Damn you Antec!!!!

Ransure · Post by **Ransure** » December 27, 2005, 12:37 am

Freaking second TruePower 380 thats blown up on me in a year.... damnit! Now my main PC is down again.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » December 27, 2005, 1:02 am

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817101516

review

http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/cases/ ... ndex.shtml

Ransure · Post by **Ransure** » December 27, 2005, 4:08 pm

Bought it, hope it does well.... loosing two power supplies in a year is shitty... but I do like the Sonanta case that its in!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » December 27, 2005, 4:12 pm

Ransure wrote:Bought it, hope it does well.... loosing two power supplies in a year is shitty... but I do like the Sonanta case that its in!

This PSU will help cool that Sonata case as well. It has front and back fans so will pull more air out of the case.

It's got a bunch of connection thingies but comes will all sorts of color coded tie thingies so you can organize them. (don't know why you'd need to color code anything!)

Ransure · Post by **Ransure** » December 27, 2005, 4:14 pm

Its listed as quiet... any idea how it does against the TruePower Silent PS's?... its right next to my bed, so I definately dont want a lawnmower.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » December 27, 2005, 4:23 pm

Ransure wrote:Its listed as quiet... any idea how it does against the TruePower Silent PS's?... its right next to my bed, so I definately dont want a lawnmower.

You won't hear it. I couldn't hear it with my ear an inch away. Your HD, CPU fan or some other fan (graphics card) will be louder for sure.

The PSU fans are also temperature controlled so that helps even more.

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » December 27, 2005, 4:56 pm

I've ran nothing but Antec for.. well.. a very long time and never had any issues with them. This is pretty strange heh, everyone I know who build their own PCs use Antec and I have yet to hear of a single PSU die.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » December 27, 2005, 5:50 pm

I had no problems with my Antec Truepower 380W that came with my Sonata. The Tagan is better (of course, won't really know for a year+ to test longevity but it even gives off the smell of quality...an aura of goodness...you almost want to grab the end of the cables and swing the Tagan 480u22 around your head as if you were wielding the mighty hammer of the Asgardian Thunder God Thor) but I can't complain about the Antec.

Ebumar · Post by **Ebumar** » December 27, 2005, 6:23 pm

I've seen atleast four Antec PS failures since 6 months ago when I started my IT job.

Aruman · Post by **Aruman** » December 27, 2005, 7:50 pm

I bought the Sonata without a PS and put my own in.

I use Zalman PS's, currently a ZM400B-APS.

You can check out their products here: http://www.zalmanusa.com/

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » December 27, 2005, 9:12 pm

I don't have a problem with the power supply in my Sonata. However, overall I am not that happy with the case itself.

(Rear fan needing to be 'push started' and the temperature climbing with the side panel on.)

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » January 3, 2006, 5:32 pm

The rear fan in my Sonata crapped out after 18 months give or take, other than that I'm still pretty happy with it. Running 6 drives and an nvidia blow dryer on the original 380w PS, no problems as yet.

Couple other Antec cases and PSs around the house, no real issues with any of them.

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » January 3, 2006, 6:25 pm

Knock on wood I've had my Antec 430 running almost constantly for almost 3 years without a hiccup and I have a 350 in my wife's that has been running almost constantly for 5. No complaints here... Actually I've put Antec in almost all the PCs I've built an no complaints from any friends either.

Marb

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » January 3, 2006, 6:53 pm

I just sold my old computer system to a friend for dirt cheap. I sold it for $400.(the whole works with Sonata case, monitor, 6800GT, 3GB ram, Raptor drive, keyboard, mouse, speakers, etc) Just enough to consider it a trade for a new Xbox 360.

The only thing I had to do, besides reformat the raptor drive, reinstall WinXP Pro, load it up with useful apps and new games, was buy a new case fan. You can get a temperature controlled 120mm fan for $10-15 (less at New Egg but shipping negates the internet advantage on a low cost item)

One note on the Sonata, the fan holes in the back aren't standard and use those plastic thingies. I had to use a hole punch to make the case holes a little larger in the back so I could screw in the new fan. You also can't use those rubber thingies unless you get a fan designed for them. Most fans won't accommodate them but do come with their own screws.

Ransure · Post by **Ransure** » January 4, 2006, 2:03 am

Installled tonight, damn, Im impressed... but it seems other things are going wrong... I think its time for a new vid card and memory.... the RAM I have was whatever was on $94 special from pricewatch.com 2 years ago... so its low latency PC3200.... was getting CMOS errors when I rebuilt tonight.

Also, my Radeon 9700, the trooper that its been, I think the fan is going on it... its been buggy since I got it, so I guess I can drop a few bucks on a new video card.... course that just delay's the new suspension for my car