New PSU

[dangler23]

i bought a new PSU 650watt....put in case hooked cables up plugged in green light on mobo came on hit power button one fan spun then just stopped and nothing happened??? got frustrated and put old stock 300watt psu back in and computer fired right up no problems...any ideas here would be greatly appreciated please and thank you... computer is an HP pavilion elite 210y amd 945 quadcore 3.0ghz 8gig ram H-RS880-uATX (Aloe) motherboard

 

[thephenom79]

There are a couple things here dangler, your motherboard could have some type of short in it that only causes a problem with higher wattage (least likely) or there is a surge or some kind of manufacture defect even though it is a new PSU that is causing power problems. What type of PSU is it?

 

[ko888]

What is the make and model of the new 650 Watt power supply unit? It could be defective.

 

[dangler23]

COOLER MASTER GX Series RS650-ACAAE3-US 650W ATX12V v2.31 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply from newegg....im thinking its the power supply also i would think it would make a little noise when turned on but nothing

 

[dangler23]

upgrading for a bigger video card

 

[obsidian86]

which model does your psu model name end with a d3 or e3

this is the e3 review

http://hardocp.com/article/2010/11/22/cooler_master_gx_650w_power_supply_review/

 

[dangler23]

an e3 but do you think i got a bad one right out of the box....should i just get a refund and get another one if so whats a good brand for around 100$

 

[obsidian86]

an e3 but do you think i got a bad one right out of the box....should i just get a refund and get another one if so whats a good brand for around 100$

the e3 is bad coming off the prodution line bad going into the box and bad coming out of the box and worse going into a pc case

xfx tend to have great deals
antec on occasion
corsair as well
silverstone good but costs a bit
lepa is great budget brand
seasonic is one of the est and used as a source by many other companies

few antec deals

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371031

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371044

 

[ko888]

which model does your psu model name end with a d3 or e3

this is the e3 review

http://hardocp.com/article/2010/11/22/cooler_master_gx_650w_power_supply_review/

@dangler23 has the model that failed HardOCP's test review.

The Cooler Master GX Series RS-650-ACAA-E3 is a recently discontinued model. Cooler Master is just trying to clear out the remaining stock in the distribution channel.

Its replacement model is the RS-650-ACAA-D3 made by Enhance Electronics. This model has better DC Output quality and higher efficiency and is actually able to deliver more than its labelled power output.

 

[thephenom79]

PC Power & Cooling remains among the elite as well however they are more expensive, but in all honesty if you want to have good video performance and allow room for further upgrades like possibly SLI/Crossfire then the investment may be worth it

 

[ko888]

I'm not a PC Power & Cooling fanboy. I had to get my Silencer 750 EPS12V RMA'd two days ago when it completely died. The PSU died when the PC was turned on and just sitting idle.

PC Power & Cooling's reputation for quality has declined ever since OCZ bought them up in 2007. You can see the influence of OCZ rearing its ugly head in cost cutting by telling Seasonic to use cheap OST RLX and RLS series capacitors instead of the higher quality Japanese capacitors. That's the major reason I don't recommend them anymore.