Heads Up: Don't Stress Test An Underpowered PSU

[Ricey]

Thankfully, only a PSU got busted.

The PSU at hand is an Estasis-Made Silverstone Zeus 850W. Its one of the best PSUs ever made. A little outdated, but its an Estasis, not the Strider junk, not the Olympia and not the Decathlon, not the modern Impervio-made nightmare, and not modular. Again, its made by Estasis. Same quality level and almost output level as PCP&C 1kW-SR.

OK. It was my fault. I accept blame. But here comes the heads up.

Don't push a power supply beyond what it is designed for.

I guess I didn't think about the rest of my computer. Two opticals, eight raptors (6 150s and two 74s). Plus card reader and various USB attachments. And now twin 285s plus one 260/216.

Didn't seem to have an issue on an ongong basis except for the loud fan (naturally because its loaded to the max).

Ran 3D Vantage on the 285s while folding on the 260. I guess its more than stressful.

The computer shut down abruptly in the middle of 3D Vantage. But no sparks.

The PSU refuses to start up again.

[RedRaider]

Nonsparks is a good thing.

Glad you didn't harm any if the hardware.

[Kayin]

Damn.

That PSU ought to have handled that, no? Bad PSU?

[mcoffey]

I hear what your saying and thanks for posting. I was definitley holding my breath when I fired up Black-Blue and Brass for the first time, but it still seems to be well within the Corsair TX-1000's capacity. I am a little concerned about upgrading to dual GTX 295's though.

Glad to hear nothing else got fried...

andyc

[Kayin]

And here I'm gonna stuff dual-GPU cards into Mithril...

[Ricey]

I hear what your saying and thanks for posting. I was definitley holding my breath when I fired up Black-Blue and Brass for the first time, but it still seems to be well within the Corsair TX-1000's capacity. I am a little concerned about upgrading to dual GTX 295's though.

Glad to hear nothing else got fried...

andyc


Thanks Andy

I've got a Corsair HX1000 myself by my side, waiting the proper mobo to arrive. Its a Channel Well 1200 watt in disguise, so I guess its solid. I hope :)

[Ricey]

Nonsparks is a good thing.

Glad you didn't harm any if the hardware.


The PSU committing harikiri is a good thing. Sign of quality.

[Ricey]

Damn.

That PSU ought to have handled that, no? Bad PSU?

Not a bad PSU.

A bad owner :) Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair!! :D

[mcoffey]

Thanks Andy

I've got a Corsair HX1000 myself by my side, waiting the proper mobo to arrive. Its a Channel Well 1200 watt in disguise, so I guess its solid. I hope :)

I hope it works our for you as well as it has for me. That PSU is stout, and rock solid on my rig. I read some where that they were coming out with a 1200 watt unit, but it was going to be 5-6 rails which I can't stand. Dual rail is about as far as I like to push it on PSU's myself.


andyc

[Ricey]

Oh No! 5 to 6 rails? !!

Part of the charm of the charm of the HX1000 are the single rails per unit (since they are two separate 500 watt units).

5 to 6 rails makes the whole thing very confusing, back to worrying which rail has enough amps... not good.

I heard the 295s are especially demanding on PSUs, with their 8 pin connectors.

[Ricey]

Well, I'll be damned!!

The Silverstone started up again when I plugged in a PSU tester.

Now I guess I can't trust it, so I assign it to low PC duty.

Could be the Asux Stinker Extreme that is freaking out :)

[Cutless009]

o.0 Well I hope I wont have any problems running 4 500gb RE2 server hard drives, 3 GTX 285s, 12gb of ram, an i7 and an optical drive off a corsair 1000watt o.0

[Kayin]

Mine's PCP&C, I expect no issues.

[smee]

Dang..... guess I'm gonna need a bigger PSU than I thought for my build....
Corsair 1000W or SilverStone DA 1000W.
Corsair has 2 12v rails while the silverstone has a singel 12v rail...
Which do you guys think would be best?

Going to be running GTX280's SLI, i7 920, 6GB RAM, 15 fans, 2 7200.11RPM HD's, 2 D5 Pumps, 1 optical drive, and possible a fan controller.

[mcoffey]

Dang..... guess I'm gonna need a bigger PSU than I thought for my build....
Corsair 1000W or SilverStone DA 1000W.
Corsair has 2 12v rails while the silverstone has a singel 12v rail...
Which do you guys think would be best?

Going to be running GTX280's SLI, i7 920, 6GB RAM, 15 fans, 2 7200.11RPM HD's, 2 D5 Pumps, 1 optical drive, and possible a fan controller.

I use both, and still run a Strider 1000 watt on the bench. I'd have to give a nood to the Corsair based on my experience with both. I don't have any data to back that up, just seems like the rig runs more solid with the Corsair than it was when I ran pretty much the same setup on the Strider.

The HX-1000 is just a brute and they claim that it will deliver the full 1000 watts at 80 amps. Based on my experience so far, it delivers as promised. I doubt I'll ever get another ST PSU after using a Corsair.

andyc

[smee]

I use both, and still run a Strider 1000 watt on the bench. I'd have to give a nood to the Corsair based on my experience with both. I don't have any data to back that up, just seems like the rig runs more solid with the Corsair than it was when I ran pretty much the same setup on the Strider.

The HX-1000 is just a brute and they claim that it will deliver the full 1000 watts at 80 amps. Based on my experience so far, it delivers as promised. I doubt I'll ever get another ST PSU after using a Corsair.

andyc

Cool beans, the Corsair is cheaper on newegg anyways. :)
I also own a Corsair 650w, never had a problem, been running strong for a year now. :D

[link1896]

When a psu goes into over current or over voltage protection, the ac power MUST be cycled off and on, some psu's need 10 seconds off before restoring the mains.

Many I've worked on need the mains cable pulled, and not just the switch turned off, as the switch is not the first item in the circuit.






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[Ricey]

When a psu goes into over current or over voltage protection, the ac power MUST be cycled off and on, some psu's need 10 seconds off before restoring the mains.

Many I've worked on need the mains cable pulled, and not just the switch turned off, as the switch is not the first item in the circuit.

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Thanks for that info! Glad I didn't give up hope and toss it in the garbage.

[Ricey]

Well folks, hate to give such lousy news.

I switched to a PCP&C 1kW-SR. Purposesly used the same equipment and ran the same stress test. You would think that a PSU with six cables would work right?

3D Mark Vantage shut down that PSU as well. Moral of the story. Don't run anything else when you run 3D Mark Vantage :)

[bigslappy]

PC Pwr & Cooling 1200 watter FTW !!
you will never look back
single Rail goodness!!

[mcoffey]

PC Pwr & Cooling 1200 watter FTW !!
you will never look back
single Rail goodness!!


I'd be looking back, for a set of ear plugs,:D

andyc

[Ricey]

Bose Quiet Comfort 2 :D

[bigslappy]

I'd be looking back, for a set of ear plugs,:D

andyc

my two are real quite
My rad fans are louder

;p

[Ricey]

Where did you find that $200 deal again? :)

[bigslappy]

amazon FTW !!

[Ricey]

heh.. cheapest one.. used ... at $489 lol :)

[mcoffey]

amazon FTW !!

But your running San Aces...right?

andyc

[bigslappy]

But your running San Aces...right?

andyc


NOPE! Petra's Yate Loons H/S