Hi folks!
 
Two weeks ago I ordered a brand new boxed and sealed EVGA P2 1200W PSU from amazon.co.uk
It has been used with a single Gtx 980 and a stock 5960x cpu with 32Gb DDR4 so nothing unusual.
I was having a bath today and my gf was browsing the internet. Suddenly the psu blew up with a very loud noise ( I could hear clearly from the bathroom ) and the screen went black and pc shutted down. I tried to figured out on different forums what happened but im kinda disappointed because of the short life span and I think its pretty aakward when this happening with a £200 psu with 10 years of warranty.
Im gonna send it back and ask for a replacement.
Anyone here who had same experience after this short period with a decent branded power supply?
I bought this psu because it was scored 10/10 on johnnyguru website and I feel extremely unlucky mine lasted only 2 weeks.
I got a spare different branded psu and was tested it straight away. It works flawless so thank God no other parts has been damaged.
Thanks for reading and I wish longer psu life span to everyone here :)
 
 
 

Hi mate,
 
Havent experienced power outages in the last year and I was using 4-5 different rigs with different power supply as well. Pretty odd to be honest and im really thankful none of my other components damaged or destroyed. Im using a Monster HDP 750G Surge Protector as well so I thought im kinda prepared :)

Thanks mate appreciate it :)
 
I dont think the 750G protects me up to 750w I think its just the model number. Im not an electrician anyway :)
I bought P2 1200 because the review and I was planning some extra vgas and maybe a custom loop as well.
I have 2 more weeks to send back to Amazon for a replacement. I live in the UK so I dont know what is the best option.
Send it back to Amazon or register the psu and RMA fwith EVGA?
Dont know which is better.
 

that's really more than unusual, I'm curious what the cause could be.

Thanks for replies folks.
I sent it back to Amazon becasue I didnt want to ran out of the 30 days return policy.
Tomorrow im gonna get a new one as replacement.
Will keep you update how things going with the new one.
If I got a faulty one I will get in touch with EVGA and let them sort this out.
Im 34 years old I got more than 15 different rigs lately and never experienced anything like this. Always built up my own rigs so I dont have a clue what happend with my PSU.
 

Isildursheir
Hi guys,
 
New PSU up and running. Hopefully will last more than 2 weeks. Thanks again for all the replies.

 

glad you got your replacement, hope it serves you for a long time.

sahafiec
glad you got your replacement, hope it serves you for a long time.

Thanks mate I appreciate it  :)

When people use on EVGA technical support it's little scary before need to buy something else and always look what EVGA offer on that field. 

Brian Walker
That sucks, my 1000 P2 has been ruuning flawless for a year and 4 months now, glad you got it replaced quickly 

 Cheers Brian :)
 
I arrived from holiday and PSU still up and running yaaay!
Its more than a month old now so happy birthday to her lol
Btw my case is a Corsair C70 Vengeance stands on legs and got an extra fan on the windowed side so I dont think heat was the problem.

that's Amazon, glad all went well.