#cases-psu-and-cooling

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opal night
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Well, good luck

gusty crag
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ty

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i mean

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i will have a spare 150-50W margin for my psu

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so

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eh

lofty pewter
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Thermaltake Smart 80+ has nice reviews on Amazon, tho is an easy firestarter/PC killer. Failure rate is slightly higher then normal on it, but what happens on failure is almost always catastrophic - which isnt normal and is bad.

This is one of the reasons why reviews on seller sites dont mean too much without reading into

gusty crag
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it has *nice reviews

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the w1 has 5 stars on the website i am buying my stuff

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out of over 100 reviews

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over 100*

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idrk the exact amout

opal night
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Those also mean nothing

lofty pewter
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again, my example of the TT Smart 80+...
4.6star on Amazon with like 400+ reviews, and yet is still a very dangerous PSU

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If you can, get a better PSU. If it's impossible to get a better one, then get the w1

chrome iris
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thermaltake smart/TR2 5 years flushedegg

elfin trout
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it goes boom

remote locust
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yeah been looking at them

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Have my eyes on the montech x1 or smth but I heard its really cheap

opal night
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It is really cheap

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But decent for the price

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There's a couple builds in the build pics channel

proven token
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proven token
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W1 is a terrible choice

lofty pewter
proven token
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Exactly

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And W1 has been reviewed, and has blown up in said review

cerulean cliff
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what psu should i get?

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im looking for an 80+ gold 650watt+ psu

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but i dont wanna burn my system

teal flare
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phanteks amp 650w @cerulean cliff

warped steppe
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Hey does anyone know what PSU would be power efficient. I have two roommates and I don’t want to run my landlords bill up

proven token
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Dw about efficiency

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Seriously

warped steppe
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80+ bronze be coo? or something more

lofty pewter
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That'd be fine. Make sure it's a good quality PSU however

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brand =/= quality

warped steppe
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oh ok

low scaffold
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leadex psus are cute

hybrid grotto
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Hi all! Anyone can suggest me good sleeved PSU extension cables that are not super expensive and good quality? For shipping to Canada.

trail jolt
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Asia horse

tidal glen
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Axial-tech fan design features a smaller fan hub, longer blades, and a barrier ring that increases downward air pressure. so when it says downward air pressure doe that only work if the psu fan is facing up or down?

opal night
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it doesn't matter what direction

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I think what they're trying to say is static pressure optimized

gusty crag
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LOL

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which review was that

gusty crag
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for this case the recommended airflow scheme would be the good old 3 fans on the front and one in the back right? Then the 2 op the top would be for raditators

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opal night
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Top radiator should be exhaust

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otherwise yes

scenic lance
scenic lance
edgy tiger
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ok everyone, hear me out here

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so I am flipping a gateway computer, and it has an odd case

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it has an infrared reader somehow, and I can plug it in. the problem is, I am not using vista and the drivers seem to be lodged in deep space. anyone know how I cna get it working?

low scaffold
edgy tiger
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are not finding those either

mild tapir
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hello, building a pc soon. what's a good case that's 60~90 usd with good airflow and design?

edgy tiger
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corsair 4000d is a great option

low scaffold
edgy tiger
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for most people the midtower design is good

mild tapir
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yeah im kinda deciding between the corsair 4000d and fractical meshify c

edgy tiger
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both great options

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have used both and both are great

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i assume you are on an ATX board?

mild tapir
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yea

edgy tiger
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any watercooling?

mild tapir
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nope

edgy tiger
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yeah those options are pretty sweet

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just go w ur gut and ur be gold either way

mild tapir
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thanks mate

low scaffold
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i like the fractal just cause imo corsair cases uggy

willow hollow
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meshify c is a bit short

plucky citrus
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Thermalake Core V1...Look it up.
Best ITX case IMO.

low scaffold
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i have one and its ass

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literally threw it away

trail jolt
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I put my vote in for the evolv shift for best itx

willow hollow
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SUGO SG13 is pretty nice IMO

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fits 140mm AIO + long enough gpus + ATX PSU

scenic lance
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This is a yikes moment isn’t it

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Friend of mine just ordered this for his build... and I have to build it

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I don’t even think it’s on the PSU tier list

teal flare
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yes it is, D tier

scenic lance
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Ah

opal night
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OOF

scenic lance
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Didn’t see, it was too far down

opal night
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Those PSU's don't even hit rated supply

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Return it asap

scenic lance
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What in the world should I tel this kid

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He’s trying to run a 3060ti and 3700x on it

opal night
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Tell him if he doesn't want to burn up his new 3060TI he should return it

golden kestrel
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Not even a great price too lol

muted drift
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any issues with the thermal take v200?

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like how is the airflow on it

opal night
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Warm

muted drift
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so it is good

chrome iris
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you don't want your components to be warm

opal night
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Yeah, that case some poor airflow

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Like the NZXT H510

muted drift
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how can you tell if a case has poor airflow

opal night
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Solid glass front, small holes in the front panel for air to get in

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Ideally you want a mesh front

muted drift
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but like it wont affect anything correct

opal night
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Yeah, it affects airflow and your components don't cool well

muted drift
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ok and if i add more fans?

