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no m$ · 03-24-2004, 04:59 PM

Are cyberzone power supplies any good? I bought a case that came with a cyberzone 400w psu, but is it good quality? could a bad psu damage my motherboard? It only had 4 power connectors on it so it can't be a 400w unit. Is it safe to rum a s-ata seagate barracuda drive off this thing?

no m$ · 03-24-2004, 06:09 PM

It also has 1 AT connector. what is this for? if i remember correctly, at boards have 2 connectors.

Tin · 03-24-2004, 06:36 PM

a bad PSU can be potentially dangerous. id have to give that PSU thumbs down, as ive never heard of it. get yourself an antec, sparkle, or fortron unit.

Cricket · 03-25-2004, 09:08 AM

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Originally posted by no m$
Are cyberzone power supplies any good? I bought a case that came with a cyberzone 400w psu, but is it good quality?

How much was the case and power supply? If the total cost was under $50, I'd be very wary about using that power supply.

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Originally posted by no m$
could a bad psu damage my motherboard?

Oh yes...a low quality power supply can die prematurely and possibly kill anything it's connected to in your computer.

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Originally posted by no m$
It only had 4 power connectors on it so it can't be a 400w unit.

That's a sign that it's a low quality power supply. A good quality power supply will have at least 6 to 8 power leads. I'd replace it with a known good brand.

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Originally posted by no m$
Is it safe to rum a s-ata seagate barracuda drive off this thing?

I wouldn't.

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Originally posted by no m$
It also has 1 AT connector. what is this for?

That's used with server motherboards.

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Originally posted by no m$
if i remember correctly, at boards have 2 connectors.

Yeah, they did.

Cricket

Propain · 03-26-2004, 01:30 AM

I actually had a Cyberzone PSU for aboot a year. (I thought I was the only one) It ran ok and didnt give me any problems . I just didnt want to risk messing stuff up when I found out the risks of having cheap PSU's so I switched to Enermax just to be safe.

bawb

nocturnx · 03-26-2004, 11:26 AM

Yes I would definatley look for a 350-400w antec, enermax, sparkle, fortron, or thermaltake psu to use instead.

03-24-2004, 04:59 PM	#1
no m$ Member (6 bit) Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 38	cyberzone power supply Are cyberzone power supplies any good? I bought a case that came with a cyberzone 400w psu, but is it good quality? could a bad psu damage my motherboard? It only had 4 power connectors on it so it can't be a 400w unit. Is it safe to rum a s-ata seagate barracuda drive off this thing? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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no m$ Member (6 bit) Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 38	It also has 1 AT connector. what is this for? if i remember correctly, at boards have 2 connectors. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

03-24-2004, 06:36 PM	#3
Tin Stereo junkie Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Just North of Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit Posts: 3,393	a bad PSU can be potentially dangerous. id have to give that PSU thumbs down, as ive never heard of it. get yourself an antec, sparkle, or fortron unit. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Main: P180 \| ASUS P8Z68-V LX \| i5 2500K \| 8GB HyperX 1600 \| Sparkle 560Ti \| HyperX SSD 120GB \| OCZ Vertex 2 60GB \| Debian 6.0.3 \| Win 7 Pro Secondary: Sonata II \| GB P35-DS3L \| Q9300 \| 4GB 800 \| eVGA 9500GT \| OCZ Vertex 2 60GB \| Fedora 15 Server: Chenbro SR10769 \| Supermicro X7DWE \| 2x Xeon L5420 \| 8GB FB Kingston 667 \| Rosewill RC-218 \| 4x 500GB WD RE3 RAID 10 \| 4x 1TB Hitachi 7K3000.C \| Ubuntu Server 10.04.3 \| a bunch of virtual machines Laptop: Dell Inspiron 11z \| Pentium SU4100 \| 4GB 667 \| 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 \| Ubuntu 11.04 Media clients: 4x Apple TV 2 w/ XBMC \| 3x Squeezebox Duet

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Propain Member (10 bit) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 1,012	I actually had a Cyberzone PSU for aboot a year. (I thought I was the only one) It ran ok and didnt give me any problems . I just didnt want to risk messing stuff up when I found out the risks of having cheap PSU's so I switched to Enermax just to be safe. bawb Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ 3.40 AMD Phenom II X4 965--4G OCZ DDR3---Asus 5770 ATI Radeon----INTEL 78G SSD drive

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nocturnx The Boneshaker Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,266	Yes I would definatley look for a 350-400w antec, enermax, sparkle, fortron, or thermaltake psu to use instead. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Leave it to me as I find a way to be Consider me a satellite, forever orbiting I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me Guaranteed ---Eddie Vedder, “Guaranteed”. Rest in Peace, Evan. 2.11.71 - 9.8.08

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