PSU Nightmare Upgrade

[PeeledBurgers]

So I bought a new power supply the other day off Amazon as I saw a used offer for only £70.

(Note the description said minor packaging damages to the original box).

 

Today it arrived and I was super excited to finally get a modular power supply (as my system was currently using a CX600, which was not giving me enough juice).

Just a side note the other day I installed a be quiet dark rock pro 4 WHICH WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT THING TO EVER DO in my small cheap case.

so an hour of cable management (i had not done any before so I took the opportunity) I switch on the legendary PSU.

Oooo pretty my motherboard lights turned on, I go to press the case power on and the hell started there...

 

another hour of troubleshooting, consisting of unplugging and replugging EVERY connector on my motherboard, sapping my old one back in to see if everything is okay (which it was).

And soOOoooooo

I had deduced the issue is with the CPU 8 pin and so I decided to give Mr 1000x another try just having the CPU 8pin and ATX (and the video graphics card as Ryzen 7 2700 no have the integrated graphics :'(  )

Holding the power button down I hear a bunch of Snapping? clicking? ticking? and I got quite the shock when I saw FUMES coming from the PSU and a terrible smell of burnt plastic.

AN ELECTRICAL FIRE

so instantly I turned off the wall power and moved the PSU away from flammable materials until I was sure it was safe.

 

and so as I need to use my pc I present to you the mess that is my PC

 

anyone else had similar experiences?

 

[Rarity]

what was the other  psu that you got ? 

[PeeledBurgers]

Just now, Rarity said:

what was the other  psu that you got ? 

corsair rm1000x

[Spotty]

5 hours ago, PeeledBurgers said:

Holding the power button down I hear a bunch of Snapping? clicking? ticking? and I got quite the shock when I saw FUMES coming from the PSU and a terrible smell of burnt plastic.

AN ELECTRICAL FIRE

so instantly I turned off the wall power and moved the PSU away from flammable materials until I was sure it was safe. 

Yep. That power supply is dead. Normally I would recommend RMA to the manufacturer, but since you purchased it used you probably won't have that option...

 

5 hours ago, PeeledBurgers said:

So I bought a new power supply the other day off Amazon as I saw a used offer for only £70. 

Get in contact with Amazon support ASAP! Try and get a return on it. Even with used goods Amazon should give at least a few weeks/months of 'warranty' and if it caught fire when you turned it on you should be able to get your money back for it!

 

5 hours ago, PeeledBurgers said:

Today it arrived and I was super excited to finally get a modular power supply (as my system was currently using a CX600, which was not giving me enough juice).

What do you mean by it's not giving you enough juice? Why did you believe that to be the situation? What specs are your system?
While the CX600 is an older unit and you may still want to replace it with a newer better quality unit since you're upgrading your PC, 600w should be plenty for most single card systems.

[Guest]

That's why you don't buy used PSUs.

 

[PeeledBurgers]

On 5/9/2019 at 2:22 AM, Spotty said:

Yep. That power supply is dead. Normally I would recommend RMA to the manufacturer, but since you purchased it used you probably won't have that option...

 

Get in contact with Amazon support ASAP! Try and get a return on it. Even with used goods Amazon should give at least a few weeks/months of 'warranty' and if it caught fire when you turned it on you should be able to get your money back for it!

 

What do you mean by it's not giving you enough juice? Why did you believe that to be the situation? What specs are your system?
While the CX600 is an older unit and you may still want to replace it with a newer better quality unit since you're upgrading your PC, 600w should be plenty for most single card systems.

Hey thanks so much for the advice, i am returning it today so i think i will get a refund.

 

as to my specs:

Ryzen 7 2700

64gb ram corsair

4 fans

GTX 1080 (gigabyte)

1 ssd 1 HDD 

strix x370-f motherboard 

 

and i have now purchased an evga 850GQ

 

(and in the future, i will have a raid array and will be running a website ((and possibly a Minecraft server)) so i was looking for a better efficiency box)

[Guest]

CX600 is enough juice.  850W is overkill.  But whatever.