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because i might add two at the top

opal night
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more fans won't help

muted drift
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ok its just the outtake

opal night
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The intake surface area for the fans to get air from is very small

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Adding more fans won't help

muted drift
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ok

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and would it make it even more clogged or no

opal night
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Did you already buy it or something?

muted drift
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no not yet but i was going to

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oh wait the case yes

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i got it as a gift

opal night
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Ah

chrome iris
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think about it like this

opal night
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In that case, I wouldn't worry about it too much

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Free is free

chrome iris
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if you have a sealed plastic box

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and you put fans in there

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its not gonna make airflow any better

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not saying these cases are sealed

opal night
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It's more like, blow through a straw. Then blow through a toilet paper tube or paper towel tube

chrome iris
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but its a decent ideology

opal night
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Which one is easier?

chrome iris
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his is better

muted drift
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my what

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warm lark
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would a 700w evga work for this build

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CPU Ryzen 5 3500x
GPU GTX 1650
Storage seagate barracuda 1tb hdd
optional storage 480gb kingstone ssd
Motherboard Asus Prime B450m-a/ Socket Am4/ Amd B450/ Ddr4
Ram ddr4 8gb 2400mhz hyper x fury black (x2)
Case Aerocool Cylon Black RGB

teal flare
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yes

warm lark
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also is evga reliable

opal night
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EVGA what?

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Depends on the model

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@warm lark

warm lark
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EVGA 700W 80+ GOLD

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or a 600w one

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samee certif

opal night
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Mmm, need the model number

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Like, B5, W1, B1 etc

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Gold doesn't mean much

warm lark
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oh

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idk that

opal night
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Ah, that's the important part

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here's a cheat sheet of good and bad PSU's. I would recommend anything Tier C and higher

scenic lance
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I have a nzxt h510 elitle right now, i'm beginning to wonder if should maybe get a new case to lower the temps. Any suggestions?

elfin trout
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depends on budget

golden kestrel
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Td500 mesh is usually a good option tho :P

warm lark
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@opal night aaaa

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i searched them and

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most of them arent on stock :/

scenic lance
tidal glen
scenic lance
elfin trout
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lol

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@tidal glen look at the discount

low scaffold
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huge discount

rigid patrol
low scaffold
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depends on the components

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i am the living ssd cheat sheet

chrome iris
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The cheat sheets can be inaccurate though, make sure to look deeper into something, especially it’s it’s not well known

low scaffold
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true

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everything that im interested in that isnt well known is something id gladly buy if i could

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but it would be prohibitively expensive

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theres some ssds that look good here

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but i dont know if they rly are

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generally though most ssds are the same, theres like 5 nand makers and only a few good controllers

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only so much variation can exist

dawn matrix
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im saving that superman gif for another time

candid ruin
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can i fit a 3 fan 3080 into a corsair 220t?

trail jolt
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what 3080 is it?

inner berry
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Does any one have a aerocool cylon acrylic panel i can get or know where to bay one?

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Plz @ me if u have a awners

trail jolt
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You may be able to contact them for a replacement panel if needed

inner berry
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I tried no answer from them

trail jolt
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how long did you wait?

narrow mango
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Hello, I am trying a new build, I the MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK AM4 AMD B550 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard , After CPU light was on, I updated the Bios and cleared it, now the VGA light is on. Any ideas ?

low scaffold
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Need gpu

narrow mango
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I installed a " SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 580 DirectX 12 11265-05-20G 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Cards " Still get the same error. I see not fan, just a few light on the motherboard

low scaffold
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Pcie power plugged in?

narrow mango
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PCIepower plus is connected

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I also cleared the bios by shorting the two pins on the motherboard.

low scaffold
narrow mango
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How reliable is the MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK AM4 AMD B550

frail hound
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Tomahawks are awesome boards.

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Most of the Msi boards that re at least $150 , like the least, they’re pretty decent. I just picked up the Gaming Edge Wifi.

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But to my reason for dropping by. Can someone give me more info about the Revolt feature that this PSU advertises? It sounds pretty awesome, like I can by another smaller one that’s also Revolt cert, and have it as kinda like a backup generator? Lolol. That’s what it sounded like

opal night
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It just means you can link them together so if one fails the other is there

drowsy raptor
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Ok guys I need help it’s my first time solo building a pc, I’ve got a motherboard with Sata 3 6gb ports, but my psu and the kraken z73 use the old larger sata heads what do I do? Is there a converter?

coral summit
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Any1 know where I can get a 700+ watt 80+ bronze psu from a reliable brand. -Dont want thermaltake bad experience. For less than 80$ preferably

opal night
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700+ for $80? That's hard

summer gorge
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there is Seasonic with really good 650w units that can act similarly to 700w units

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but for less than $80 thats still hard

coral summit
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Found one for 75 $ ry u anyways

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Ty*

opal night
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Which one?

coral summit
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Evga 2019 80+ gold 700w
80$
And an evga 80+ bronze 800w

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700*

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I think their good deals.

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They're*

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Is evga a good brand? I dont know much about psus

opal night
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EVGA W1?

