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Thermaltake TR2 RX rant

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so i bought a Thermaltake TR2 RX 450watt psu along time ago nib wrapped etc, waited 1 year to use it, it didnt work emailed thermaltake they said with out receipt they wouldn't do shit for me and gave me 2 page email about how to rma with receipt, so i opened the psu up and fixed a lose wire and it booted right up and worked fine (glad they didnt let me rma actually since woulda been waste of shipping and time), then 1 week later i go to upgrade the gfx card in the box and what you know it freezes 5 seconds later, was about to swap the psu out and try a old ultra 500 watt but decided to try a molex pcie adapter and what do you know it works fine. pretty weird that pcie connector was to weak to even use a decent gfx card (1950xtx) and the adapter worked. so what ever wont buy thermaltake crap anymore. was actually going to swap a corsair hx 520 into it but glad the adapter worked since its a spare bedroom pc. e5200 4gb ram 2xdvd burner seemed like should be able to handle a x1950xtx wonder what kinda overclock room i have
 
The TR2 series is pretty low-quality, which you could have easily found out with a little research, or simply by asking here. Anyway, I'm not surprised it was giving you issues.
 
Yeah not surprised either. Considering the issues with the PSU, probably not that high of a OC.

That's why TT TR2 PSUs are rarely recommended here in the PSU subforum.
 
i knew it wasnt recommended got it for really cheap and was modular was planing on using it on super budget build and ended up just with budget build. funny how the pcie is weaker than pcie adapter i bet i get 3ghz out of the cpu thats all i want
 
i dont think bad psu's will die fast i dont think it goes hand in hand, ive had a 11 year old sony pos psu that was packed full of dust for most its life run 24/7 and has been never had problem, ive had 20$ ultra x 500w psu's last 6 + years at 24/7 also.. just a update i have a 4ghz overclock 12 hours orthos stable ;/ seems good prob wont go that high as it hit 60C at that ghz
 
It depends how much you load them, but if you take a decently high-end rig and try to run it off a shitty PSU, the PSU will die pretty quickly.
 
I can kill any PSU rated under 600w (assuming it's not server grade or something) in a week or less with only my sig rig and a spare 8800 GTX.
 
silent-circuit said:
I can kill any PSU rated under 600w (assuming it's not server grade or something) in a week or less with only my sig rig and a spare 8800 GTX.
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wow thats handy to know that your tri high watt gfx card setup will kill a 600 watt psu,.. if you noticed the setup i was using with teh 450 watt psu then you would save those comments for relevant situations. im not running crossfire quadcore cpu's etc with this psu its a simple 2 hd x1950xtx with e5200 jeez.. thanks i can kill any psu too if i dump water in it and smash it with a hammer does that count?
 
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