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Athena
02-03-04, 02:34 PM
Just got my new BFG 5900 nu and Black Knight 550 WATT psu and bam the psu goes up in smoke and took my 5900 nu w/ it.

Come to find out the actual power of my 550 WATT power house from realpcpower.com is only like 200 to 230 WATTS. :mad:

This is just such a bummer people please onlu use name brand PSUs you have read many reviews on for you new systems!!
mrsabidji
02-03-04, 02:40 PM
I'm... er... sorry. I'm buying an ANTEC 480W TruePower next week. I currently have a noname (LG certified my a$$) 350W PSU and my system got a bit unstable since my last video card overclock, so...

mrsabidji
Malfunction
02-03-04, 02:45 PM
Bummer... that sucks. :( Thanks for the heads up, however I only buy Antec or Enermax PSU's. Still good info to know though.

Peace,

:afro:
Gator
02-03-04, 03:17 PM
that sucks! try to RMA the video card, and if you can RMA the PSU thats fine but I wouldnt bother using it. Sell the returned PSU on ebay, and get yourself an Antec or Enermax PSU instead
Skuzzy
02-03-04, 04:15 PM
PCPower & Cooling (pricey, but WOW) or Antec.
Chalnoth
02-03-04, 05:46 PM
Originally posted by mrsabidji
I'm... er... sorry. I'm buying an ANTEC 480W TruePower next week. I currently have a noname (LG certified my a$$) 350W PSU and my system got a bit unstable since my last video card overclock, so...
Heh. I had an Antec Truepower that died on me, and took my hard drive with it. I really think that the problem was that Antec decided to go for the individual power channels for 3.3V and 5V. More electronics means more can go wrong.