PSU Just Went Dead and....

[TukangUsapEmenq]

... I don't know what tf I should do. It's my brother's tho. The system itself only got 3 years since we bought that, and he actually barely used it (like only 8-16 hours per week, depends of what he want to do). It's got a XFX XT 500W. Yes, I know. A cheapo and shady PSU, so probably that's why it went dead just by that long, but at least it's the PSU that went dead, not the components.

 

Anyway, brother's PC got a a Ryzen 5 1500X, B350M Mortar from MSI, a 1050Ti.

 

Getting a new PSU likely won't be a choice for a while, especially the nice one like Corsair or Seasonic, my family's economic status's at it's worst lately. Perhaps a secondhand would be a choice if we can got the good one brand. But.. Do you guys recommend it?

 

While I'm actually searching for secondhand one, I found so many Corsair PSUs, but I can't find the model VX550 and TX650 on the official Corsair site. Both got the black-orange color schemes for the stickers. Well... What do you guys think? Is it a 'fake' PSU or.. Something that's shady enough?

 

My pops insisting of repairing the PSU (at least to save money), which.... Probably we can but perhaps I won't because there's a big-ass, 400V, one capacitor in there, and I don't have any safety equipment yet for high-voltage power (I'm actually on late-semester electrical engineering study, so probably this PSU can be one hell of a practice for my own, actually).

 

I actually got a old system, a decade old somehow, that sports a 500W PSU, with the same wiring, but, another shady PSU from MaxPower, and I don't want to take any chance considering the moderate-power (323W-ish on the PSU calculator, but the old system, if I estimate it right, barely touch 100W, only using an old Pentium Dual-core E2160 CPU and nothing else) the system using.

[Spotty]

Just now, dhannemon13 said:

While I'm actually searching for secondhand one, I found so many Corsair PSUs, but I can't find the model VX550 and TX650 on the site. Both got the black-orange color schemes for the stickers. Well... What do you guys think? Is it a 'fake' PSU or.. Something that's shady enough?

They're not fake, they're just really old.

 

You got warranty with that XFX unit?

[TukangUsapEmenq]

2 minutes ago, Spotty said:

They're not fake, they're just really old.

 

You got warranty with that XFX unit?

Just past the warranty for a few months I think, and.. Since we already opened the PSU (thus breaking the warranty seal either), I thought it wouldn't be a choice anyway.

[jaslion]

8 minutes ago, dhannemon13 said:

... I don't know what tf I should do. It's my brother's tho. The system itself only got 3 years since we bought that, and he actually barely used it (like only 8-16 hours per week, depends of what he want to do). It's got a XFX XT 500W. Yes, I know. A cheapo and shady PSU, so probably that's why it went dead just by that long, but at least it's the PSU that went dead, not the components.

 

Anyway, brother's PC got a a Ryzen 5 1500X, B350M Mortar from MSI, a 1050Ti.

 

Getting a new PSU likely won't be a choice for a while, especially the nice one like Corsair or Seasonic, my family's economic status's at it's worst lately. Perhaps a secondhand would be a choice if we can got the good one brand. But.. Do you guys recommend it?

 

While I'm actually searching for secondhand one, I found so many Corsair PSUs, but I can't find the model VX550 and TX650 on the official Corsair site. Both got the black-orange color schemes for the stickers. Well... What do you guys think? Is it a 'fake' PSU or.. Something that's shady enough?

 

My pops insisting of repairing the PSU (at least to save money), which.... Probably we can but perhaps I won't because there's a big-ass, 400V, one capacitor in there, and I don't have any safety equipment yet for high-voltage power (I'm actually on late-semester electrical engineering study, so probably this PSU can be one hell of a practice for my own, actually).

 

I actually got a old system, a decade old somehow, that sports a 500W PSU, with the same wiring, but, another shady PSU from MaxPower, and I don't want to take any chance considering the moderate-power (323W-ish on the PSU calculator, but the old system, if I estimate it right, barely touch 100W, only using an old Pentium Dual-core E2160 CPU and nothing else) the system using.

