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The PSU Thread: New Products and Reviews

  • Hi mga sirs,

    Does anyone know where to buy 8 pin pcie cables for my strike x 600w bronze psu? lost mine kasi and need it for my GPU sana. Cant find one here locally eh.

    Thank you and appreciate the help.
  • can someone please tell me whats going on with my desktop.when ever i play online games tree of savior,diablo 3,starcraft,LOL and WOW my desktop keeps on restarting.its a random restart, i can play for 2 hours then all of a sudden it restarts like some one just pressed restart button. sometimes it will restart as soon as i start the game like 2-15 minutes time frame, i dont get any blue screen of death or any error in particular. Im pretty sure that its not a heating problem my cpu is on 37c-43c on standby and when i play it goes up for as highest mark around 60. Gpu only goes up as high as 60ish as well.it only happens when im playing games.on idle,browsing and watching movies it doesnt restart.
    im currently running windows 10 and my specs are

    cpu:i5 4570 haswell
    gpu:palit gtx 650 ti boost
    mb: Gigabyte b85m d3h
    ram: 4gb x2 gskill ripjaw and 8gb x1 same brand dd3
    psu: fsp raider 650w bronze

    i dont know if this is a factor but i also use
    corsair void wireless RGB,k95 RGB, corsair scimitar pro rgb and i also have a corsair h55 quiet cpu cooler.
    if the psu is failing what would be the best psu you guys can recommend me.right now im eyeing seasonic 650w gold G Series
    thats if the problem is psu

    sorry for the long post i just want to be thorough with it
  • ^ that seasonic is a good buy
  • @papasmack123

    It could be a GPU or CPU overheating problem. You may not see the spike in temps because your PC has restarted by then. It could also be the PSU overheating or not able to supply stable power when temps are high. Is your PSU more than 5 years old?

    To rule out CPU or GPU overheating, try running a monitoring software in the background like HWiNFO64 then enable logging. Play online games as usual until your PC restarts, then check the temps of the CPU and GPU in the log. If they look normal, look at other things like voltages from the PSU or whatever clue you might find.

    Based on my past experience, abrupt restarts like that while gaming is most likely due to the videocard overheating. Either GPU temps are too high or VRM temps are too high. It may also be the PSU, but the FSP Raider is a solid PSU model and your PC is not that power hungry. I would also check on that Corsair H55 AIO as corrosion might have degraded its cooling performance.
  • @papa

    Kung pede siguro ka mag play ng isa sa mga games mo using embedded video card muna, then try mo yun. Pag di nag loko malamang dahil sa vid card mo nga.

    Tsaka pede mo din alisin yungatuto restart when unstable. Nalimutan ko na kung saan pero at least makita mo yung error message din pag nag blue screen na
  • @sleepygeepy
    right now im using hwmonitor to check my temp,like a stated before its always been like that.psu is 6 years old.the corsair h55 is relatively new.like 3months old new.

    @kumag, right now, i removed gpu and currently playing TOS been an hour still no restarts.
  • @papa

    Isa pang diff na game then mga isang oras. No restart meaning malamang sa alamang me prob ang vid card m. Na try mo na linisin din ang mga fan? Di ko na nakita sa taas pro na try mo na diff kinds of driver version?
  • @papasmack123
    right now im using hwmonitor to check my temp,like a stated before its always been like that.

    Ok, but I still recommend you turn on logging. At least you will be able to see the temps of your CPU/GPU at the very last second your PC restarts (by viewing the log). You will also be able to keep track of other sensors as well like voltages on the CPU and GPU etc. Much easier to view the log than having to eyeball HWiNFO screens while gaming.

    right now, i removed gpu and currently playing TOS been an hour still no restarts.

    Looks like the restarts were being caused by the GPU after all...
  • 3 hours and counting.i guess we can confirm thats its the gpu thats causing this..thanks everyone
    ill shop around for a heavy gpu upgrade
  • 1070 na yan. Heheheh
  • Ano po ba ibig sabihin nung may owltech ng seasonic? is it legit like we usually see here or is there something different about it? madami kasi ako nakikita seller na seasonic na may nakalagay na owltech and mas mura sya compare sa usual.
  • @ajdc03

