NormanNormal
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I wish I had read all the bad reviews about these things before I purchased two of them for two systems I built. I bought the SP-500 which is a 500w modular PSU. Antec products have always been great for me, until now.
After about 6 months of use the first one developed this high pitched squealing sound that would change as the CPU usage went up and down (no kidding!). About a month later it died and it took my mobo with it. It was only at that point I looked it up and apparently these things are NOTORIOUS for dying within a few months of usage and quite frequently take peoples entire systems out with it. The high pitched squealing sound is also common as I have now discovered.
So a month later guess what, the second PSU fails for the other system! Fortunately it didn't bring anything to the grave with it this time. Both have the exact same problem the PSU gets power and the light on the mobo turns on but it will not power up. Obviously I am livid over the fact that these poor excuses for a power supply are even on the market. Antec is well aware there are problems with this line of PSU's by their RMA/Return rate.
So don't make the same mistake I did. If you are considering purchasing one of these power supplies, please think again.
After about 6 months of use the first one developed this high pitched squealing sound that would change as the CPU usage went up and down (no kidding!). About a month later it died and it took my mobo with it. It was only at that point I looked it up and apparently these things are NOTORIOUS for dying within a few months of usage and quite frequently take peoples entire systems out with it. The high pitched squealing sound is also common as I have now discovered.
So a month later guess what, the second PSU fails for the other system! Fortunately it didn't bring anything to the grave with it this time. Both have the exact same problem the PSU gets power and the light on the mobo turns on but it will not power up. Obviously I am livid over the fact that these poor excuses for a power supply are even on the market. Antec is well aware there are problems with this line of PSU's by their RMA/Return rate.
So don't make the same mistake I did. If you are considering purchasing one of these power supplies, please think again.