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no

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EVGA Supernova? Decent

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Depends on the model number

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Like, BA, BQ, G, G1 etc

rich path
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It says recommend 1034w but would 1200 be fine? peepoInvestigate

elfin folio
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1200 is higher than 1034 so yes

chrome iris
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@rich path what’s the CPU + GPU?

rich path
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5800x,2x 6800xts @chrome iris

chrome iris
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I’d think you should be fine

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Probably yeah

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Definitely yeah

rich path
torpid path
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Hey guys, I have a question that I'm not hopeful has an answer - I've got a FSP Hydro PTM 650W PSU, and it's suddenly not receiving power and doesn't seem to have a reset. I contacted the manufacturer but I'm not holding my breath that they'll get back to me soon. Anyone have experience with this line?

torpid path
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...aaaand if not, have a nice day :)

opal night
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"not receiving power"

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What does that mean

torpid path
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There's no initial power being sent to the motherboard on the PSU switch activation

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There's no power flowing through it is what I meant

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Honestly, it's a 4 year old guy, and it may have just succumb to the year 2021, but wanted to check to see if there's anything I'm missing (weird quirks with the line, etc)

opal night
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Mmmm

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that's hard to determine PSU or motherboard without a multimeter

torpid path
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Agreed, which I don't have unfortunately :/

opal night
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There's a paperlcip test you can do if the wires are colored

torpid path
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I'm not familiar, what's that?

opal night
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Bend it in a U shape and connect the green wire in the 24 pin connector with any black wire

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Same thing as power button

torpid path
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Hm, I'll give that a shot, thank you

opal night
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I'd recommend unplugging everything first

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just to see if the PSU turns on

torpid path
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No dice unfortunately

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Seems to be the psu itself

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Thank you, I appreciate the help - that confirms it's the psu vs something else that I may have overlooked

opal night
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unfortunately it does

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Dead PSU

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At least you know!

torpid path
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Agreed - at least it held out for the entirety of 2020!

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Thanks again, I really really appreciate it

opal night
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YW

rigid patrol
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how is the Super Flower Leadex III Bronze PRO

opal night
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Tier B

rigid patrol
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ok

spare owl
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antec psu is whining like hell. What i do?

edgy tiger
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Well, that is kind of a sign of deth

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Coupled with the fact that antec has not been relevant for a decade i would say upgrade ur PSU

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i get it, I have an antec myself on my test bench, i know its hard but its smart to replace every 10 yrs

chrome iris
frail hound
golden kestrel
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Oof

zinc flume
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@lofty pewter any chance you can help me pick a UPS for that 5600x/RTX 3070 system? I'd want to be able to plug a monitor in as well (likely a GIGABYTE M27Q). I'd just want to insulate my system from any surges and have enough battery to shut everything down

mint plover
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I have my pc for around 3-4 months now and the PSU I have is some random powerspec PSU from microcenter (got it off the shelf). Anyways can the power supply trip a breaker or something? Today the breaker has been tripped 3 times already

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PowerSpec 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

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This lad

opal night
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What else is plugged into the circuit?

mint plover
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My internet and my monitor

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I’m not even using my pc and it just pops

opal night
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That's the ONLY other thing on that circuit? Not the wall outlet, the circuit on the breaker. It's not shared between rooms, bedrooms, garage or anything?

mint plover
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Ah

opal night
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What else dies when the circuit trips?

mint plover
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Then I have a lamp, a coffee maker, and a vacuum thats not charging rn

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Oh and a printer

opal night
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That's it?

mint plover
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Yeah

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That’s it

opal night
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Coffee maker on?

mint plover
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Not at the moment. We power it off after every morning to save power

opal night
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It might be the PSU, more likely something else though if the PC still works

mint plover
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Pc does work though

opal night
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usually rooms are tied together, IE living room and kitchen. You're sure nothing else shuts off when the breaker trips?

elfin trout
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Powerspec units can be fairly decent

mint plover
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No that’s it

opal night
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I would suspect a faulty breaker

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Or bad wiring

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Because if the PC still works

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It's probs not the power supply

mint plover
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Probably? It’s only happening this week for some reason

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Like once 2 days ago and 3 times today

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One time at the middle of the night when everything is turned off

opal night
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Well, if something happened to cause the breaker to trip, like the PC power supply failiing, it's usually ded ded

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Breakers trip for overloads or shorts

mint plover
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I see. Yeah the pc still works just fine

opal night
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Breakers can actually go bad too

mint plover
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Boot time is still fast af

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Ah I see

opal night
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It also could be wiring or the wall socket itself

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I'd recommend calling an electrician to have a look at both

mint plover
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Okay thank you so much

opal night
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YW

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Hmmm

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Is your pC and stuff on a power strip by chance?

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Jut thought

mint plover
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Power strip?

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Like the ones where I can connect more stuff to it

opal night
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Yeah

mint plover
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Yeah

opal night
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Got another you can try?

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Sometimes those go bad too.

mint plover
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My internet, pc, monitor, and sometimes my charger when I need it are all connected to it

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Nope

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The light of the power strip is blinking a lot tho

opal night
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Well, that would be cheaper than an electrician

mint plover
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Like to show it’s on

opal night
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Yeah,

mint plover
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Yeah I’ll get a new power strip. Might need one anyways if it’s not the power strip’s fault

lofty pewter
opal night
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How many watts is the power supply for the PC?

zinc flume
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It's that 650w phanteks amp

opal night
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K, and all you have is the PC and monitor?

zinc flume
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Yeah that'd be it

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The monitor is like 60w iirc

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Yeah, 58 max

opal night
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Ye

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SO, most UPS come with a cable, either internet or USB that will trigger an auto shutdown if the power goes out. Something you'd want or nah?

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How much run time with the power out?

zinc flume
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I wouldn't need that cable but it'd be ok to have

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I'd just want enough time to shut everything down. We also have gotten some brownouts in windstorms so that's part of my concern

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Like 5 minutes is enough tbh

opal night
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700 VA would get you maybe 5 minutes, 1000 VA would get you maybe 8-9. Keep in mind, these do have dry cell batteries in them that need replaced over time

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I would probably go 1000 VA just for the wattage rating

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Spendy though

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$200 but 600W of power

zinc flume
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Hmmmm, anything decent that would be cheaper?

