It is not a good idea to take advice from an internet forum with face value anyways, I thought that was common sense. However, if you research this PSU I doubt you will find anything really "bad" about it. The PSU gets very positive reviews. Although, reviewing a PSU requires a lot of technical knowledge, and most sites do not perform in depth reviews. The PSU is good value, I haven't seen anything better for $100. However, I wouldn't use it in a $2000 rig.
If it is the PSU I would get it replaced to avoid damage to the system.
The assessment Cheese has posted here is one of the best pieces of advice everyone should take. Just because a list of people say something is excellent does not mean it is excellent for every rig out there. If a member on this board like myself or Richard listened to such generic recommendations and installed a HyperR into his system, it would most likely smoke the PSU or the components in his computer because of the hardware he is running.
When it comes to building a computer and placing high performance components into it, running a 100 dollar PSU based on everyone saying it works great is a GRAVE mistake. The system starts with a PSU and if one intends to run the better components they better spec a PSU that can not only run those components but also leave at least 25% overhead in supply ability and still run cool.
The HyperR is not a bad PSU but if it is suited for a system should NEVER be taken from a forum post that it will work, work correctly and not be stressed in the process. That decision is based onthe total power consuption all devices will draw PLUS if one intends to overclock PLUS overhead (over and above) current available to run any added devices down the road and still maintain cool operation.
To be quite honest.. I have not run a system the HyperR would handle in over a year. Just because the PSU may handle a 650watt peak load does not mean that power goes to where I need it in my system. If I were to spec a PSU based on the power output watt rating more than 1/2 the PSU's on the market would be underpowered for my system even though thier watt rating was well within what I needed. One of the reasons why I would run a 800-1000watt Silverstone or PC Power and Cooling PSU over a cheapo like HyperR is so I never, ever have to worry about power consumption and the PSU can migrate to the next build (possibly 3 builds) without throwing double the money down the drain.
Pay me now or pay me later...
Pay me later can fry system components and make my high system game loads have all sorts of issues, like stutters, and including components running hotter ALL THE TIME so I'll pass on the cheapo PSU thank you very much.
You do get what you pay for.