need replacement PSU

[NunoLava1998]

Just now, Vintovka9130 said:

what PSUs have you been using in your builds successfully?

Only have one and that is the Corsair CX550M. Runs fine for me, never has given me issues and it's been 1-1.5 years I've been using it.

My last power supply was a pretty bad one that somehow ran for 1.5-2 years, which is actually surprising considering it's bargain bin shit

[Vintovka9130]

you know maybe the fan on my PSU is not working properly, so maybe I can replace that one, but  I think its a 120mm fan and i only got 140s lying around

[Guest]

4 hours ago, Vintovka9130 said:

CX600 was my first psu and it died afte 2 weeks...i'll never buy a Corsair PSU again 

LOL!  Whatever.

4 hours ago, Vintovka9130 said:

Yeah when I had trouble with the cx600 (fan died) I did some googling back in the day and apparently even some of the (back then) higher end PSUs from Corsair like the HX stuff was full of shit

HX was full of shit?  What does that even mean?  The old HX's were the same as what the Seasonic M12II that people still buy today.

4 hours ago, Vintovka9130 said:

back in the day thats what people used in SLI and high end stations and were considered the best for the performance consumer

Well... "back in the day" it was considered a high end PSU.  But technologies change.  Loads change (transients, cross loads, etc.).  That's why it's not always a good idea to use a 10 year old PSU.

 

19 hours ago, Vintovka9130 said:

I'd get the EVGA 750 BQ, what do you think?

That's even shittier than the CX that died on you.  Glutton for punishment much?

4 hours ago, Vintovka9130 said:

but what is it then?

Probably the motherboard.

[Ankerson]

14 hours ago, BigRom said:

A+ & S are like high-end stuff, not everyone has that kind of money to throw around

 

If they can buy high end GPU's then they can get a good high quality PSU to power it.

 

Budget is not an excuse, it NEVER is.

 

And most units in the A+ tier aren't that expensive anyway.

[Vintovka9130]

2 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

2 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

 

 

how can you tell that its the mobo? I mean usually it either works or doesnt from what i can tell, its really just demanding games causing trouble

[Mattias Edeslatt]

On 4/11/2019 at 8:31 PM, Vintovka9130 said:

how can you tell that its the mobo? I mean usually it either works or doesnt from what i can tell, its really just demanding games causing trouble

 

He didn't say it is the motherboard, he said it is probably the motherboard. And as a "techie" as in enthusiast with building and troubleshooting own and others systems for almost 30 years and as in have worked as a computer hardware troubleshooting and repair guy I agree, it is more likely the motherboard than the PSU. A good guess is the power delivery on the MB is aging and can't handle the same consistent load as before, or even the CPU needs more power than before to be stable. Or both combined...

 

What you need to do is a complete troubleshooting, eliminating one component at a time, and you have not done that by your own description of how you have done your troubleshooting. 

 

No reinstall of drivers, no clean install of windows, not done any testing of the memory, one stick at the time, no trying on stock settings on the CPU and GPU.

 

Many problems are usually just bad connections, de-assemble an reassemble the system (hardware) can fix many strange errors, like this one. Take everything apart and reinstall it again, even the CPU. Every power connector should be loosened and connected again.

 

And using a BSOD as a proof of a bad PSU is just... funny.... 

 

And by the sound of it, you have a spare PSU to troubleshoot with in your brothers system, just borrow it to really make sure that is is your own PSU that is at fault... I'm sure he can live with the downtime of 30 minutes if you live in the same household, otherwise take your stuff over to his place and test it there...

 

You need to do the basic troubleshooting to pinpoint a problem, not just assuming without better knowledge.....

[Vintovka9130]

30 minutes ago, Mattias Edeslatt said:

 

thanks for the help, i do even have access to a new CPU and motherboard, but they are 6600k and z170 and i would have to order DDR4 ram. I could just "upgrade" to those, but I honestly dont want to reainstall my whole windows, so is there any way i can uninstall my Motherboard, CPU, Intel INF drivers and then hook it up to the new mobo?

[Mattias Edeslatt]

@Vintovka9130 I am pretty sure there is, but I haven't used Windows more on my workplace in many years, so I don't know what tools that is used now. On Linux full time at home since about 2013.

 

Check here for some tips: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-do-you-uninstall-and-reinstall-drivers-in/a806bd04-3698-4a47-8149-2bfea53a3539

 

For graphics there is a tool called DDU https://www.wagnardsoft.com/

[Vintovka9130]

3 hours ago, Mattias Edeslatt said:

@Vintovka9130 I am pretty sure there is, but I haven't used Windows more on my workplace in many years, so I don't know what tools that is used now. On Linux full time at home since about 2013.

 

Check here for some tips: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-do-you-uninstall-and-reinstall-drivers-in/a806bd04-3698-4a47-8149-2bfea53a3539

 

For graphics there is a tool called DDU https://www.wagnardsoft.com/

uninstalling GPU drivers is easy but wont be necessary