>destroys your pc
Pssshh... nothing personnel kid.......

>>717296730 (OP)
that's not even bronze, if you buy this ur retarded

never cheap out on a PSU

>>717296730 (OP)
The PSU is the only component I've never had fail in any of my machines.

happened to me last week
nice firecracker

>>717296730 (OP)
I just bought a $250 corsair psu and it's making retardedly loud noise I'm returning it

>tfw apevia psu

>>717296730 (OP)
>chinkoid noname psu burns down your house

>>717296730 (OP)
>buying no name PSUs
you deserve it

>every time I shut down my PC, the PSU makes a small "clink" noise and I can see a little spark coming from where the modular plug ports are

>>717297401
mine clicks too but doesn't spark

>>717297081
It only happens to retards who cheap out on the longest lasting and arguably most important component in the fucking PC. It's even more retarded when you realize the difference between a shitty one that will explode in 2 years taking half your components with it and one that will easily last 2 decades is a few bucks.

I've been playing games on a prebuilt i bought eight years ago, but if i were to build my own PC, where do i get a PSU which wont explode on me after a few months of usage? Do i just get a Gold rank PSU from a reputable brand and that's it?

>>717297931
yep

>>717297931
80+ ratings means fuck all, it's basically just a sticker companies can buy. Check up Cybernetics tests or just buy something that is reputable/popular. Don't blindly trust brands either, their projects vary a lot.

I dont get it, if youre not supposed to cheap out on a psu then how are these cheap firecrackers getting sold enough to justify manufacturing. Whoes buying all these cheap psus?

>>717297401
>>717297446
Clicking is normal, its just the psu turning off/on

>>717296730 (OP)
Just do your research and don't cheap out, simple.

>>717298218
IQ is a bell curve.

bros, is it normal for your PSU to sound like a lawnmower?

>>717298218
Retards, prebuilds, thirdies. Don't forget that a retard will just buy another shitty PSU once his shitty one dies.

>>717297584
is that true?
do you have personal experience with that?
I'm interested in even anecdotes

>>717298375
Try lubricating the fan or replacing it.

>>717298375
>>717298482
I recommend a good dose of WD40.

>friend buys a prebuilt with a RTX 5090
>cringe at the specs
>PSU: 800watt Standard Generic
his house is gonna explode anytime now, isn't it?

>>717298419
Not him but I work in IT at a local company. They’ve always buy cheap prebuilt PCs with shitty chink PSUs for offices, and they usually last 2-3 years at most. The Corsair in my personal rig have been running for 14-15 years in comparison.

>>717298667
When components draw more power than the PSU has, it doesn't blow up, it just shuts down.

>>717298419
I first hand witnessed a PSU melt the fucking power cord, killing the mainboard in the process. Could be related to the shitty wiring in these ancient pre-ww2 apartments but I blame the PSU. Never saw anything like it.

I've had the same power supply for 12 years

>>717298849
>When components draw more power than the PSU has, it doesn't blow up, it just shuts down.
That's only if the PSU has proper protections. If it doesn't (like most generic PSUs), it'll blow up.

>>717298375
Dying fan bearing, most likely.

>>717298375
>>717298663
Don't use WD-40, it's not a lubricant and will gum up over time. Use machine oil.

>>717298873
By power cord I mean the one plugged into the outlet. Must've been damaged somehow because the rubber was almost melted at one spot.

>>717298873
Those flames just mean the GPU has a ton of power. Haven't you nerds ever seen a souped-up hot rod before?

>>717298419
I've had a mobo die on an old hands-me-down PC when the PSU died (it just randomly poped). It was a cheap, no brand, chink PSU.

>>717298375
Open your PSU. Take the fan out. Peel off the sticker in the middle and get pic related or whatever machine oil you want and put a few drops of it in the middle. Put the sticker back on and give it a little spin.

>>717298849
anon... shitty PSUs don't do that
https://youtu.be/m1FVv90-VtI&t=590

>bought an rm850x i saw online in a store near me
>go for it because mine was starting to fail
>it arrives
>it's missing sata cables
>connect all of it
>it doesn't turn on
>contact the store tell them it's not turning on
>they say to bring it for repairs
>look closely
>it has a small very light dent as if someone tried to open it
>realize that it's supposed to have a sata cable
>THIS SHIT IS REFURBISHED
brazilian psu

>>717297401
Clicks are usually fine. Sparks are not.

>>717298375
That’s not normal, anon. Your PSU shouldn’t sound like it’s about to mow a lawn unless you’re running Crysis on a microwave. It's probably the fan going bad-either the bearings are shot or it's caked in dust. You can try cleaning it out or oiling it (NOT with WD-40, use actual machine oil like sewing machine or 3-in-1). If that doesn't help, just replace the whole unit before it cooks your rig. Don't cheap out on the PSU-it’s the heart of your system.

>>717298873
Down syndrome kid finally saw the full power of windforce.

>>717296730 (OP)
The funniest PSU failure i ever had was a capacitor exploding so hard, it left e hard dent on the metal case.

>>717296730 (OP)
I use a chink-shit Crypto mining power supply for my rig, its been in my PC for roughly 6 years, no issues.
I got it on clearance for 40 bucks.
I don't know how you fuckers burn down your houses with these things.

>>717302370
sounds like you could have been wounded real good

>>717298280
I had one of those explode on me under heavy load. Was like 10 years old. Hardware is fine, though.

>>717303136
If it went out of a hole, yes.
but it didn't so it was funny because it sounded like gunshot too.