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Also, how often do the dry cells need to be replaced?

opal night
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3-5 years

zinc flume
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Ah okay, that's not bad

opal night
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Yeah, it's just people forget lol

zinc flume
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Yeah, time to check if it lets you know or if I'd need a calendar reminder

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Only way I'd remember is to set the reminder when I got it

opal night
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Exactly

zinc flume
opal night
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Don't think so, same ratings

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I've never used that particular model though

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It does have a lower runtime rating though

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43/56 minutes at 100W

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I'd say they're using smaller batteries

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So 700 watts (let's overestimate) would get you roughly 6 minutes

zinc flume
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Ah, that's still plenty I think

opal night
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Take it with a grain of salt though, because paper numbers never really = real life numbers

zinc flume
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Yeah, I mean I just need time to shut everything down, so I think that's enough wiggle room. Thanks!

opal night
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YW

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Oh

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THey also have an insurance policy for connected equipment

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Make sure you register and fill that out!

zinc flume
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Oh yeah for sure

unique pilot
surreal magnet
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would have to google it, montech seems to be pretty new to the psu scene. I do remember seeing a review on a montech psu i think a few weeks ago, cant remember which one, but it was well built for the price

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it do be in chinese, so have google translate turn it to english

unique pilot
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just wanted to see if anyone would dismiss it straight away tbh

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just abit of bait lol

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From what I can see it's based on the same cwt platform as the corsair RMx

near grove
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My cooler master MB311l case didn’t come with fan connectors so my fans will light up but not spin I’m confused

gusty crag
near grove
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They didn’t come with connectors

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At least I didn’t see any

gusty crag
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are your fans

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plugged into anything

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or are they just there

near grove
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Yes in the led connector but that’s all

gusty crag
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ok

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o

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so

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do they have any sort of connector to the psu

near grove
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No

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I don’t think so

gusty crag
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look at the cables coming out of the fans

surreal magnet
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case fans should have a 3 or 4 pin plug that plugs into the motherboard

gusty crag
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what are the connector

gusty crag
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or a molex one

near grove
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But there is no connector

gusty crag
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wdym

surreal magnet
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they look like this

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but probably black

near grove
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Oh

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I might have one then I’ll check

gusty crag
surreal magnet
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each fan should have one

near grove
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In a couple mins

gusty crag
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they can be both or either one of them

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each fan should have one of those or both

surreal magnet
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sometimes cases come with a fan controller or hub they might already be plugged into

gusty crag
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mines have both mdb and molex

near grove
gusty crag
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u see it has 2 sides

near grove
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Oh that’s why I have 2

gusty crag
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1 with the spikes and the other with the holes

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they have connect to each other

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you connect the fan's spikes to the psu holes

near grove
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How do you send a pic of it

gusty crag
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take it wit ur phone

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and the cool thing abt molex is not all of them need to go directly to the psu

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like

surreal magnet
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you cant send images here until your name is green like MrBlyat

gusty crag
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if a fan is plugged into a psu u can plug the other fan into the first one

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if u get what im saying

near grove
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Oh

surreal magnet
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you can just DM it to me tho

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ill post it here

gusty crag
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or me

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yeah

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dm sassy

near grove
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Ok thanks @surreal magnet

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One sec

gusty crag
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btw

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i prefer you use the molex connector if u have a lot of fans

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because most motherboards only have 1-2 sys fan connectors

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and you should spare those for double-fanned cpu coolers

surreal magnet
gusty crag
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wat

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is that a 3 pin connector plugged into a molex

surreal magnet
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not really sure what im looking at

gusty crag
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where is the white cable coming from

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and where is the black one

surreal magnet
gusty crag
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uhhhhhhhhh

near grove
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I have a splitter

gusty crag
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can yuo take a picture

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with the case

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like

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put the cables on a viewable angle

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if you get what im saying

near grove
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Like what?

gusty crag
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so we can see the connectors

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assuming the left one is psu's

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wait

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@near grove

near grove
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Yes

gusty crag
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take a picture of your fan

surreal magnet
near grove
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Ok wait

gusty crag
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like

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unplug one of the fans

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and take a picture of it with its cables

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@near grove

surreal magnet
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imo, remove all the splitters, just direct connect the fans to the board

gusty crag
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wait

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fish

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i dont think thats goo

surreal magnet
gusty crag
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his mdb prob doesnt have all enough connectors

near grove
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Red= case cables

gusty crag
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ok

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so

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if you can take like

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just the fan's cables

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like

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unplug it

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i want you to see which one is the molex one

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so you can plug it

near grove
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I can’t rn sorry

gusty crag
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ok

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look

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if you are using splitters

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then just connect it to the motherboard

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see where it fits

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find for a SYS_FAN pin

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on the motherboard

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and plug it in htere

near grove
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No there is nothing that fits in there

gusty crag
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look for SYS_FAN

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in ur mobo

near grove
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Yeah I saw 2 of those

