This 3450W Power Supply is a Fire Hazard!
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Published 2022-06-11
How sketchy is a 3450W PSU from Banggood? Shockingly bad.
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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 - Fire Hazard? No this is the Intro.
1:08 - A little look at your big PSU
3:05 - Opening the PSU
5:55 - Missing Components
7:13 - Resoldering
9:00 - Alex's terrifying power meter
11:11 - Powering on
12:50 - Adding more GPUs
15:29 - Adding a Threadripper
17:11 - The Moment of Truth
18:45 - KiwiCo!
19:51 - Outro
All Comments (21)
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I love how Linus talks about the Platinum rating on the side but doesn’t even realize it says “Platitum”
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The 90 plus platinum certification not being platinum color isn't what concerned me... It's the fact that they didn't even manage to spell Platinum correctly
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That label is wonderful.. There is also the "180-240V 10A" rating, which tops up at max 2400W input, for 3450W output, for an efficiency about 143%. Of course they gave it the golden-platitum achievement
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I'm glad to see they're making power supplies for the RTX 40 series cards now
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2:31 It's not even 90 plus platinum, it's 90 plus platitum
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"This is literally ever 3080 we have in the office." "Hey, I found another one." Dang, would I love to have an office like that, where 3080s are just found randomly.
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The sheer amount of trust that you guys put into that question mark of a power supply blows my mind.
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The dynamic between Linus, Alex, and Kyle is fucking hilarious. Kyle should basically just be a default co-host for these types of videos, if for no other reason to protect Linus and Alex from themselves LOL
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Every time someone opens a power supply I question how much LTT pays their insurance company.
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Love it when LTT staff have to save Linus from himself "We hid the server, so you can't use it" 😂
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This video should just be called linus deals with two engineers. The scariest thing an engineer or tech can say is "It'll be fine".
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It's great to see how comfortable Kyle has gotten in front of a camera in just a few short months. He has only been on camera a handful of times.
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I love how Linus tells Alex to get the render server as a joke and then freaks out when he sees/hears how expensive the actual test bench is.
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I appreciate Alex standing up to Linus to protect the render box.
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This with a 4090 would be a double fire hazard lol
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I love those kind of LTT videos. Having Linus being all smiles around super sketchy things is where you guys really make your best content.
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As an electrician its totally fine to draw 3500w on a 230v circuit. You should get outlets that are rated for 16A continuesly and not just 16A Peak (10A continuesly), but other than that you are fine. A 16A circuit breaker wont even do anything unless you draw at least 14% more which is just slightly above 18A
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Apparently the "BANG" in Banggood is supposed to be the sound you hear before your 3450W PSU toasts all your components (and quite possibly your house)
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The fact that you had to repair it when it was brand new is pretty damning, but good on you for taking it apart and checking it, especially with how sketchy that is. I'm honestly amazed it didn't start smoking or kill all those 3080s.
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You know you're getting into sketchy territory when both Alex and Kyle have to be the voices of reason to Linus.
