So much for the best PSU

dipstick · Aug 11, 2004, 01:56 PM

Okay, got me a PCPower 510 Deluxe psu after I read in every review that they cannot be beaten and the freaking thing dies in less than 5 hours, not to mention it sounds like a jet engine. Small white flash and nothing after that. How's that for a price tag of $250? I'm very pissed off to say the least

Zelig · Aug 11, 2004, 03:11 PM

That's not encouraging... though you might be unlucky, I doubt I'd try another one after that.

swimtech · Aug 11, 2004, 03:40 PM

It happens, I had a WD drive bad out of the box once - didn't stop me from using them now eight years later. Get a warranty replacement...

dipstick · Aug 11, 2004, 04:48 PM

Yeah, I'm sure these things happen but I'm not sure I want a replacement. I have never heard anything so loud in my life...pretty insane if I must say lol. I mean why only use one fan that sounds like a freakin jet instead of two quiet ones?

No_Style · Aug 11, 2004, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by dipstick

Okay, got me a PCPower 510 Deluxe psu after I read in every review that they cannot be beaten and the freaking thing dies in less than 5 hours, not to mention it sounds like a jet engine. Small white flash and nothing after that. How's that for a price tag of $250? I'm very pissed off to say the least

Man.. that's a real kick in the groin.

Who reviewed it? I cannot believe the bad luck you had

I hope replacement is in order.. You also had a problem with the Sapphire X800 XT PE as well.. Such a streak of bad luck

swimtech · Aug 11, 2004, 04:57 PM

Vantec time???

dipstick · Aug 11, 2004, 05:04 PM

lol, I will not deny that lately I've had severly bad luck, that is for sure. But PC Power&Cooling are known to be as-best-as-it-can-get psus which is the reason I went for it even with the insanely high price. But I'm gonna have to hit CompUSA and the best they carry is the Antec True550w so I'll settle for that and get my money back for this one. I'm also going back to air cooling as I'm sick of everything PC lol. Anyone want a Vapo?

No_Style · Aug 11, 2004, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dipstick

lol, I will not deny that lately I've had severly bad luck, that is for sure. But PC Power&Cooling are known to be as-best-as-it-can-get psus which is the reason I went for it even with the insanely high price. But I'm gonna have to hit CompUSA and the best they carry is the Antec True550w so I'll settle for that and get my money back for this one. I'm also going back to air cooling as I'm sick of everything PC lol. Anyone want a Vapo?

Nah man. I'll stick with my air cooling. Vapo is too high maintenance for me

So I'm guessing you're getting a replacement or a refund? Can't go wrong with Antec. I'm using them in 2 rigs here and they're just peachy.

krazy1 · Aug 11, 2004, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dipstick

Okay, got me a PCPower 510 Deluxe psu after I read in every review that they cannot be beaten and the freaking thing dies in less than 5 hours, not to mention it sounds like a jet engine. Small white flash and nothing after that. How's that for a price tag of $250? I'm very pissed off to say the least

Guess it is time to use their 5 year warrenty then . I have one myself and have had it in a PC running 24/7 for the last 6 months. No issues with mine. Remember these are human beings making these things. Sometimes a bad one gets out. Just get it replaced and you will be very happy with it.

Son_of_Thunder · Aug 11, 2004, 05:36 PM

lol, want to talk about bad luck?

ok, i buy a vid card from a friend, he said it was a 64mb, when i get it it's an old nvidia vanta LT tnt2 card. 8mb. because i don't want to damage the friendship i calmly forget about it. i order an atlantis 9000 128mb and it crashes randomly on me. also it has rendering issues. this was before i knew anything about graphics cards and i believed that it was a driver issue because that's what my friend told me. i played sof2 and had dumb rendering issues. i sent screenies of it to my friend who sent me the 8mb card (also my clan leader at this time) to see if he knew what was wrong. he decided i was hacking (even tho i brought up the error multiple times to him and SENT him the screenies of it. he and the other leaders scanned my pc for hacks and said it was clean. a week later he bans me from the clan (along w/ 8 other people for different reasons, and in a 20 man clan that's a hit) added me to his banlist (which is bigger than the one punkbuster had at that time) then offered to start sending punkbuster his banlist and got me banned from all punkbuster sof2 servers. then he went and got me kicked out of the CS clan that i was in.

ok, two bad vid cards down, one to go. i get an RMA on that 9000 and get a new one, but am not satisfied w/ it's performance. i get an fx5600xt, big mistake. when it comes it has the same problems as my first card, i rma it and get another one. now i decide to buy a case, i get it and my powersupply is DOA. i ship it back. now my dad and newegg (they allied in this i swear) both screwed up my laptop order and i won't have it in time for my internship in florida.

