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its4thecolony

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ok guys, so i have a 900 watt a-power power supply brand new. i just got it and i was thinking of using it for an i7 ring with a 5970. do u think its sufficent enough. also is there like a big chance that it can screw up my whole system. ive been reading alot and there is so much debate about power supplies i dont really know who to listen to. to me it seems like any power supply can fail and screw up a system.
 
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=AK900&cat=PWR That thing?

I sincerely hope it's not that thing. I know nothing about it other than that there's no way a $60 PS will hit 900w, and if it's rated for 900w it's probably a complete POS. If that's what you've got, then no, I wouldn't trust it with an i7 anything. I wouldn't even trust it with a P4 anything. If that's your PS... ebay it and buy something that says Corsair, PC Power & Cooling, Seasonic or Silverstone on it.
 
its4thecolony said:
ok guys, so i have a 900 watt a-power power supply brand new. i just got it and i was thinking of using it for an i7 ring with a 5970. do u think its sufficent enough. also is there like a big chance that it can screw up my whole system. ive been reading alot and there is so much debate about power supplies i dont really know who to listen to. to me it seems like any power supply can fail and screw up a system.
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You will almost certainly screw up your entire system with that PSU. A-Power is a really abysmal brand (I read the negative reviews on their similar "850W" PSU which blew sparks after only a short period of time). You're never going to achieve anywhere close to its "900W" rating; in fact, it's barely passable as a 180W unit. A-Power achieves its "900W" rating at its very peak (in other words, only for extremely short bursts) - and then, at an internal temperature of only 20°C, an unrealistically low operating temperature for any computer PSU. More realistically, PSUs operate at around 40° to 50° C.

In other words, if you paid anywhere near the average going price for that unit, you got ripped off.
 
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So against all the advice in this thread just last week you went and bought one and you're still asking if it's OK?

Send it back and get a refund. Seriously.
 
In the words of the internet: WTF?

You were told that PSU was a piece of shit yet you bought it anyway?

You had myself, a person known for moderate PSU knowledge, Zero82z, person known for heavy PSU knowledge, Dan_D, the motherboard review/editor here at HardOCP.com, Paul Johnson, the PSU REVIEWER here at HardOCP, all chimed in your thread that PSU was a piece of shit. There was only ONE person in that thread that said a PSU couldn't damage a PC yet was proven wrong IN THAT THREAD!

And you still bought the piece of shit?

To answer your question, AGAIN, DO NOT USE THAT PSU!!!

Oh and if anyone actually told you to buy that PSU, that person knew jack shit about PSUs. Hell you go ripped off if you paid more than $20 for that. For god's sake you want to power $900 worth of CPU and GPUs off a PSU that should BARELY cost $20??? So again WTF? There's no way you read that entire thread and still bought that PSU.

So yeah, return the PSU, bite the cost and get a quality PSU. For a HD 5970 and Core i7 920, pick up a quality 850W PSU from Corsair.
 
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Un-f**king-believable!!!

As the others have said, the only good 800-900W PSUs cost well over $100. This is due to the requirement of ultra-high-quality components (capacitors, transformers, resistors, etc.) inside of them.
 
Colony...Looks like you got raked from Danny! You must admit....you had that coming! Dude...That PSU is a joke! I love the shipping weight of 5.25 lbs.! I just bought this XFX 650 PSU on sale for $49.99 (AR w/ Free Shipping)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207002&Tpk=xfx 650

Notice the weight of the XFX @ 9.65 lbs. Not that lbs. is a selling feature, but you must stick with advice that was given to you! Why bother posting, not once, but twice? Lick you wounds & send back that sh*tbox & score a decent PSU!
 
gah! u guys ok damn i feel like everyone just hit me in the back of the head. dont trip im getting a cooler master silent pro. hey but to me defense, i actually got a 600 watt power supply like 3 years ago made by one of those companies and it ran pretty well. but i know i know you guys are right. i just dont want to wreck an i7 rig.
 
its4thecolony said:
gah! u guys ok damn i feel like everyone just hit me in the back of the head. dont trip im getting a cooler master silent pro. hey but to me defense, i actually got a 600 watt power supply like 3 years ago made by one of those companies and it ran pretty well. but i know i know you guys are right. i just dont want to wreck an i7 rig.
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Looks like that Coolermaster Silent Pro is no real bargin either. 40AMPS for a 600 watter? Pretty weak IMHO. I still think you could have done better.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171036

You could have scored a Antec Neo 620 @ 48AMP for cheaper or even an Antec TruPower 750 watt for $89.95 AR. Never been a fan of Coolermaster PSU's myself. Well @ least it has a 5-year warranty.
 
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