Dear all,please help me.i want to know what made my vga caught on flame at it backside pcb. Here the details: I played about 8 hours yesterday,suddenly the screen blackoff.I saw the case window,then i saw sparkle from vga pcb,then that sparkle made fire,flame bigger for 2-3seconds,after that gone.I saw the motherboard light still on,then i turn off the PSU,and never turn on untill now,2morrow i want send my rig to store. I know i lost my vga,and will replace it new one,but before that,i want to know the cause of accident,so my other components still save and cant get accident again.And i will change others part if needed even not broken,please give me suggestion(sorry before,but money not problem) Thank you so much for the help. (Sorry for bad english) My rigsbuild at march 2014) Maximus hero vi i5 4670k(non OC) Gtx 780 ti(burnt) Corsair dominator 8gb(forget details) Corsair hxxi (forget series,but newest around that time) Ssd samsung 500gb evo Xigmatec nrp/mc1002(2months ago popped and got new one)
hmm... could it be this? http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011...1002_1000w_power_supply_review/9#.VeygyRHzqUk http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/showpost.php?p=74096&postcount=10
Never cheap out on the PSU. I know it's not a sexy part but it is the life of your PC. Again don't cheap out on the PSU.
Thank you for answers.Many think caused by PSU,maybe i need buy new one for PSU.Any suggestion for good PSU?i think i need 750W.
the psu is awful, to say the least... you say 750w, evga g2 750 great option and i dont understand why buy an aio and dont overclock? makes very little sense
Hands down EVGA Supernova G2 750W. These babies come with 10 year warranty, are 100% modular and semi passive (in ECO mode).
Reason i buy aio because i want OC cpu sometimes later,but i dont Know how to OC(i'm newbie).hard find EVGA in here,how baut corsair ax760?
I'm not sure I remember correctly but I think the Corsair HX and AX product lines are good. The AX760 is Platinum branded so it should be great.
The Corsair PSUs are very good. I've always bought Corsair or Silverstone PSUs. Except this time I'm on one from XFX and its very good as well.
There's nothing wrong with having an all-in-one water cooler if you're not overclocking. I have one in my rig, mostly to keep my CPU cool without too much noise. But yea... to reiterate what others have already said... there are things you can cheap out on if you need to save some money, but the power supply should NEVER be one of them. I had a power supply in one of my previous computers that i THOUGHT was good. After about a year or so, power supply randomly died, and took the video card with it. Not in a fiery spectacle like yours was... but still dead.