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What do I do after that @gusty crag

gusty crag
#

plug the fan splitter thingy

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into them

#

if you can

near grove
#

I don’t think I can look at the splitter

#

I’ll reply to the pic one sec

near grove
#

Look at that that’s my splitter

gusty crag
#

look

#

yes

#

you see ur splitter is taking those 3 cables

#

and making them into 2

#

right

near grove
#

Yes

gusty crag
#

look

#

what is on the end

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of those 2

#

whats theocnnector on the end

near grove
#

3 pin and the rgb light controller

#

@gusty crag

gusty crag
#

yes

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plug the 3 pin into the SYS_FAN header on the motherboard

near grove
#

Oh ok but the header is 4 pin

#

@gusty crag

gusty crag
#

yes

#

ik

#

but its ok

#

as long as you dont miss

#

if it doesnt work try switching sides

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and it will

near grove
#

Ok the 3 pin has a tag on it that says gigabyte too

gusty crag
#

tghats irrelevant

#

wait

near grove
#

Ok

gusty crag
#

ok

#

do as i asid

#

said

#

plug the 3pin thing onto the motherboard

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if it doesnt work switch sides

near grove
#

Wait gatta take off the glass

#

Lemme ask my parents

gusty crag
#

as said in a stackexchange website
"Two of the pins provide power to the fan, the 3rd provides an RPM pulse to the motherboard to read the speed. The 4th pin is for PWM speed control."

#

so

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if you plug it into the 4 pin thing and it doesnt work switch sides

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and it will

#

dw

near grove
#

Ok thank you

#

I’ll try

gusty crag
#

np

near grove
#

@gusty crag it’s not fitting into the 4 pin want me to Dm you

gusty crag
#

yes

#

thats weird

#

msot should

#

maybe yours is a psu connector

brisk kernel
#

Anyone have any recommendations for a relatively cheap White ATX Case?

elfin trout
#

@brisk kernel can ya give us a price that we could use for being a "relatively cheap" case? For example, 60$, 80$, 100$, etc?

brisk kernel
#

60-80

daring marsh
#

corsair 275r airflow

unique pilot
#

Medicore airflow for an airflow case

chrome iris
#

Still better than H510 or something KEKW

young osprey
#

you can't plug those into sys_fan headers

tidal glen
unreal epoch
#

The mad lads

#

I might scrap my O-11 Dynamic Mini idea and go P200A mITX

#

And the cooling situation for this little guy is... interesting.

#

The "ideal" config is 240 Rad Front EXHAUST, and 120 Fan Rear Exhaust

#

Though, it does support 165mm tall Air Coolers.

#

So, you could cram an NH-D15 in this case.

pliant oyster
unreal epoch
#

Jesus, what do you need 1600w for?

rancid elbow
#

a beast

#

3090 sli ?

daring marsh
#

still dont need than much

rancid elbow
#

and hardcore oc

pliant oyster
#

Yeah a rendering rig.

unique pilot
#

nice psu

tidal glen
pliant oyster
#

Lol it’s going to power 2x strix 3090 and a TR 5k series with pumps fans and all that fun stuff.

young osprey
#

are 5k TRs even available yet?

trail jolt
#

not yet, but soon. id guess spring-summer CES may proove me wrong though

opal compass
#

I am looking to replace my 10 year old case now that ports are dying on it, I only care about airflow and not looks, any suggestions?

teal flare
#

td500 mesh is good

unique pilot
#

meh has mediocre pre included fans

rancid elbow
#

4000d airflow is also good

chrome iris
#

td500 mesh is bae

#

fans are mediocre yeah, but they're ARGB and still push air well

#

decently quiet

opal compass
#

Pulling my fans out of my old case, they are under a year old noctuas

chrome iris
#

ok

tidal glen
pliant oyster
edgy tiger
#

Putting together a budget banger, is this acceptable?

#

Generally i only recommend brands I recognize but i have a tight budget

#

Its for a xeon+580 build

warm lark
#

are evga psu's relieable

elfin trout
warm lark
#

how do i know what model is it

#

VGA 700 BR (100-BR-0700-K1) (700 W)

unreal epoch
#

BR units are ok at best.

warm lark
#

which are good ones

unreal epoch
#

They won't explode, but they aren't... great.

warm lark
#

i dont really want my pc to explo9de

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or get underloads

unreal epoch
#

Like, you'd be hard pressed to stress out a 700w BR unit with most PC parts.

warm lark
#

what do u mean hard pressed to stress out

unreal epoch
#

Only a 3080 or 3090 wouldn't be super happy with a 700w BR.

#

But, a 3070 or 3060Ti, or any of AMD's mid-range GPUs would be fine.

warm lark
#

im using a 1650

unreal epoch
#

lol

#

That's stupid overkill

warm lark
#

is that bad

unreal epoch
#

No

#

You just spent way more money than you needed to.

warm lark
#

i mean

#

i heavenbt bought thee psu

unreal epoch
#

Oh.

warm lark
#

i originally wanted a 600w

#

but i cant find it on stock so i went fort this one

#

for*

#

i was aiming for gold

unreal epoch
#

Give me a sec.

warm lark
#

k

unreal epoch
#

Buy this.

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Great unit

opal night
#

ohey

warm lark
#

let me search it

unreal epoch
#

You don't need to search for it...

opal night
warm lark
#

im in sa

unreal epoch
#

I literally just gave you the Pcpartpicker link

opal night
#

Just bought one LOL

daring marsh
#

amp

opal night
#

South America

warm lark
#

im not buying stuff from usa

opal night
#

That market is different

warm lark
#

id have to wait months

#

or weeks

opal night
#

Corsair CX or RM available there?

unreal epoch
#

It probably doesn't exist in the SA market.

opal night
#

Seasonic Focus?

warm lark
#

cx no

unreal epoch
#

PC Parts basically don't exist in SA

opal night
#

Some do

warm lark
#

ok uh

opal night
#

Seasonic FOcus Gold or Corsair RM if you can get one there

warm lark
#

it dosent look like its on this page

opal night
#

EVGA is available though?

unreal epoch
#

Where are you buying from?

warm lark
#

evga yes

opal night
#

Like, Supernova?

unreal epoch
#

I might be able to trawl through the website.

opal night
#

Supernove B3?

warm lark
unreal epoch
#

B3 bad.

opal night
#

EVGA G5?

warm lark
#

uh

unreal epoch
#

G5 Bad

opal night
#

No, they aren't

unreal epoch
#

G5 worse than G3, which is worse than G2

warm lark
#

supernovas are too expensive

#

theyre like 150k

opal night
#

oof

#

wel

warm lark
#

for 650w

#

i cant spend more than 110k on the psu

opal night
#

Seasonic Core?

