EVGA 500 W1

[DGB]

i just bought this power supply to replace a malfunctioning raidmax one. is this a good psu?

 

Also, does my pc rebooting by itself mean that the psu is failing?

[Guest]

The PSU is pretty good. IDK about the rebooting

[STRMfrmXMN]

3 minutes ago, Bobby_Joe_90 said:

The PSU is pretty good. IDK about the rebooting

No it's not really

 

5 minutes ago, DGB said:

i just bought this power supply to replace a malfunctioning raidmax one. is this a good psu?

 

Also, does my pc rebooting by itself mean that the psu is failing?

It's not a great PSU unless you're powering a no-GPU or basic GPU system (IE, 750ti or less). What are you powering? Also check out the PSU whitelist in my signature.

[Moonzy]

4 minutes ago, DGB said:

does my pc rebooting by itself mean that the psu is failing

could be a failing psu, motherboard or cpu, most likely the psu though

i recommend changing it before it dies, because a dead psu is normally bad news for your computer

[DGB]

Just now, Moonzy said:

could be a failing psu, motherboard or cpu, most likely the psu though

i recommend changing it before it dies, because a dead psu is normally bad news for your computer

i already removed the psu. I just ordered the EVGA one

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, DGB said:

i already removed the psu. I just ordered the EVGA one

try getting an EVGA G2 550W, its better than the one you're getting

[DGB]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

try getting an EVGA G2 550W, its better than the one you're getting

im on a budget so this was the bst one i could find in the $30-40 price range

[STRMfrmXMN]

Just now, DGB said:

im on a budget so this was the bst one i could find in the $30-40 price range

What are you powering? You might want to save up more if you have a high-power system. Also, Seasonic and XFX sells PSUs at that price and they're much better than the EVGA W1 which isn't good.

[DGB]

1 minute ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

What are you powering? You might want to save up more if you have a high-power system. Also, Seasonic and XFX sells PSUs at that price and they're much better than the EVGA W1 which isn't good.

i powering almost exactly 500w

[STRMfrmXMN]

2 minutes ago, DGB said:

i powering almost exactly 500w

When I said what hardware you were powering I meant a spec list. The W1 is definitely not the sort of PSU you want if you're getting anywhere near 500W. 500W is two 970s in SLI and an i7 so yeah...

[DGB]

Just now, STRMfrmXMN said:

When I said what hardware you were powering I meant a spec list. The W1 is definitely not the sort of PSU you want if you're getting anywhere near 500W. 500W is two 970s in SLI and an i7 so yeah...

CPU- AMD FX-4350

GPU- GeForce GT 730

MOBO- ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0

HDD- WD Blue 1TB

Heatsink- Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

Fans- 2x Case fans + 1x cooler fan

[STRMfrmXMN]

Just now, DGB said:

CPU- AMD FX-4350

GPU- GeForce GT 730

MOBO- ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0

HDD- WD Blue 1TB

Heatsink- Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

Fans- 2x Case fans + 1x cooler fan

Hmm, OK.

 

Well you just ordered the PSU from Amazon right? You can get this for your budget and it'll work a tad better than the EVGA W1

 http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CX430-Supply-Bronze-Certified/dp/B0092ML1SC/ref=sr_1_9?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1459013850&sr=1-9&keywords=antec+earthwatts

 

Also your build will only ever use around 130W of power under load so yeah, nowhere near 500W