damn i have bad luck

Vampyromaniac · Aug 11, 2004, 07:10 PM

damn

yeah, get another. I wouldn't be able to deal with a loud PS either

Sandok · Aug 11, 2004, 07:44 PM

dipstick, that is bad luck.... But I got bad luck too! I just bought a 480 Watt PSU (thermaltake purepower etc....) and it didn't go into my Dell box... So I took a saw to cut the metal in the back so I could fit my PSU and i connected it and BOOM.... No more PSU.... So I got the same one AGAIN and I didn't plug it in this time cuz I'm going to get rid of my dell motherboard (OEM sucks) and my dell case) and use it on my next case in about 4-6 monts

dipstick · Aug 11, 2004, 08:45 PM

sthunder and sandok I feel for ya, nothing worse when things dont work out and you're left with a non working rig

But I'm back on air and running off an old Antec 380w until I hear back from FrozenCPU. Meaybe I'll go back to the vapo or maybe not, I will sleep on it. But there is no way I'm getting another PCPower psu; I know they're the best but the noise is just insane. I can't believe no one mentions that in reviews

Hopefully they let me exchange it for an enermax 600w or something which will also be cheaper.

Zardon · Aug 11, 2004, 08:47 PM

Bud, seriously try the OCZ powerstreams. they are the highest quality ive seen.

dipstick · Aug 11, 2004, 08:52 PM

Sounds good, they even have them there. Are they quiet? I'll see if I can exchange for the 520w OCZ. They better let me

Zelig · Aug 11, 2004, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

Bud, seriously try the OCZ powerstreams. they are the highest quality ive seen.

I'll probably get one of these soon too, my old Sirtec is starting to give me issues...

Zardon · Aug 11, 2004, 09:06 PM

they are almost silent yes. around 19-23db, ive one in my PCIe rig and the rails are totally reference across the board, thats with 6 hard drives, a 3.4 EE, an optical drive, 2 gig of ram, an X800XT PCIe.

the rails are all adjustable on the PSU itself, with lights to show how its set up.

I reviewed one a while ago.

swimtech · Aug 11, 2004, 09:08 PM

Nice, esp. for the price compared to the PCPC unit. Could buy a DVD burner with the money leftover!

Necrosis · Aug 12, 2004, 12:44 AM

I've had my PC 510 DLX for quite awhile now /w not one single problem. Pretty much sucks your's did that.

pr0digal jenius · Aug 12, 2004, 12:55 AM

::looks through the acrylic window at his vantec that is the veteran of many LAN parties, one croos continental plane trip, has a screw dropped inside ti that won't come out...and STILL runs silent::

dipstick · Aug 12, 2004, 01:33 AM

Thanks for the info Z, I will definitely look into the OCZ psu.
Btw, Krazy 1 and Necrosis do you not find this PSU extremely loud? I mean even with headphones blasting I could hear this thing eating through my ears. I think the fan they use is just way too freakin loud to live with. Voltage wise it was amazing while it worked tho.

Logla · Aug 12, 2004, 08:51 AM

Definatley go for an OCZ - I just got the 520w model and they are wonderfull.

The rails are adjustable although I haven't needed to tinker with them yet as everything stays rock solid - 5v@5v, 3.3@3.3 etc.

And I noticed that mine is a little quieter than my Antex trueblue 480

Aug 11, 2004, 01:56 PM	#1
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	So much for the best PSU Okay, got me a PCPower 510 Deluxe psu after I read in every review that they cannot be beaten and the freaking thing dies in less than 5 hours, not to mention it sounds like a jet engine. Small white flash and nothing after that. How's that for a price tag of $250? I'm very pissed off to say the least

Aug 11, 2004, 03:40 PM	#3
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	It happens, I had a WD drive bad out of the box once - didn't stop me from using them now eight years later. Get a warranty replacement... __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Aug 11, 2004, 04:57 PM	#6
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Vantec time??? __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Aug 11, 2004, 05:36 PM	#10
Son_of_Thunder HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 1,441 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	lol, want to talk about bad luck? ok, i buy a vid card from a friend, he said it was a 64mb, when i get it it's an old nvidia vanta LT tnt2 card. 8mb. because i don't want to damage the friendship i calmly forget about it. i order an atlantis 9000 128mb and it crashes randomly on me. also it has rendering issues. this was before i knew anything about graphics cards and i believed that it was a driver issue because that's what my friend told me. i played sof2 and had dumb rendering issues. i sent screenies of it to my friend who sent me the 8mb card (also my clan leader at this time) to see if he knew what was wrong. he decided i was hacking (even tho i brought up the error multiple times to him and SENT him the screenies of it. he and the other leaders scanned my pc for hacks and said it was clean. a week later he bans me from the clan (along w/ 8 other people for different reasons, and in a 20 man clan that's a hit) added me to his banlist (which is bigger than the one punkbuster had at that time) then offered to start sending punkbuster his banlist and got me banned from all punkbuster sof2 servers. then he went and got me kicked out of the CS clan that i was in. ok, two bad vid cards down, one to go. i get an RMA on that 9000 and get a new one, but am not satisfied w/ it's performance. i get an fx5600xt, big mistake. when it comes it has the same problems as my first card, i rma it and get another one. now i decide to buy a case, i get it and my powersupply is DOA. i ship it back. now my dad and newegg (they allied in this i swear) both screwed up my laptop order and i won't have it in time for my internship in florida. damn i have bad luck __________________

