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#1 m.oreilly

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Posted 26 June 2006 - 02:15 AM

well, avoiding my own dogma regarding psu specs (more power, weighs a ton), i had purchased a "500watt"
psu for my daughters' x64 rig...after throwing it out the back door, flames lapping my rists, the smell of burnt
silicon, etc. remaining for an hour or two, i decided to recapitulate my own rules...never cut corners on the "little black" (titanium, green, transparent, chrome, etc.) box of a psu that resides in your rig...

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Posted 26 June 2006 - 02:54 AM

wow never had that happen

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Posted 26 June 2006 - 03:02 AM

View Postm.oreilly, on Jun 25 2006, 07:15 PM, said:

well, avoiding my own dogma regarding psu specs (more power, weighs a ton), i had purchased a "500watt"
psu for my daughters' x64 rig...after throwing it out the back door, flames lapping my rists, the smell of burnt
silicon, etc. remaining for an hour or two, i decided to recapitulate my own rules...never cut corners on the "little black" (titanium, green, transparent, chrome, etc.) box of a psu that resides in your rig...
What a great excuse to give her your old rig, and build yourself a better one!! ;) :)

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Posted 26 June 2006 - 03:49 AM

View PostNvyseal, on Jun 25 2006, 08:02 PM, said:

What a great excuse to give her your old rig, and build yourself a better one!! ;) :)
yep, and the wife wanted it first.. :blink:

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Posted 26 June 2006 - 10:27 AM

Wow... I have had exploding ones, but burning??? and all that??? wow...

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Posted 30 June 2006 - 09:12 PM

I dont understand how you can use that much power :P

I have a 400w and according to most of those online power calculators im using just over 300w :)

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Posted 30 June 2006 - 09:47 PM

Hmmm.... If I go under 550, my system won't even start.... :P

I know, overpowered, extreme and even worse, too slow with compiling for me :)

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Posted 30 June 2006 - 10:38 PM

View Postwetlegs6, on Jun 30 2006, 02:12 PM, said:

I dont understand how you can use that much power :P

I have a 400w and according to most of those online power calculators im using just over 300w :)
besides being a bargan unit, it was full of bunny fluff. yes, fluff. that was probably the burning, stinky
stuff in the case...




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