Don't repair a psu it's dangerous. That and if you mess one part up and try to use it say by to the system. I would just save up for a good new unit and call it a day. You can totally get by with a 400w unit of decent quality just check the psu tier list and get something from b tier or above.

 

I do not recommend used psu's due to usage wearing them down. The ones you found are very old and I would not get them at all.

 

For now save up and get a b tier or better 400w or higher unit from this list:

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psucultists-psu-tier-list/

[Fatih19]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

Don't repair a psu it's dangerous. That and if you mess one part up and try to use it say by to the system. I would just save up for a good new unit and call it a day. You can totally get by with a 400w unit of decent quality just check the psu tier list and get something from b tier or above.

 

I do not recommend used psu's due to usage wearing them down. The ones you found are very old and I would not get them at all.

 

For now save up and get a b tier or better 400w or higher unit from this list:

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psucultists-psu-tier-list/

This. I would not risk buying a cheap psu, which would save me some money in the short term because it could take down the whole system should it fail. Save up and buy a decent PSU.

[TukangUsapEmenq]

18 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Don't repair a psu it's dangerous. That and if you mess one part up and try to use it say by to the system.

Yes. This is exactly what I told my pops, I actually don't want to risk it because of the value of the other components (which the most expensive sh*t we all bought), and rather to get a new one (albeit to need wait for a few months) actually. But he's just... Too insisting to fix it. I really dunno how to convince the old man. YouTube video, perhaps?

 

18 minutes ago, jaslion said:

I do not recommend used psu's due to usage wearing them down. The ones you found are very old and I would not get them at all.

Duly noted.

 

15 minutes ago, Fatih19 said:

This. I would not risk buying a cheap psu, which would save me some money in the short term because it could take down the whole system should it fail. Save up and buy a decent PSU.

Yes. And unfortunately most of the PSUs on the tier list, that we can actually afford enough, are on D-tier. I actually found some on C-tier (a Corsair CV450W here), and never mind on B-tier and above because that's way too expensive for us.

 

Edit. @Fatih19 Since we're basically on the same country anyway wkwk

Any recommendation of online shops that actually got those PSUs ready? I think of EnterKomputer or Rakitan.com but probably another recommendation would be nice.

[Fatih19]

5 minutes ago, dhannemon13 said:

Yes. And unfortunately most of the PSUs on the tier list, that we can actually afford enough, are on D-tier. I actually found some on C-tier (a Corsair CV450W here), and never mind on B-tier and above because that's way too expensive for us.

I know this sounds easy to say, but save up. It's just not worth the risk.

6 minutes ago, dhannemon13 said:

Yes. This is exactly what I told my pops, I actually don't want to risk it because of the value of the other components (which the most expensive sh*t we all bought), and rather to get a new one (albeit to need wait for a few months) actually. But he's just... Too insisting to fix it. I really dunno how to convince the old man. YouTube video, perhaps?

I'd say to him that there is a risk of fire, usually that is very convincing.

[TukangUsapEmenq]

2 minutes ago, Fatih19 said:

I know this sounds easy to say, but save up. It's just not worth the risk.

I'd say to him that there is a risk of fire, usually that is very convincing.

Well... Problem is he already faced so many electrical failures (cable smoking and burning because of an overload from a speaker, and another).

 

I actually said there's a way more dangerous one, electrified by a 400V, big-ass, capacitor that might be instantly kills someone. Yet he still touched the dang PSU while it's plugged in.

 

Poko'e susah lah mas. Wong manusia'e emang ngeyel abis dari dulu wkwk

[jaslion]

35 minutes ago, dhannemon13 said:

Well... Problem is he already faced so many electrical failures (cable smoking and burning because of an overload from a speaker, and another).

 

I actually said there's a way more dangerous one, electrified by a 400V, big-ass, capacitor that might be instantly kills someone. Yet he still touched the dang PSU while it's plugged in.

 

Poko'e susah lah mas. Wong manusia'e emang ngeyel abis dari dulu wkwk

Basically I'd tell him that if he somehow manages to fix the psu it will still be a risk to the computer and kill it. If it doesn't do it the moment it is plugged in after trying to fix it. It's as simple as save up have a working computer or kill it by trying to be cheap.