#

Or no Seasonic at all?

warm lark
#

let me search

opal night
#

Corsair CX? (no m)

warm lark
#

nope

#

theres only 2 cx

opal night
#

Let's try some not so well known names

#

Superflower Leadex?

#

FSP?

#

Cooler Master?

warm lark
#

they probably wont be here

#

only like known brands get to sa

opal night
#

Well, they're the main manufacturer of other brands

warm lark
#

for cooler master i only find cases and keyboard kits

#

o

opal night
#

It may be easier to do it this way. Quick and dirty cheat sheet. Anything Tier C and higher due to your parts availability

warm lark
#

i found 1 psu

opal night
#

?

warm lark
#

Cooler Master MWE Bronze 750 V2 (MPE-7501-ACAAB-WO) (750 W)

#

pretty cheap too

#

its not modular tho

opal night
#

no, they aren't. And they have coil whine issues

#

"MWE V2 units have high ripple issues on very low load also resulting in increased coil whine, fix pending."

warm lark
#

ok so not reccomende

#

what do u reccomend me

opal night
#

Not really but given how hard it is to find parts where you are

#

Can't really be too picky I'm seeing

warm lark
#

yea

opal night
#

I would say

#

Anything from Tier C in this list that you can find. B if you can but....might not be able to

warm lark
#

ok ill try to search them

unique pilot
opal night
#

Rumors yes

unique pilot
#

nothing official from cm though

opal night
#

I would like to see a confirmation test

#

I mean, this person is in SA though

#

So at this point, just buy what you can get

unique pilot
#

can he give any sites where he buys hardware from

#

can maybe take a look

opal night
#

What they've listed here is basically all EVGA

#

none of the other brands

unique pilot
#

Shame evga massively overpriced normally

opal night
#

And not really any GOOD evga either

unique pilot
#

what was his budget for one

warm lark
#

like

#

100k max

#

110k

#

let me translate to usd

#

140 dollars

#

around that

unique pilot
#

if i see R1,599 for price is that 159k ?

#

also what wattage do you need

warm lark
#

uh

opal night
#

They have a 1650 so

warm lark
#

enough to power this
CPU Ryzen 5 3500x
GPU GTX 1650
Storage seagate barracuda 1tb hdd
Motherboard Asus Prime B450m-a/ Socket Am4/ Amd B450/ Ddr4
Ram ddr4 8gb 2400mhz hyper x fury black (x2)
Case Aerocool Cylon Black RGB

opal night
#

not a whole lot

unique pilot
#

450w would do that then

#

but ill aim for 550

warm lark
#

most of pple ive asked say around 500w+

#

or 600-700 at max

unborn roost
#

how is the gammdias rgb power supply

unique pilot
#

depends which one

unborn roost
#

750 80 plus bronze

unique pilot
#

what model

#

m1

#

p1

unborn roost
#

m1

unique pilot
#

not great i don't think

#

the p1 is passable

#

but by no means good

fossil mason
#

ITS JUNK

#

DONT GET IT

#

HORRIBLE

unborn roost
#

rip ok

unique pilot
#

interesting what are you reasons for saying it's junk

unborn roost
#

@unique pilot what about the evga 700w 80 plus gold

unique pilot
#

again depends on the unit

unborn roost
#

EVGA 700 GD, 80+ GOLD 700W, 5 Year Warranty, Power Supply 100-GD-0700-V1

unique pilot
#

yeah not great

#

what are your specs

warm lark
#

ok so

#

i found this one

fossil mason
#

sometimes pc boots sometimes it dopesnt

warm lark
#

Gigabyte GP-P750GM (750 W) @opal night

unique pilot
#

hell no

unborn roost
#

I have a ryzen 7 2700x rtx 2070

#

asus x470 prime pro

fossil mason
#

garbage specs

unborn roost
#

500gb nvme wd black

fossil mason
#

why a ryzen 7 and a 270

opal night
#

Pls no gigabyte

warm lark
#

is it bad

#

non reliable*

unborn roost
#

aren't evga and corsair good brands

opal night
#

Yes, it is

unique pilot
#

@fossil mason listen if you aint here to help do yourself a favour and leave

warm lark
#

yes to bad or good

minor portalBOT
#
OP4U#0527 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

unborn roost
#

dw ik bucko hes just joking around lmao

opal night
#

I would suggest not "just _____ around". Thx

unborn roost
#

ok

unique pilot
unborn roost
#

alright i kinda already have the evga one lol

unique pilot
#

well it's not good

fossil mason
#

isnt evga a good brand

#

ive heard good reviews

unique pilot
#

Model > brand

fossil mason
#

oh true

unique pilot
#

evga gd isn't bad its just there is better for the price

rigid patrol
#

this is good

unborn roost
#

how do i know these arent grabify links

fossil mason
#

LOL

unborn roost
#

i mean i already clicked on them

rigid patrol
#

its b tier

unborn roost
#

oh

unique pilot
#

if that's us i can think of better psu's for the money

rigid patrol
#

if you can tell me

unique pilot
#

same price

#

@warm lark really struggling to find anything decent for that budget

rigid patrol
#

same

warm lark
#

ill look into that one

unique pilot
#

PSU choice is really low in south africa

rigid patrol
#

oh

unique pilot
#

Yeah if this was us we would be done by now easy

warm lark
#

america

#

not africa xd

rigid patrol
#

Brazil ?

