New 1100W Apevia PSU and No Video

[_dangtx_]

how many units did you guys have experience with? dont remember who the oem's were, but inbetween the pile of crop there were solid units. and when i say solid i mean 5-6 years later still ticking strong loaded on a daily basis :)

[Zero82z]

Just because a PSU lasts several years does not make it a quality unit. There are numerous examples of cheap and crappy PSUs that still work, but there is still plenty of potential for those units to fail and cause damage. Apevia does not sell any PSUs that are remotely deserving of being called quality products.

[martin_metal_88]

I am in the computer world for over6 years and I remember how apevia was popular a long time ago, but can't remember any GOOD or oustanding unit from them.

[Zero82z]

Originally Posted by martin_metal_88

I am in the computer world for over6 years and I remember how apevia was popular a long time ago, but can't remember any GOOD or oustanding unit from them.

It's hard to remember something that never existed.

[martin_metal_88]

Originally Posted by Zero82z

It's hard to remember something that never existed.

Ho that's a direct hit in the teeth my friend XD

[SKYMTL]

Originally Posted by Zero82z

It's hard to remember something that never existed.

ZING!

Hit that one dead on the head.

[BigRon65]

Ok so here's what I did. I began taking the rig apart piece-by-piece AFTER I go and buy a brand new zotac Geforce GTX 460 SLI OC video card (paid 229.00) thinking that since the fan on my old nvidia gtx 275 isn't running, it must be a bad video card right? Do you f'ing believe one of my memory sticks was out of place? I got 6 gigs and one of the sticks had come lose causing the unexpected shutdowns. As soon as I pushed the thing in the old video card started working again, which means the video is back, and my 750W PSU works like a champ. I know memory the heart of hardware resource allocation but this is friggn ridiculous. I'm going to keep the GTX 460 and the PSU for future upgrades.

Hope this helps somebody!

Cya

[_dangtx_]

looking good. so what happened with the apevia?

[BigRon65]

Honestly its working like a champ. I replaced the 750w with the Apevia 1100W and it really looks and feels solid man. I've had other enermax products that didn't have the look and feel of this one even though the performance was top notch. The Apevia is whisper quiet, the internal components and housing appear generally well made. It was a breeze to install and the damn thing even has a button you can push to change colors to suit your rigs color scheme.
I don't claim to be a PSU expert but the reviews I read on this unit were superb! Have a look urself.

Apevia ATX-WA1100W Warlock 1100-Watt ATX Power Supply - SLI and Crossfire Ready, 135mm Fan, Clear Sides at TigerDirect.com

So far...im satisfied.

[_dangtx_]

nice. would you mind giving us the ul number on the back, really curious who made it.
thanks man