I just put my system together (well kinda, still waiting on HDD, CD/DVD drive, and PSU) and I had a 500watt deer PSU to tests it out with. So i connected it to the motherboard, and to a few fans all connected with 1 molex connector, when I first powered it on it just flashed the light and went off, so I played around with a few things, and still the same probelm, so then I only connected the motherboard and then it worked, it just goes to show how bad the Deer PSUs are. This is what it could not power: P5K-V, E6300, 2 x 1GB corsair RAM, Zalman 9500LED CPU cooler, 2 120mm fans, 2 60mm hdd fans, 2 green leds. (no hard drives, no dvd/cd drives.) I got it to power just the zalman fan, cpu, ram and motherboard.
You know you could've fried your whole system with that? I allways have a old spare Antec 600 watt PSU to test things out with. Very reliable.
I had no idea they were that bad! It is sold by a place I really trust (Canada Computers, keep in mind i did not buy this PSU for myself) What really scared me was when it sparked with the fan connector, but it was ok after. I am going with this Antec for my computer. lol had it killed my computer the only thing that had a warranty was the motherboard, the rest was ebay stuff! (even the fans!)
There are two things you don't do with computer components: Get a cheap power supply and buy components off ebay that have no warranty
Never ever use a cheap PSU, I can't say never ever enough. 40.00 or 50.00 bucks might seem like a bargain until you fry a 1000.00 or more worth of components, then it won't seem so cheap. I personally really like seasonic PSU's, but antech are very good also. And Hey sammorris, how are you doing? I'm gonna grab Extraction point this weekend, finally. Peace all
I think I will be getting a new test PSU soon, funny when sam was back I had 10emails, all from forums he updated. I have some pictures of the computer now that its done, the sad thing is my camera is making the bottom of ever picture blury, I will post them soon
Yup I only have periodic access to the net, so I reply to as many topics as I can when I have the chance to do so. Seasonic are a good brand, as are Antec (or at least the higher end models are), but my brand of choice at the moment is the Corsair HX series.
