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I have a Thermaltake TR2 430W. The fan on it is very quiet, but then it gets very loud. tipping the case to the side makes it quiet for a while, but then it gets loud again. Is this a bad PSU?
I'd also recommend replacing that PSU with a completely different brand and model ASAP: None of Thermaltake's TR2 series PSUs are at all good. In fact, that "430W" unit cannot handle its full advertised 430W rating - but instead, it is a very mediocre 350W PSU.
I have literally seen one shoot flames out the back of a coworkers pc when he ran furmark on his gtx 260. Was one of the most impressive looking psu failures I have ever seen. The fan was still running causing a jet engine looking effect lol.
I'm in a pinch for my office computer. How bad can it be?
I have a Corsair CX series that the 24pin doesn't fit motherboards because it was made out of spec. I still have to send that one back to Newegg.
Which plastic are you talking about?the plastic is to large and doesn't fit into the holes into 3 different mother boards.
The bad one is a CX 600
I will try it in the computer tomorrow when I get to the office. I'm going to hope it works. It was only $40 dollars which wasn't to bad. I'd like to have another name brand one, but I do need the computer up and running to deal with clients. Music in the office is also controlled by the computer as well as scheduling and my medical records.
The last Dynex 400W I saw tested was pretty damn bad:
http://hardocp.com/article/2008/05/13/getting_best_buy_on_power_supply/2#.URW40qU73SM
So I still recommend taking back that PSU and getting something actually good. Something like the Corsair CX series. The Antec Earthwatts series is still being sold at Best Buy IIRC.
I work in an industrial high vibaration, high dust, high heat environment where we use about three dozen workstations for use as PLC programming terminals and scanning/optimization processors. Two years ago we got a case of 12 Earthwatts as spares to replace the shitty Dell psus as they failed. A year later we had a pile of 12 failed Earthwatts, and IT ordered a dozen TR2 430s. Currently not a single one has failed and there are 8 or nine of them in use.. I'm as firm a believer in purchasing quality PSUs as the next guy, and these results are honestly.. weird. But I can honestly say I won't be buying any Earthwatts, and I've bought a few tr2's in the last while which havent given any problems