warm lark
#

no

#

near it tho

unique pilot
#

honestly the mwe bronze might be your only option

fossil mason
#

is the corsair 465x any good for a case?

unique pilot
#

@warm lark cheaper at the second link

unique pilot
fossil mason
#

oh ok

#

and the lian li dynamic one?

unique pilot
#

Useless unless you plan to do custom loop liquid cooling

#

It's what it was designed for

unborn roost
#

what about the corsair 460 x?/

unique pilot
#

Same thing as 465 mediocre airflow

unborn roost
#

alright

rigid patrol
unique pilot
#

The only one i can find semi decent is the mwe bronze v2

warm lark
#

@unique pilot

#

this one right

#

Cooler Master MWE Bronze 750 V2 (MPE-7501-ACAAB-WO) (750 W)

unique pilot
#

you don't need 750w

#

i linked you the 550w model

warm lark
#

there isnt any on stock

#

but its cheap as hell

#

so is v2 good

unique pilot
#

it does have a known coil whine problem but its the best in your region that is available for that budget

#

it in stock there

warm lark
#

wtf is coil whine problem

#

yea

#

i found the 750w tho

#

i cant find thr 500w

unique pilot
#

coil whine is coil whine

warm lark
#

is it bad

unique pilot
#

google it if you want to know what it is

warm lark
#

k

unique pilot
#

it aint a problem or failure

#

but just something to note

#

but you kinda stuck with choice in your region

#

also it has been noted that a fix is pending for the issue and that psu has been out for a while now

warm lark
#

oh its a sound

unique pilot
#

yep

warm lark
#

i though it was like a random failure lol

unique pilot
#

nah dude lol

warm lark
#

oh bruh

#

ok ill buy this one then

#

btw

#

is it modular

#

by the looks it dosent look like a modular one

unique pilot
#

it's not modular

#

you need to increase your budget if you want a decent modular/semi

warm lark
#

na ima go with this one

#

ty btw

jade lynx
#

hello

rigid patrol
#

what

warm lark
#

bvruh its not on stock

rigid patrol
#

oof

rigid patrol
#

forgot what Tier is EVGA SuperNOVA 650 GT

edgy tiger
#

good

rigid patrol
#

tier ?

chrome iris
#

@edgy tiger iirc it’s either B tier or low priority A tier

#

Heck wrong ping

#

Sorry

#

@rigid patrol

edgy tiger
#

xD

rigid patrol
#

ok

edgy tiger
#

i was talking abbout segostep

#

IE colorful

rigid patrol
bleak egret
#

Hi everyone kinda a dumb question but will every type of matching cable work in a 650w psu? For example I have a laptop charger and it has the same head that would plug into it.

I'm kinda dumb and left to college with everything but my psu cablr

opal night
#

The one thar goes to the wall?

#

Theyre all the same.

#

Monitors too?

bleak egret
#

Yup that one, thank you!

stray flower
#

can you get an adapter from 8 pin to 12 pin

trail jolt
#

Yes

#

It should come with your founder edition model of the GPU

stray flower
#

the non founders 3060?

#

and will the 3060 fit in a micro atx case

faint solstice
#

which psu should i get?
gigabyte p-b, antec neoeco classic, or corsair cx 2017, or any other suggestions
the build is going to be a 1500x and gtx 1070

opal night
#

Corsair CX

#

The others are poo

faint solstice
#

thanks for the answer

#

pcpp estimates ~300W for the build, i assume 450W will be enough

opal night
#

Yeah, that should be fine

#

Just keep in mind, if you want to upgrade in the future, a little power supply overhead is good to have

#

Like, to a 3060 or something, you'll need a 600W psu

edgy tiger
#

I would go with a 550 br from EVGA

elfin trout
#

Another thing to keep in mind, CX 450 only has a single 8 pin

#

For GPU

opal night
#

Yeah, that too

elfin trout
#

Personally that makes it less valuable than say a BR500

edgy tiger
#

Eeh

#

I like to be safe unless i am flipping xeons or something

deep compass
#

best pure white ATX case?

