broken psu me thinks

[System]

Ok sorry for the whole whack of threads popping out here and there over the last week but everything seemed to be a different issue and as time goes on its changed soo... the finaly thread for my problem finally is here (hopefully lol)!!!!


So I took apart my entire pc and plugged in a much weaker power supply to see if I get POST and success I saw that my BIOS reader was flashing all sorts of codes but the PSU was far too weak to power my gpu to run display.

After that I then tried to use my 700watt ocz psu again and once again, no go. The bios continues to read "- -" with it as well there seems to be no display... (me hopes I didn't break my pcei slot or something?!?!)

And what do you know, now after fiddling around with it for a few minutes with the ocz psu that I believe is defective, the computer is now shutting down on its own right after I turn it on.

So I'm just looking for a quick "Yes, Beeg you are right about the psu now go buy a new one!" comment and perhaps an idea as to which one I should get or should I just stick with OCZ and buy another one?

Also, would I be ok to downgrade from 700 watts? I don't plan to go SLI or upgrade my video card at all. Things to power:

74 gb raptor
300 gb maxtor
1000 gb seagate
3 x 120 mm case fans
1 x 240 mm case fane
2 x 80 mm ram fans
1 x 80 mm mobo chip fan
1 x 120 mm cpu fan (zalman 9700)
SATA dvd burner/writer
IDE DVD reader
Creative Fatality sound card 5.1 or 7.1 not sure. Has front panel for intrument input
8800 gtx 768mb
evga 680i mobo, 122-ck-nf68-ar to be exact
4 x 1 gb pc8500 ram

Then of course usb ports for mouse and keyboard and what not.

I believe the max output of my psu is 18 amps/680 watts

Need to know quickly, I want to buy a psu before the store closes by 8pm EST (6:11pm now)

Cosair:

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=015708&cid=PS.808

OCZ 600:

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=010075&cid=PS.808

OCZ 700:

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=010076&cid=PS.808

Thanks for you're time and help everyone =D

[=98=]

Re: broken psu me thinks

If it's a new PSU, the Corsair HX models would be my suggestion.

[jake_]

Re: broken psu me thinks

If it's a new PSU, the Corsair HX models would be my suggestion.

I agree. :nod:


BTW, its methinks, as in a single word, meaning "it seems, or appears to me."
I just couldn't resist. :p

[KillerStickMan]

Re: broken psu me thinks

corsair has long long cords, and lots of them too, but it works great and it's silent.

[System]

Re: broken psu me thinks

Well too late now, I already bought the TX650 because it was sort of a do it now or wait another day deal and i knew I'd get home early from work tonite so I wanted to work on it tonite rather than tomorrow.

You guys recommended the HX because of the modular ability right? If thats the case I'm really not too worried about it because it costs a fair bit more for roughly the same specs.

So now I am off to rebuilding my rig. Bytheway, guess what I found inside it!

A BIG NASTY DRIED UP DUSTY DEAD FLY lol. Maybe thats why my psu blew? Lol...