Russian roulette = a matter of time

Good power supplies are not expensive, there are good quality power supplies for an average system for ~ $60. They are cheaper than replacing motherboards and CPUs.

Suprchargd · Jul 1, 2007

FWIW back in the day I had a crappy Rosewill that kept my system 100% stable until one day it just decided to blow a capacitor.

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