Gigabyte PSUs any good?

[Park@82]

So last night my PC just went off, I could immediately smell that something had burned. I opened it and it seems that the PSU burned out... (hope nothing else was damaged)

Can anybody tell me if Gigabyte PSUs are any good? I am looking for a cheapish 400 - 500 watt PSU.
Currently looking at one like: http://www.sybaritic.co.za/store/product_info.php?products_id=19260 (GIGABYTE ODIN 470W)


The one that I currently have is a Thermaltake Purepower 480W Butterfly.

Thanks.

 

[cerebus]

What you running? I wouldn't put that odin under a lot of stress but it should be ok for a basic system. Otherwise see if your psu is under warranty perhaps.

 

[Keeper]

Thermaltake to Odin is called a Downgrade IMO

They are too new in the market - their PSU's are overated iirc...

 

[cerebus]

yeah +1

Had a 585w odin blow out on me last month - never again.

 

[Praeses]

yeah +1

Had a 585w odin blow out on me last month - never again.

Was it one with a 80+ rating?

 

[Park@82]

What you running? I wouldn't put that odin under a lot of stress but it should be ok for a basic system..

Yeah not a very high end system. Dual core AM2 AMD, 2x 500gb SATA drives, oldish Geforce PCIe, 2 x 2gb ddr2 and a super multi dvd drive.
According to these power calculators I need less than 400 watt: http://www.journeysystems.com/?power_calculator http://extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

 

[LiengLiengZA]

Was it one with a 80+ rating?

yeah +1

Had a 585w odin blow out on me last month - never again.

Gave mine to my brother.......

 

[Monkey101]

Nothing wrong with the Gigabyte GT PSU's
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=61

 

[OneEyedWelshman]

The lower end and mid range thermaltakes are absolutely useless. There have been so many reports of thermaltake psu's blowing up. I remember DJV saying that he had 1 or 2 that caught on fire.

 

[D4N]

How much do you have to spend on a new PSU?

 

[PostmanPot]

http://www.prophecy.co.za/vantec-watt-power-supply-p-34606.html

 

[cerebus]

Big difference between odin gt and vanilla odin.

 

[Park@82]

How much do you have to spend on a new PSU?

I don't know, as cheap as possible. Nothing more than R500.

Nothing wrong with the Gigabyte GT PSU's
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=61

Big difference between odin gt and vanilla odin.

yeah that's a bit out of my budget... http://www.sybaritic.co.za/store/product_info.php?products_id=14273

 

[Park@82]

yeah +1

Had a 585w odin blow out on me last month - never again.

How long did you have it? and how long was the warranty?

Gave mine to my brother.......

:erm: something wrong with your sig...

 

[Zyzzyva]

http://www.prophecy.co.za/vantec-watt-power-supply-p-34606.html

That vantec is great value but its only got 2 x SATA. Eish but i feel your pain, nothing like spending R700 on a psu, its just doesnt seem right.

But anyhow, this one looks pretty good. http://www.landmarkpc.co.za/store/vantec-ion2a-van550a-550w-p-3838.html

Yeah you got it right, i'm hijacking another thread. Whats the cheapest quality psu which can support hd5770's in sli? Sorry.

 

[Monkey101]

Bought a Cooler Master Extreme Power 500W a long time back. Its still running strong in a friends PC. Maybe consider that range of PSU's also.

EDIT: Didn't know that Odin GT PSU's had gone up by so much O_O got mine for R1400 from Rectron a few years back.

 

[LiengLiengZA]

How long did you have it? and how long was the warranty?



:erm: something wrong with your sig...

Fixed it.....

 

[Monkey101]

HAHAHAHA. your pc runs off magic i bet

 

[cerebus]

How long did you have it? and how long was the warranty?

Few months, warranty was a year - taken care of np.

 

[LiengLiengZA]

HAHAHAHA. your pc runs off magic i bet

....penlite batteries.......