Hey Guys,
I've been through two of these units inside a week in my NFC Brickless Build. The first one that went, I just figured it was a faulty unit. I contacted Larry and he had a new one on the way inside an hour of my email (Kudos for amazing customer service BTW <3 Larry). Now that I've had a second one go, I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. Anyhow, I wondering if someone could comment they've had better success with this unit or if there is some form of user error on my end.
The unit is rated for 160W with a peak of 190W. Due to the desire for space savings, I've paired the unit with the Z4-ATX-200 from Pico Box rather than the HD Plex 160W DC-DC board. I am presently running an i3 4370 (54W TDP) and non-PEG version of the 950 (75W TDP). Apart from the motherboard there is nothing else running on this PSU.
When I've run a Kill-a-Watt, draw from the wall remains quite low, even under load (<140W). Furthermore I'm playing World of Warcraft which isn't exactly a demanding title. I've had each unit attached to the inner housing of the S4-Mini with 3M 8810 thermal tape to help with heat sinking, but my impression was that this unit was low enough wattage that this wasn't absolutely necessary anyhow. When the most recent unit went, it was warm to the touch but not excessively so from what I could tell (didn't hurt my fingers to touch and handle).
Can anyone help? I don't want to send another one units of these back to Larry if I'm doing something wrong, but I also don't want to pay for a product that doesn't do what it's supposed to.
I've been through two of these units inside a week in my NFC Brickless Build. The first one that went, I just figured it was a faulty unit. I contacted Larry and he had a new one on the way inside an hour of my email (Kudos for amazing customer service BTW <3 Larry). Now that I've had a second one go, I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. Anyhow, I wondering if someone could comment they've had better success with this unit or if there is some form of user error on my end.
The unit is rated for 160W with a peak of 190W. Due to the desire for space savings, I've paired the unit with the Z4-ATX-200 from Pico Box rather than the HD Plex 160W DC-DC board. I am presently running an i3 4370 (54W TDP) and non-PEG version of the 950 (75W TDP). Apart from the motherboard there is nothing else running on this PSU.
When I've run a Kill-a-Watt, draw from the wall remains quite low, even under load (<140W). Furthermore I'm playing World of Warcraft which isn't exactly a demanding title. I've had each unit attached to the inner housing of the S4-Mini with 3M 8810 thermal tape to help with heat sinking, but my impression was that this unit was low enough wattage that this wasn't absolutely necessary anyhow. When the most recent unit went, it was warm to the touch but not excessively so from what I could tell (didn't hurt my fingers to touch and handle).
Can anyone help? I don't want to send another one units of these back to Larry if I'm doing something wrong, but I also don't want to pay for a product that doesn't do what it's supposed to.
