new builder here.

[Justin6386]

I have recently bought a used gaming pc from a friend that needs some work i figured this would be perfect for me to get my hands into the pc world and build my first pc sort of from the info that i was given it needed a new power supply so i recently purchased one of amazon it is a 650 with rgb lighting in it so i got it installed and went to turn the pc on and it comes on and shuts right back off can someone help with what's going on like title says new builder here little experience any help would be appreciated. 

[Poinkachu]

8 minutes ago, Justin6386 said:

I have recently bought a used gaming pc from a friend that needs some work i figured this would be perfect for me to get my hands into the pc world and build my first pc sort of from the info that i was given it needed a new power supply so i recently purchased one of amazon it is a 650 with rgb lighting in it so i got it installed and went to turn the pc on and it comes on and shuts right back off can someone help with what's going on like title says new builder here little experience any help would be appreciated. 

1. What's the full spec.

2. Did you try to turn it on at your friend's place ?

 

[Hinjima]

21 minutes ago, Justin6386 said:

I have recently bought a used gaming pc from a friend that needs some work i figured this would be perfect for me to get my hands into the pc world and build my first pc sort of from the info that i was given it needed a new power supply so i recently purchased one of amazon it is a 650 with rgb lighting in it so i got it installed and went to turn the pc on and it comes on and shuts right back off can someone help with what's going on like title says new builder here little experience any help would be appreciated. 

 What is the new PSU? Most PSU's with RGB are not very good, as they use this as their sales pitch.

Did you reuse any of the old power supply cables in the build with the new power supply?

[Justin6386]

no i did not try at my friend's house because i have seen him play on it before so I didn't ask many questions. The computer itself is a cyber power 8 gigs of ram,

NVidia GeForce gtx 4030 it's an older pc with no SSD that's about all I know about the pc.

 

[Justin6386]

1 minute ago, Hinjima said:

 What is the new PSU? Most PSU's with RGB are not very good, as they use this as their sales pitch.

Did you reuse any of the old power supply cables in the build with the new power supply?

no I used everything that was new in the box 

[Hinjima]

Just now, Justin6386 said:

no I used everything that was new in the box 

What is the new power supply?

[Poinkachu]

3 minutes ago, Justin6386 said:

i have seen him play on it before

When is this "before" ?

 

Can he lend you a PSU for testing purpose ?

[Justin6386]

3 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

 What is the new PSU? Most PSU's with RGB are not very good, as they use this as their sales pitch.

Did you reuse any of the old power supply cables in the build with the new power supply?

Apevia ATX-PM650W Premier 650W 80+ Gold Certified Active PFC ATX Semi-Modular Gaming Power Supply with 366 RGB Light Modes. 

this is new one that i bought. and tried to install.

[Hinjima]

5 minutes ago, Justin6386 said:

Apevia ATX-PM650W Premier 650W 80+ Gold Certified Active PFC ATX Semi-Modular Gaming Power Supply with 366 RGB Light Modes. 

this is new one that i bought. and tried to install.

I was afraid of that.  Apevia is actually one of the worst power supply brands on the market and their PSU's are pure junk.

I would not use one to power my toaster if I was given one for free.. They are a great idea if you like house fires though!

 

If possible, return that thing asap and buy a decent PSU like a MSI A650BN.

 

You can see here on the PSU Tierlist that Apevia basically only has one low end PSU in the C:Tier, the rest is E-waste E or F:Tier.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/edit?gid=1973454078#gid=1973454078

[Justin6386]

1 minute ago, Poinkachu said:

When is this "before" ?

 

Can he lend you a PSU for testing purpose ?

I bought it from him 3 months ago when he bought his new pc, he was using it then he said that the power supply was going to go out but didn't know how long it still had before it went out. I got maybe a month out of it, and it went out I finally able to save a few bucks and bought the new one.

[Justin6386]

1 minute ago, Hinjima said:

I was afraid of that.  Apevia is actually one of the worst power supply brands on the market and their PSU's are pure junk.

I would not use one to power my toaster if I was given one for free.. They are a great idea if you like house fires though!

 

If possible, return that thing asap and buy a decent PSU like a MSI A650BN.

 

You can see here on the PSU Tierlist that Apevia basically only has one low end PSU in the C:Tier, the rest is E-waste E or F:Tier.

ok will do thank you for the help it is greatly appreciated.

[Poinkachu]

10 minutes ago, Justin6386 said:

I bought it from him 3 months ago when he bought his new pc, he was using it then he said that the power supply was going to go out but didn't know how long it still had before it went out. I got maybe a month out of it, and it went out I finally able to save a few bucks and bought the new one.

I see.
So the PC turned on for you before, using the old PSU, for a month, then the PSU conked out, yeah?
That's an important piece of info you left out in your original post. lol

How did it conk out ? like, the process. Pop sound? Magic smoke? Just can't turn on PC one day?, etc

[Justin6386]

yea I went to turn it on and nothing i checked all the plugs and everything was plugged in right but there was no power going to it i checked the outlet to make sure that wasn't the issue, and it was fine and i check the surge protector and it was also fine. so, I bought the new one got it all hooked up i made sure that i have everything hooked up to where it needs to be and no power from that one either.