>>717297081
It happened to me with some cheap ass chink PSU back in around 2006, man that thing was fucking garbage. But since then I didn't exactly go overboard either, just picked bronze ones and none of them died.

>>717298375
I don't think I've ever heard my PSU over the other fans in my PC

>>717302370
Capacitors only explode on reverse polarity.
What were you doing?

>>717297584
>bought an expensive 1000w Seasonic Gold PSU for my first build
>dies after only 4 years

>>717303868
Thats what all these retards itt fail to understand, a PSU is a lottery no matter the brand or rating, if they fail they fail your not going to guarantee anything

>>717303868
Seasonic has a 10-12 year warranty for their top stuff, hope you didn't just throw it away.

>>717304110
Every product you buy is a "lottery" due to engineering tolerances, difference are the odds. You are very likely to get fucked by shitty PSUs since they use awful components to save on costs and have simpler designs, some have 0 protections, as in no OVP/OCP/OPP or even fucking OTP.

>>717298873
>gigashit GPU
many such cases

>Corsair CX500M still going strong since 2013
It's going to blow up any day now, isn't it? Do the newer PSUs even last this long?

>>717304110
The only thing that matters is what the PSU takes with it when it does fail which it inevitably will. I've had PSUs not fail (yep, they still work) and destroy all the hardware on them before. That was long ago, but you can still buy PSUs which are low quality enough to do that.

>>717304513
If it lasted this long it won't blow up, but the efficiency lowers over time.

>>717296730 (OP)
>pc keeps shutting down
>always when gaming
>run tons of tests on gpu, its fine
>run tons of tests on cpu, its fine
>monitoring power levels, all fine
>trying everything under the sun
>update bios
>underclock everything
>keeps happening
>open up pc (should have done this earlier)
>single pin on the pcie cable to my gpu is burnt
>use new cable
>no issues
fuck me

>>717304674
No it can blow up, it's not just efficiency that goes down but also the amount of power it can supply. Brand new that probably would have struggled just above 500W output on the DC side. 12 years later? You're blowing it up if you pull 500W.

>>717304884
CX500M has OPP.

>>717305016
So did my Seasonic 660W platinum PSU. Triggered it a whole bunch of times, but then one day it got tired of that and blew up.

>>717305114
Well, you clearly was driving it way too hard if you triggered it a bunch of times. No protection is saving you if you are operating it way beyond spec, that's like constantly hitting rev-limit on a car.

>>717296730 (OP)
B-b-... It had RGB!

>>717296730 (OP)
That's why you don't buy Chinese power supplies. Many many moons ago I would buy cheap ones because "lol it's just a power supply it doesn't impact performance" but for god's sake don't do what I did

I bought a evga 600b and it burned down very fast, in less than 3 years. idk what brand or psu the guys here who claim that last 10 years or so buy.
Nothing broke down, but it simply stopped turning my pc on.

>>717304513
Corsair, EVGA units usually last a long time.
I have a 700W unit that has been through 3 gaming rigs and is now sitting in a twitter and youtube machine.

>>717296730 (OP)
I've had two of these of explode and the PC was fine both times after replacing the PSU.

My Seasonic S12II will be 10 years old soon and I'm starting to think maybe it's time to retire it

>>717297584
PSUs have gotten expensive, to be fair. Easily over 100€ now

>>717296730 (OP)
My current PSU is fine but its fan is shot to hell. There's a curve of how much rattle it makes
>rattle is moderately bad at low loads
>gets really fucking bad at medium-high loads, sounds like the fan's grinding, but it only sounds like that within a few degrees range
>at high loads it's perfectly quiet like a proper PSU should be
It pisses me off but not enough to buy a new one yet. This entire rig is shot anyway.

>>717306858
I can't even use the cord that came with mine because I ordered it from bongistan. I wouldn't be able to get a decent price on it, otherwise.

>>717305481
Yeah sure but the point is that once capacity goes down with old age, these protections become unreliable.

>cheaping out on the PSU
i shiggy diggy

>>717307186
Crysis? SHIVER ME TIMBERS TIME!

>>717307186
just lubricate it with machine oil, you just need to remove a sticker and a cap

>>717297584
Not entirely true, I was one of the victims of the gigabyte exploding power supplies.

>>717296730 (OP)
What is this and what does it do?

>discharges into your femoral artery

>>717309220
It's a this, but bigger and more powerful.

what's a good am5 mobo for under $200

>>717309381
Why would you need something bigger and powerful than that?

>>717309198
You mean that one actually faulty model that people talked for ages around 2 years ago, the one they even offered replacements? It's the exception, not the rule. When you buy a cheap one with 0 protections and bottom of the barrel components, it's the rule.

Are clicks during high load OK? I have a platinum psu but it always makes me nervous.

>>717309806
Standards + PCs often use more than double digit watts.

>2025
>he doesn't have a 1000w UPS no break unit

Shameful and sad

>>717309690
https://www.techspot.com/review/2699-amd-b650-motherboards/

>>717309381
>go away for the weekend
>dumbass brother left the SNES turned on when we left
>come back and realize his error
>turn off and touch brick
>heat of a thousand suns
Small wonder it didn't start melting or melt the carpet

>>717310045
I do have one
but the battery broke ages ago

>>717304513
I had a 10+ year old Cooler Master unit that just wouldn't let the PC turn on anymore until a bunch of capacitors that had gone bad were replaced. That's probably your most likely failure mode.