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Help me diagnose this shit
kitamesume:
^ it was confirmed that its the PSU giving the headaches, its either a new one is being shipped in, or its already been swapped.
Pentium100:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on December 03, 2012, 07:05:37 AM ---and a fixed aging rate doesn't make sense either, otherwise you'll see PSU thats still working after 5years should be supplying near-nil of power.
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I had one. The 400W PSU could barely power a single hard drive. Some time later it couldn't. After I replaced the capacitors now it can supply the full power.
--- Quote ---as for an "overkill" psu, i don't think its a good idea either, unless you modulize your rig instead of swapping the whole thing that is.
for me though, i'm more in peace if i had most of the components as brand-new rather than having an overkill 10year-old PSU. as people says, nothing lasts forever.
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I do not replace good components. For example, I have a hard drive (15kRPM 36GB) that I took from my old main PC and placed in my new main PC when building it (no point in buying another hard drive that is exactly the same). Now my main PC also has a 146GB 15kRPM drive and when I'm building my new main PC I'll probably move those hard drives to it (or buy SAS 15kRPM drives, depending on their cost at the time).
I also tend to use computers for a long time, so that 10 year old overkill PSU might still be in use in the same system with me being very happy that I did not need to shut that system down because of PSU failure.
Tatsujin:
--- Quote from: Ixarku on December 02, 2012, 01:27:14 AM ---Yah, really. If I'm going to spend the money and go to the trouble of building a PC myself, my philosophy is to spend money on quality parts, or don't bother with it at all. I've personally had good experiences with Corsair PSUs, although I'm not as exacting about my system requirements as some people.
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Corsair is a very good PSU, I recommend to look at their HX and Enthusiast models.
Ixarku:
--- Quote from: Tatsujin on December 03, 2012, 09:18:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: Ixarku on December 02, 2012, 01:27:14 AM ---Yah, really. If I'm going to spend the money and go to the trouble of building a PC myself, my philosophy is to spend money on quality parts, or don't bother with it at all. I've personally had good experiences with Corsair PSUs, although I'm not as exacting about my system requirements as some people.
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Corsair is a very good PSU, I recommend to look at their HX and Enthusiast models.
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I actually bought an HX850 when I built my current PC just about a year ago.
kitamesume:
--- Quote from: Pentium100 on December 03, 2012, 07:22:34 PM ---
--- Quote ---as for an "overkill" psu, i don't think its a good idea either, unless you modulize your rig instead of swapping the whole thing that is.
for me though, i'm more in peace if i had most of the components as brand-new rather than having an overkill 10year-old PSU. as people says, nothing lasts forever.
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I do not replace good components. For example, I have a hard drive (15kRPM 36GB) that I took from my old main PC and placed in my new main PC when building it (no point in buying another hard drive that is exactly the same). Now my main PC also has a 146GB 15kRPM drive and when I'm building my new main PC I'll probably move those hard drives to it (or buy SAS 15kRPM drives, depending on their cost at the time).
I also tend to use computers for a long time, so that 10 year old overkill PSU might still be in use in the same system with me being very happy that I did not need to shut that system down because of PSU failure.
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i cant say much as we're pretty much at the realm of preferences.
although, old components has a far higher chance of giving out than a brandnew component, with in mind that the average person upgrades once every 4years, or stingy persons sticking with theirs for over 10years(people who still uses pentium4s... no offense)
sure you can repair the unit if it starts to give out but how much would it cost to repair(excluding the trouble of repairing them, since pretty much repurchasing one is equally troublesome)? at around 4years it's worth has been well used, selling it for 30-40%(70-80% if you're lucky) of the original price and repurchasing an either better one or the same thing for much less cost(since you're reinvesting the money back).
theres also a good point of switching them instead of retaining them for so long, that is their efficiency diminishes over the years of usage that could've saved money through electricity bills.
and the part that you can sell a whole rig much easier than by part is one of the reasons why i'd sell them as a whole, although it depends on what the PC has inside. i usually keep most of the harddrives and leaving one of the oldest.
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