Evga G2 Vs G3 Full Force So

Had a Seasonic Prime titanium whatever fail after two years, running 16 HDD.

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My computer was giving me some issues booting yesterday like ntfs.sys pagefaultinnonpagedarea.

This started just yesterday and all I was doing was testing my radiator fans pull and push then running benchmarks.

I thought it may be nvme or RAM related so yesterday I reseat the RAM and it seems to be back to normal rebooting normally without the error.

Of course, now I am dying to find out what if anything else died and no idea what happened here.

Was the PSU just failing to handle my gear It is a 5950x and an Asus strix RTX 3080 with many HDDs.

So I want to test my system immediately and my only options locally is a local seller selling used PSUs.he has the eVGA 1600W G2 and the 1200W P2.

It seems the P2 and G3 use the same cables although I may not want to reuse the cables after the experience or at least not the main cables but maybe just keep the sata cables from the G3 since it was a pain to wire all the HDDs and hide cables.

Though the PSU shouldnt have exploded, unless maybe peak power demand was so rapid the OCP couldnt trip in time and shut the PSU off before component failure happened.

If the mains breaker blew, something on the primary side of the PSU failed.

The pop and flash could have been the fuse, or one of the primary mosfets.

Hard to know without tearing the supply down and doing an autopsy.

Hard drives average 5-15 watts, depending on type, and are heavy on the 5v rail.

Sounds more like either something was plugged in wrong or you just got unlucky.

OCP and OPP protections simply shut down the PSU, they do not cause a flash of light and complete failure.

Evga G2 Vs G3 Full Force So

Luckily I tested with the 1200 P2 and the machine is back at full force so nothing damaged.

So many years working on computers and the first time I get a PSU to do this.

Since it died and saved the rest of the system thats a positive.

Luckily it didnt take anything with it, hopefully youre okay too.