Thermaltake Toughpower 1500 W Power Supply

[Gabriel Torres]

Thanks a lot Paul for the clarification on the UL certification process.

Cheers,
Gabriel.

[Norom]

Will this work in American households?

[Gabriel Torres]

No. Read the article.

[ddamddimddem]

Hello.. i have one of these psu..it's a great psu.. and thanx to these thread now i know that it has 2 independent psu inside..

but can somebody help me.. if there's 2 psu inside, i wanna make sure i use both of em..not only one..coz i dont use all the cable slots.. and i dont think a solo 750 watt psu can power up my system(or damage my pc due to its insufficient power).. i use amd board s5, dual core 6400+ (overclocked @3.34ghz), gtx gigabyte 280, creative sound blaster x-fi platinum, 2 seagate barracuda 80gb, 1 SB 250 GB, 1 SB 500 GB, 1dvd Rw, 1 dvd rom..

and recently i had trouble with my 500GB..
sometime these errors just keep comin up..
than i use this program hard disk sentinel.. and it came with an analysis

"the problems occurer during the spin up of the disk this can be caused by the disk itself or huge powerload(weak power supply)" and it said that my 500 HD only got 13 days left..

now.. is it possible that it is bcause of the PSU?? maybe bcause i'm using only 1 cable to power up my 4 HD..so it's like one cable with 4 sata power slots, PSU--------+------+------+------+
80GB 80GB 250GB 500GB

and the last one to have the power is the 500GB, but supposedly i guess it is the one that really needs power..so it got insufficient power..

is it possible?
i've done nothing to my 500GB,and it's the newest..not even a year if i'm not mistaken..

any body can help me...??? coz i guess i'm going to buy a new HD, but this time a 1TB and i dont wanna end up losing it like my 500gb..

[ddamddimddem]

and i use dominator 1066 4GB memory..

a friend of mine said that maybe it's bcause my psu is not stable..so it could damage my hardware.. and the first that went down is my HD.. is it possible..? how do i check it?

please heeellp..

[Gabriel Torres]

Please read page "power distribution" from the article.

Simply balance power usage and you will be fine.

Gabriel.

[ddamddimddem]

i'm still confused..but i'm tryin to understand it.. i'm not really got at this electricity things..
by the way, i'm using st3500320AS..

thanx again

[Gabriel Torres]

You are make a lot of confusion.

It seems that you are not talking about specifically about the reviewed power supply, are you? This thread is only for comments about our Thermaltake Toughpower 1500 W PSU article.

A bad-quality power supply can do bad stuff, including burning your hard drive.

Read our tutorial below to learn more about stability and noise.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/181

And PLEASE open a new thread with your questions here:
http://forums.hardwaresecrets.com/power/f12

Do not post doubts unrelated to this review on this thread.

Thanks,
Gabriel.

[Gabriel Torres]

Originally Posted by Merman

Isn't the Toughpower 1500 design and manufacturer the same as the Corsair HX1000w but different power???

I finally posted HX1000W review, HX1000W and Toughpower 1500 W are IDENTICAL. See:

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/484

Cheers,
Gabriel.

[Gabriel Torres]

Originally Posted by Norom

Will this work in American households?

Originally Posted by Gabriel Torres

No. Read the article.

Ops. After seeing that this unit is identical to HX1000W I have to go back and say that it will work just fine. However, Thermaltake will be only selling this beast in Europe. Our you can simply buy Corsair HX1000W, it is the same product with a different name.

Sorry about the confusion.

Cheers,
Gabriel.