Power Supply

[archmage94]

Hey out of curiousity, what can cause a Power Supply Unit's capacitors to blow, besides being forced to pump out more wattage than what they're rated for? Also not counting the PSU being really old? I've only had mine for a few months so i'm not worried about age

[2635599]

other than what you mentioned a power feedback from a bad piece of hardware can do it.

[archmage94]

Ok thanks, now is there some software that can display the condition of my PC's hardware? (Preferably free)

[Harvey Sewdin]

Which power supply is it? There are allot of cheap quality ones.

[archmage94]

This one

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GL8UU6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[2635599]

archmage94 (http://virtualcustoms.net/member.php/279377-archmage94) http://www.burnintest.com/ as for the psu at 850 it has plenty of power for a;most any system you put together

[Harvey Sewdin]

The Rosewill XTreme series isn't know to be a high quality one. The PSU might fail because of bad components inside.
I'd suggest a better PSU from Seasonic, EVGA, XFX or some of Antec and Rosewill(HIVE, Capstone) in the future.

[archmage94]

I'll keep that in mind, I hope my brother can get me another job soon cause I will admit I actually found that oh so wonderful white Electrolyte stuck to one of the electromagnets the night I checked it out (I was experiencing sudden hard reboots, it was also storming that night and yes the surge strip I have it plugged into is still protected) but since then my PC has been running just fine

[2635599]

apevia is also makes great reliable psu's. better priced than most of your name brands.

[ASTIGthelegend]

Hey out of curiousity, what can cause a Power Supply Unit's capacitors to blow, besides being forced to pump out more wattage than what they're rated for? Also not counting the PSU being really old? I've only had mine for a few months so i'm not worried about age


Thanks for sharing your great idea... :happy: