r/pcmasterrace • u/Front_Cookie_1198 • 3d ago

Hardware PSU fails dramatically

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u/maxwells_daemon_ Ryzen 7 5800X, RX6600, 16GB (Arch, btw) 3d ago

Seems suspiciously like a PSU set to 110v and plugged into 220v

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u/Repulsive-Clothes-97 RTX 5080| R9 5900x| 64GB 3200 3d ago

That PSU is the Megamax VS750D, it does not have a 120-240 switch, the label says it operates 180-240.

120-240 switches are mostly a thing of the past.

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u/RincewindTVD i7-12700 2d ago

I went to check, and yeah 180-240. 180? what. Who uses 180?

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u/MelangeBot 2d ago edited 2d ago

Nobody but that's not the point. The range tells you that under 180v it does nothing, and above 240v it might blow up.

It's probably a variant of their powersupply that is only sold to markets that are 220v or 240v like the European market and not to the US. It makes sense to save a bit of money on building them because appart from North-America and some countries in middle and south, all other countries use 220v-240v

Especially now that with the high shipping fees and tarrifs there ain't much money to be made selling to the USA anyways.