Ph33l teh P0w3R -- Help…hehe

[MatrixmaN]

1 - Built In Chassis Fan
1 - Built In HeatSink/Proc Fan
1 - Radeon 9500 Pro 128mb
1 - Athlon 2600+
1 - CDRW 52X
3 - HDD's (60gb 60gb 20gb)
1 - Mountable Inner Light
1 - Built In (outside) Chassis Light
2 - More Optional Fans I can install....


Er.....how much power would you reccomend for everything to run at optimal performance?

I recently got this rig and sadly enough my 400watt PSU fried itself for no apparent reason the other day. I have to purchase a new PSU and was wondering whether I lacked power or had enough and it just fried for no reason.


Any suggestions?

[agathodaimon]

sometimes you just get bad power supplies...
What brand was the last one?
I know that Antec & Enermax are really good names for power supplies.
I personally use "Allied", They are a cheaper brand, but I've had good luck with them.

400W should have been enough to run your rig... But it never hurts to have more power. Just make sure you get one with DUAL fans. One on the bottom and one on the side. It just keeps everything cooler.

[MatrixmaN]

Came w/ the case.......Future Power......name sounded cheesy to begin with.


Thanks.

[agathodaimon]

heh, yeah, i've never heard of Future Power before... More than likely it was just a bad PS.
A bad power supply can be the culprit of a number of problems with your system. It's always a good idea to make sure you're getting one of a nice quality...

[MatrixmaN]

I Hate Technology…

Man, I must have REALLY bad Karma.
I get home with my new PSU, hook everything up and im all happy and ready to reboot and get back to normal.

What happens you ask? I'll tell you.

When the old, cheesy, POS fried itself it made sure to take out 2 of my most precious things with it. 2 days prior I had about 140gb......now I have 60gb....do the math and you'll realize that it fried 2 of my HDD's. They don't rev up anymore, power doesn't seem to go thru them.

I think when it went, it surged thru the main wire that was connected to both of them.

MAN, I just lost 5 years worth of backed up data, most of which couldnt fit on a CD.....this is a kinda depressing predicament.

Do you think there is any chance in hell anything can be retrieved?

[tonyromen]

Originally posted by MatrixmaN
I Hate Technology…

Do you think there is any chance in hell anything can be retrieved?

http://drivesavers.com/

They are supposed to be pretty good. It may cost you a pretty penny, I guess it depends on how much the data is worth to you.

hope this helps.
-t

[MatrixmaN]

Hmm......

I wonder how much a pretty penny is....I only have a few thousand $$$ worth of software and data on it. =(

[tonyromen]

check it out...I think they may have free estimates....let me know how it turns out though! I've luckily never had to resort to this and I'm curious.

thanks

-t

[CraigK]

Thats a really cool company. And the fact that they get to open up the hard drives and keep the warranty in tact as well as the data is awesome. hope i never have to use them though

[MatrixmaN]

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Eh, thats it. Too pricey for me.......I'll keep the drive until I can save up $1000+.