PSA Do NOT go Rosewill

[Dimondminer11]

I had a Rosewill Glacier 700W unit just go kerpoof on me. Luckily it didn't nuke the rest of my hardware and I have a 3 year warranty. It failed after 3 months of light to moderate to heavy loads.

[TheKDub]

Well yeah. Rosewill Glacier is rated C+ Tier, and I'm pretty sure they don't have a track record for making decent quality units even at that.

 

I'd suggest you go with something at least B+ tier for your replacement.

[Dimondminer11]

2 minutes ago, TheKDub said:

Well yeah. Rosewill Glacier is rated C+ Tier, and I'm pretty sure they don't have a track record for making decent quality units even at that.

 

I'd suggest you go with something at least B+ tier for your replacement.

Yeah. Something like a corsair 650 watt or something like that.

[GoldenLag]

4 minutes ago, Dimondminer11 said:

Rosewill Glacier 700W

dont judge a brand on one bad old sample. the performance of one PSU does not affect another one. 

 

their Capstone G is fairly good actually. the glacier, not being among the good ones. 

 

get something Tier B or higher next time. 

[Dimondminer11]

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

dont judge a brand on one bad old sample. the performance of one PSU does not affect another one. 

 

their Capstone G is fairly good actually. the glacier, not being among the good ones. 

 

get something Tier B or higher next time. 

ok. understood

 

[GoldenLag]

4 minutes ago, Dimondminer11 said:

Yeah. Something like a corsair 650 watt or something like that.

there are about 6 different PSUs in current production with the wattage 650 from corsair. and not all of them are good. 

[Dimondminer11]

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

there are about 6 different PSUs in current production with the wattage 650 from corsair. and not all of them are good. 

ah. Well what do you think form the B + or A tier would be good for a 2700x and r9 fury?

[GoldenLag]

Just now, Dimondminer11 said:

ah. Well what do you think form the B + or A tier would be good for a 2700x and r9 fury?

as long as you get at least a 550w. or if you are for some reason powerplaytable overclocking the fury 650w+. 

 

id probably look at 650w as the r9 fury can draw a lot, if pushed to it. 

[lafrente]

Every PSU lineup will have lemons. Not ideal but as long as it didn't fry the rest of your system you should be good.

 

I got Gigabyte G750H, gold & semi modular. 140mm double ball bearing fan.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Can't really advise to stay away from a brand as a whole because of an outlier. If we did that, you wouldn't be able to recommend anything. 

 

Also, what really matters is whether the PSU takes anything with it when it fails. I've had a couple of decent PSUs fail prematurely due and none of them have taken anything else with them, so I'd still recommend them as not being dangerous. 

[Dimondminer11]

8 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Can't really advise to stay away from a brand as a whole because of an outlier. If we did that, you wouldn't be able to recommend anything. 

 

Also, what really matters is whether the PSU takes anything with it when it fails. I've had a couple of decent PSUs fail prematurely due and none of them have taken anything else with them, so I'd still recommend them as not being dangerous. 

I guess that is true

 

[Dimondminer11]

All i heard from it was a loud pop then silence. It also managed to trip my breaker twice.