#

with all the modern features

teal flare
#

4000d airflow white is pretty good, has front usb type c

rancid elbow
#

td500 is better

elfin trout
#

Imo td500 mesh white

deep compass
#

ok thanks

rancid elbow
#

black is better tbh

fallow cairn
deep compass
surreal magnet
#

white underrated pc color

elfin trout
#

@surreal magnet imo overrated as hell because of H510

surreal magnet
#

white motherboards where?

elfin trout
#

If H510 and O11 didn't exist, white would be underrated

surreal magnet
elfin trout
#

PC aesthetics wise, case is the major contributing factor

surreal magnet
#

not enough good white cases

#

and no white boards to go with them

#

hence why they're underrated because manufacturers apparently think white parts are not nearly as popular

#

when in reality its because they arent giving us good white options in the first place 🤦

ebon osprey
surreal magnet
#

6+2 goes into the gpu

#

8 pin goes into psu

ebon osprey
rigid patrol
#

Lol I finally get a power supply

#

Today

#

The prices have changed **************

#

Dang it

#

3 choices

#

Now

rancid hearth
#

Hey, not sure if this is where I ask this, but I wanted to get a Segotep 850w PSU and I didn't know if anyone could vouch for its quality? Apparently it's a branch of Colorful and Segotep is bigger in Asian markets. It was also listed (B tier I think?) in LTT's PSU revision 4.0

rigid patrol
#

Not sure

rigid patrol
#

EVGA 650 B5, 80 Plus BRONZE 650W, Fully Modular, EVGA ECO Mode, 5 Year Warranty, Compact 150mm Size, Power Supply - 220-B5-0650-V1 VS Super Flower Legion GX Gold PRO 650W 80+ Gold, 5 Years Warranty, Patent Super Connectors, Ultra Flexible Flat Ribbon Cables, LLC & DC to DC Design, FDB Fan, Semi-Modular Power Supply, SF-650P14XE

empty ember
#

Will my 2 year old 1070 ti from zotac overheat on a small case which supports up to 300mm gpus and has no mesh front panel? I have only a 80mm fan for exhaust

sour loom
opal night
#

People say they are kind of a pain to cable manage

#

Otherwise, interior is a little tight but not bad

rigid patrol
#

I have the x1

fluid patrol
#

Anyone can recommend a good 800W PSU? Everyone says my machine will be okay with 750W but I'm worried

opal night
#

Specs?

#

like, 5900/3080?

fluid patrol
#

for the 120 MM I got 3 of them and 2 140mm fans

#

the gpu says it needs 800W

#

so I"m worried

opal night
#

That PSU is just fine

#

AMD recommends a 650W PSU for the 6800XT

#

FOcus Gold GX is a good one, you'll be 100% OK

fluid patrol
#

the taichi says it needs 800W

#

thats why I was concerned

opal night
#

That's way overkill

#

It pulled 330 watts gaming

#

750 more than enough for it

fluid patrol
#

how much does like a 3080 draw usually?

#

I should learn how to calculate wattage stuff

opal night
#

3080 is about the same

#

A GOOD 750W PSU is more than enough

fluid patrol
#

mkay

#

I'm still scared lol

opal night
#

Don't be scared

#

Buy it, put it together and enjoy it

low scaffold
opal night
#

People are running these cards on low quality PSU's and having issues

low scaffold
#

hate the build every second of use

opal night
#

So they think they need way overkill wattage

#

They're just uneducated

low scaffold
#

also amd cards are cringe tbh

#

unless u can get one rn id aim for nvidia

chrome iris
ebon osprey
#

Hi. I have a problem. I was switching to phanteks p500a case. I don't know what I did that somehow killed my storage drive and the side rgb, as you can see the photo not working properly. How can I rectify this rgb problem?

📎 IMG20210113005703.jpg
#

It doesn't have the animation. The colour just stays there.

#

It was working in the beginning. But after I changed something and power up again, it became like this.

gusty crag
#

Probably a faulty product, or maybe you plugged it in the wrong slots, who knows.

#

I don't know much about this, but I am pretty sure there is no "easy" solution

stray flower
#

will a 600w be ok with 3060 ti and 5 3600

opal night
#

epends on the 600W. Brand and model>

stray flower
#

bronze

opal night
#

Brand and model

#

Like, Corsair CX

#

Or EVGA G1

stray flower
#

evga

opal night
#

EVGA.......what. Supernova? G3? W1? N1?

stray flower
#

it says 600 br

#

k1

opal night
#

EVGA BR is a lower rated unit. It will PROBABLY be OK

#

I'd replace if you can

stray flower
#

i cant not right now

#

how about 650

opal night
#

Same make and model?

stray flower
#

no hold on

#

ok how about corsair cx 750w 80 plus bronze

#

na

opal night
#

Yes

#

better than the EVGA 🙂

stray flower
#

ok so it wont blow up

opal night
#

no lol

stray flower
#

ok cool

sweet oasis
#

easy way to get fingerprints out of the tempered glass?

low scaffold
#

microfiber

#

wipe it

cursive shore
#

would it damage any finishes or such if i were to take off the panel and use windex or any other glass cleaner? i have the lancool 2

opal night
#

If it's glass, no

#

If it's plastic, yes

rigid patrol
#

EVGA 650 B5, 80 Plus BRONZE 650W, Fully Modular or Super Flower Legion GX Gold PRO 650W 80+ Gold,

rigid patrol
unique pilot
#

cpu cooler aint great or adequate for the 5800x also ram aint the best

opal night
#

Hyper 212

#

Eh

rigid patrol
#

ID-COOLING SE-224-XT good ?

unique pilot
#

Defo better but not enough for 5800x i would say

rigid patrol
#

i am not really overclocking it

opal night
#

NOt if you want full boost clocks all the time anyway

unique pilot
#

^^^

opal night
#

Ram should be minimum 3600 C16, with Ryzen 5000, preferably 3800 or 4000

signal pecan
#

what about psu

opal night
#

I'm not familiar with the Legion, just the Leadex

unique pilot
#

yeah not much info on the legion@signal pecan

rigid patrol
#

the power supply i wanted it not on sale anymore

opal night
#

I would assume the GPU will be updated at some point?

#

To what?

rigid patrol
#

yea in like a year

opal night
#

What GPU then?