r/pcmasterrace • u/Front_Cookie_1198 • 1d ago

Hardware PSU fails dramatically

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u/Escapement_Watch i7-14700K | 5070Ti | 64 DDR5 1d ago

Me watching this right after installing my new PSU....(bequiet 1000w 13m)

https://giphy.com/gifs/4QgiErmjZiPESRcKYt

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u/Brave-Perspective714 23h ago

This actually happened to my husband.

Power supply caught fire in his rig while he was playing WoW or something. He unplugged everything and carried a flaming PC outside rather than ruin everything in it with a fire extinguisher.

Nuked the graphics card, but the mother board and memory ended up being okay. Manufacturer of the power supply took responsibility and paid to replace it all.

But never again have we left a computer powered on while we're not home.

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u/BeginningMidnight639 23h ago

was the power supply old or new?

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u/Brave-Perspective714 22h ago

It was less than 6 months old.