RMA it. At least you will have a spare PSU then.

That kind of stuff is what gets me worried sometimes, when it comes to buying something and then, the minute I try it out, I see that I really don't need it after all. Then I get a little worried because I wouldn't know what to do with something I spent my money on, and I don't really like having items just lay around 😖

AFAIK, EVGA and Corsair buy their PSUs from Seasonic.
And Seasonic is usually good.

Edit: I might be wrong on the EVGA buys from Seasonic part.

Solarstorm wrote:

AFAIK, EVGA and Corsair buy their PSUs from Seasonic.
And Seasonic is usually good.

Edit: I might be wrong on the EVGA buys from Seasonic part.

Seasonic is basically a competitor to Delta.

Sorry for your loss, hopefully the machine is fine, but it sounds like you just got unlucky.

I have some evga supplies, all good so far. Generally the decent brands last a long time and if they do blow they don't take the rest of the system with them.

Unknown_K wrote:

I have some evga supplies, all good so far. Generally the decent brands last a long time and if they do blow they don't take the rest of the system with them.

Any PSU failure entirely fixed by a new PSU is a good PSU failure .

If it's quite new then I'm a bit surprised as EVGA is usually considered a quality brand. I'd check the PSU insides with a light to see if anything looks burned. Obviously if it's under warranty no need to open it, but I'd rather just try to repair the damage than take another one that might blow up later.

Solarstorm wrote:

AFAIK, EVGA and Corsair buy their PSUs from Seasonic.
And Seasonic is usually good.

Edit: I might be wrong on the EVGA buys from Seasonic part.

I believe the P2 series is based on Superflower's platform. Superflower is on par with Seasonic, among the best in the business. I recommend reaching out to EVGA about a replacement.

EVGA calls their power supplies "Supernova", named for a huge explosion that takes everything nearby with it.

I've been disappointed in the quality of EVGA products now for several years and switched to Corsair/MSI.

Corsair have their own stinkers as well, although their units made by Flextronics are absolutely top flight.

Most of the HW I've bought from them in the last few years has been great. I do not like the motherboard connector on my HX750i though.

I always get a kick out of things like this. ONE psu goes nuclear, and so many of you people act like its the second coming and the world's about to end.

It's as if people don't realize that there will ALWAYS be a certain percentage of failed units, and the probability goes up with usage/time/moon phases.

Exactly this. OMG one thing failed, time to make a feeble attempt to run the company out of business.

Well, I've had 3 video cards that were well taken care of and never overlocked die from them in a row. So I have a bit more bias due to that.

RoyBatty wrote:

Well, I've had 3 video cards that were well taken care of and never overlocked die from them in a row. So I have a bit more bias due to that.

What were the cards?

8800GT, 9800GX2 and 580 3GB , all died almost exactly 2 years from purchase. The 580 was never pushed hard at all, since I only play older games on it, and I always made sure the cooling was good. Ram went bad in every one of them.

You also have to remember that at certain points in time companies used and will use cheap caps and other less reliable components to keep the cost down and in the long (or short) run these tend to fail and cause a lot of commotion online as previously reliable brands are no longer as trustworthy as they were. I know several Corsair CX models that had this problem and I have owned a few myself. Mind you, this series is not their top tier, but it has affected their reputation.