    Rebranded or co-branded Seasonic PSU for the Japanese market
  • Mayroon ba gumagamit ng Sharkoon Silentstorm 500W Gold dito? Feedback naman dun kung maayus.
  • bagong kuha ko dun sa EVGA 650 G2 yesterday.. nakasaksak na lahat lahat... then umilaw yung mga RGB before ako nag power ON.. nung nag push nako ng button to power it up, ayaw na.. :(

    faulty PSU po ba? or my remedyo pa to? before ko sana ibalik later.. sana my makasagot muna dito.. thanks
  • ^ bakit nauna umilaw yung rgb? dapat pag on mo duon pa lang iilaw mga rgb light. baka lemon yan unit na nabili mo. mas better kung seasonic kinuha mo
  • ^

    wala daw silang M12II na Seasonic.. S12II lang.. need ko kasi ng fully modular.. maybe il just wait for Corsair na dadating soon daw.. binalik ko nalang yung old Enermax PSU ko na 550w 80plus gold din.. ok naman.. hehe
  • ^ yes mas better if corsair, Yung HX620 ko na corsair buhay pa din at mag 10 years na mas matindi pa ang load na kinakarga nya dati q6600+gtx295. Bale ngayon ang trusted power supply ko ay Seasonic and corsair
  • alright.. thanks sir.. sana meron sila agad later or tomorrow ng corsair...
  • FYI hindi lahat ng Corsair products ngayon ay matino tulad ng dati. Like yung mga VS series, mejo low end yung ginamit nilang capacitors
  • Can a PSU fry hard drives? Bigla nalang di nag function yung 1 SSD and 2 drives ko.. yung OS ssd drive lang natira
  • ^ laki problema iniwan sayo ng evga na yan ah...
  • Oo nga sir.. buti pa yung old enermax ko ganda ng takbo.. binalik ko na kasi kahapon.. working naman daw siya.. baka yung nabili kong sleeve cables di compatible,. Ayun inuwi ko ulit sa bahay,, pina andar ko muna yng PC ko to check then turned it off.. then nung pinalitan ko na ng PSU.. di na nagowowork yung mga drives when i boot it up
  • immortalkings Send Message View User Items on 30 Apr 17 @ 06:08 AM #
    Oo nga sir.. buti pa yung old enermax ko ganda ng takbo.. binalik ko na kasi kahapon.. working naman daw siya.. baka yung nabili kong sleeve cables di compatible,. Ayun inuwi ko ulit sa bahay,, pina andar ko muna yng PC ko to check then turned it off.. then nung pinalitan ko na ng PSU.. di na nagowowork yung mga drives when i boot it up


    I have Corsair HX620W-->HX650W--> AX760i. Hindi tumagal ng 2 yrs HX620W & AX760i, HX650(upgraded to AX760i) binenta ko na. Problem since last year ng AX760i ko mga at least twice a week nag off bigla PC kahit idle lang sa desktop or gaming. Pinalitan ko ng cheaper PSU, Thermaltake TR2 S 700W and gamit ko siya since August 2016. Out of shop warranty na yung 2 nasira, so namomroblema ako kung saan ko papa RMA ito kasi still with factory warranty yung AX760i. So far reliable pa rin TR2 700W ko, and I won't be buying Cosair PSUs anymore, but I'm willing to try other brands.


  • Il just keep my enermax PSU never got a problem with it more than a year ko ng gamit,, ipapapalit ko ng HDD yung PSU.. papatest ko muna yung mga had disk sa shop para makita nila yung damage ng PSU nila,, buti yungg 1 ssd ko my shop warranty pa
  • @immortalkings
    Yup good move. Ngayon di ko na minamaliit mga lower priced PSUs in terms of their reliabity. Though iwas lang sa mga less than 1k Php PSUs lol!
  • Anybody here claimed warranty at corsair? Mine conked out 2 days ago, after 4 years of use, hehe!




    edit: typo, 2013 pala ayon sa feedback, hehe!

    -- edited by the_prefect on May 11 2017, 01:51 AM
  • the_prefect Send Message View User Items on 10 May 17 @ 11:15 AM - User is online #
    Anybody here claimed warranty at corsair? Mine conked out 2 days ago, after 7 years of use, hehe!


    I did. My HX620 stopped working after a couple of years of use. I placed an RMA directly with Corsair through their website because the store that sold me the unit refused the return. Anyway, I was given instructions by email to ship the faulty unit to and address in Hong Kong provided by Corsair. A few days later, they shipped a brand new replacement HX650 to my doorstep. I got a slight upgrade in PSU wattage and I only paid shipping for the return. BTW, My unit was still within the manufacturer's warranty period though.
  • @MrBungle
    Hi. Did you avail/request Corsair's Express or Advanced RMA? How much was the total cost of shipping from PH? Planning to RMA my AXi PSU with manufacturer's warranty, store refused also the return.
  • FYI hindi lahat ng Corsair products ngayon ay matino tulad ng dati. Like yung mga VS series, mejo low end yung ginamit nilang capacitors


    Define "hindi matino".

    For the price of PhP 1,750, maayos naman yung Corsair VS450 <click here for link>. Kaya pa nga mag-deliver hanggang 498 watts.
  • Some VS450 are really bad.

    CapXon capacitors sa VS450? Mapapa-isip ka na lang kung hanggang kailan tatagal yan.

    Di naman actually kailangan pumasa sa 80 Plus efficiency ang power supply as long as kaya niyang ibigay ang rated wattage niya ng wala problema. Dito pumapasok ang Korean Surplus PSUs.