I am back online and am working through my backlog. I have had no shipping software, no email, nothing. I had to build a new PC from scratch and that didn't go as planned. So no, I have not stolen your MONIEZ. I am shipping everything EMS tomorrow to my patient european friends. K
I never think about it mate, but thanks for the info. I REALLY wait for the stuff... maybe it was an dell ;-)
It fried The good thing about frying your PC is that the chips get fried at the same time! Fried PC and chips, tasty!
So my old pc died, so I thought since it was overclocked hard, it (cpu) had failed. I built a new pc, all new parts except the psu and the system would not start. I swapped in the same psu but new, and no go. Seems the 750W rated psu is LIES ALL LIES and thermaltake is a shitty company. It really only gives 480W in an online review and here I am $120 into a psu that does not deliver the promised power. I ordered a good xfx 750W black ed. psu. $134 :-( What sucks is I still need a psu for the old pc and that will cost me $99 at least.
Look for the efficiency rating. Most consumer PSUs aren't even close to 100%. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_supply_unit_(computer)#Energy_efficiency
Err, so use the Thermaltake? No PSU will give its power rating. The expensive ones will do closer, sure. I don't see how an online review (source? is it trusted?) could say it did 480W. It will only give out what power you require from it. If your hardware only needs 480 Watts, it will only give 480 Watts. http://www.anandtech.com/show/2624 I don't see why it shouldn't boot up with a stock i5. Using the above with the highest Lynnfield i5 (they don't have the Sandybridge yet), a high performance board, 4 sticks of DDR3, 2 SATA drives, DVD-RW, a GTX 580 and 3 fans gave a recommended figure of 485W. Current requirement, on the other hand, is a different story. Maybe it's letting you down there? Try using this to calculate power requirements: http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