Aug 11, 2004, 07:10 PM	#11
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	damn yeah, get another. I wouldn't be able to deal with a loud PS either __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Aug 11, 2004, 03:11 PM	#2
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	That's not encouraging... though you might be unlucky, I doubt I'd try another one after that.

Aug 11, 2004, 04:48 PM	Thread Starter #4
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Yeah, I'm sure these things happen but I'm not sure I want a replacement. I have never heard anything so loud in my life...pretty insane if I must say lol. I mean why only use one fan that sounds like a freakin jet instead of two quiet ones?

Aug 11, 2004, 05:04 PM	Thread Starter #7
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	lol, I will not deny that lately I've had severly bad luck, that is for sure. But PC Power&Cooling are known to be as-best-as-it-can-get psus which is the reason I went for it even with the insanely high price. But I'm gonna have to hit CompUSA and the best they carry is the Antec True550w so I'll settle for that and get my money back for this one. I'm also going back to air cooling as I'm sick of everything PC lol. Anyone want a Vapo?

Aug 11, 2004, 07:44 PM	#12
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	dipstick, that is bad luck.... But I got bad luck too! I just bought a 480 Watt PSU (thermaltake purepower etc....) and it didn't go into my Dell box... So I took a saw to cut the metal in the back so I could fit my PSU and i connected it and BOOM.... No more PSU.... So I got the same one AGAIN and I didn't plug it in this time cuz I'm going to get rid of my dell motherboard (OEM sucks) and my dell case) and use it on my next case in about 4-6 monts

Aug 11, 2004, 08:45 PM	Thread Starter #13
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	sthunder and sandok I feel for ya, nothing worse when things dont work out and you're left with a non working rig But I'm back on air and running off an old Antec 380w until I hear back from FrozenCPU. Meaybe I'll go back to the vapo or maybe not, I will sleep on it. But there is no way I'm getting another PCPower psu; I know they're the best but the noise is just insane. I can't believe no one mentions that in reviews Hopefully they let me exchange it for an enermax 600w or something which will also be cheaper.

Aug 11, 2004, 08:47 PM	#14
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Bud, seriously try the OCZ powerstreams. they are the highest quality ive seen.

Aug 11, 2004, 08:52 PM	Thread Starter #15
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Sounds good, they even have them there. Are they quiet? I'll see if I can exchange for the 520w OCZ. They better let me

Aug 11, 2004, 09:06 PM	#17
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	they are almost silent yes. around 19-23db, ive one in my PCIe rig and the rails are totally reference across the board, thats with 6 hard drives, a 3.4 EE, an optical drive, 2 gig of ram, an X800XT PCIe. the rails are all adjustable on the PSU itself, with lights to show how its set up. I reviewed one a while ago.

Aug 11, 2004, 09:08 PM	#18
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Nice, esp. for the price compared to the PCPC unit. Could buy a DVD burner with the money leftover! __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Aug 12, 2004, 12:44 AM	#19
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	I've had my PC 510 DLX for quite awhile now /w not one single problem. Pretty much sucks your's did that.

Aug 12, 2004, 12:55 AM	#20
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	::looks through the acrylic window at his vantec that is the veteran of many LAN parties, one croos continental plane trip, has a screw dropped inside ti that won't come out...and STILL runs silent::

Aug 12, 2004, 01:33 AM	Thread Starter #21
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Thanks for the info Z, I will definitely look into the OCZ psu. Btw, Krazy 1 and Necrosis do you not find this PSU extremely loud? I mean even with headphones blasting I could hear this thing eating through my ears. I think the fan they use is just way too freakin loud to live with. Voltage wise it was amazing while it worked tho.

Aug 12, 2004, 08:51 AM	#22
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	Definatley go for an OCZ - I just got the 520w model and they are wonderfull. The rails are adjustable although I haven't needed to tinker with them yet as everything stays rock solid - 5v@5v, 3.3@3.3 etc. And I noticed that mine is a little quieter than my Antex trueblue 480