Hi Guys,
I got a Tagan Ix-eye 420W PSU. I use to run it with 2HDs, a 3ghz pentium, and a 7800GT
Yesterday I upgraded to a Q6000, the hds and GPU are the same. It ran fine, the temps were OK and I even ran a few benchmarks.
This AM I wake up and my house fuse have triggered. All my hardware is OK but my computer won't start. My mobo doesn't even have the 'connected' leds on, so I guess the PSU is a goner.
Onto my question: why did this happen? I don't understand how upgrading to a quad core could have physically damaged the PSU. I don't even understand how it could have placed load on it, after all, a 7800GT is 60W, and the TDP of the Q6600 is 95W (hopefully that's not per core).
Is this normal? I paid through the nose for my Tagan PSU, I guess this really took me by surprise.


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