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even a $50 protector is better than nothing, especially when you have a good computer. good luck

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I think that 750 watts was enough for that rig. I think it is likely just a bad cap that you got with the psu.

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from my earlier experiences you just blew a power supply.depending on what pc you have should be less than a couple hundred to re power the pc.and more importantly make sure you have an inexpensive surge protector on it..

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Yup I ordered a Surge Protector and a new 850watt PSU from Corsair. They will be here tomorrow. Then I will send out my 750w and get it RMAd and sell it.

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750W was not enough for that system. You had virtually zero head room. The 850W will definitly be better. See this calc here:

http://extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

When I put in your specs with 20% capacitor aging it suggests 786W.

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I am kind of kicking myself for going with the 850 now. Shoulda gone 1000[:@]

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Cancel the order before it ships out?

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Dual 6970's I would have gone 1000W just for comfort. Just don't tell Corsair you were running dual 6970's when you try and RMA that 750. :D

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Probably blew a capacitor somewhere. Sometimes they will overheat and 'vent' out through the bottom, but still keep continuity. If it's on your motherboard, you will probably never find it. I would highly advise using a surge protector.

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I canceled the Amazon order. Went with the HX1050.

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I had a similar issue with my pc a year ago, it had a 700w psu running SLI, quad core, 3 500gig hds, and 8 gigs of memory.

I upgraded everything on that pc except for the case and psu. I did have that loud pop and it did work for a while but then one day it wouldnt power up and I knew what it was but at the time I was too lazy to change it.

It was an Ultra psu 700w, now I have a 1200

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I swear by Corsair PSUs. I should have known from the start it couldnt handle it. My previous PC had the original Corsair HX1000.

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What's the biggest PSU that they sell?!

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I only bought the Ultra because it was on sale[&:] but its still going after 3 years

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That would be the AX1200 which as it says comes in at 1200W. I've got an AX750, hopefully never need that 7 year warranty that comes with the AX line. Bought it on sale cause I needed a new PS, and then of course right after that the HX was on sale for a lot cheaper!

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Yeah the AX1200. It's like 270$ though. It's 100% Modular which makes it awesome. The HX series are partially modular. The 24 and 8 pin connectors are hard wired. The rest is modular.

It's funny how this thread is on the "Hot Thread" list.

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$270.. hopefully it last awhile.. !

How much is the one you got?

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HX1050 was 200$ 5 year warranty

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Is that a challenge? Mwuhahahahahaha. /evil grin

Although I must say your screens are nice. :) What do you use them for mainly?

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In fact, Darkfire, what's your full spec now, since we're on the subject?

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$70 more.. didn't go for the big gun?!

(I am all about spending other people's money!) :D

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Of course you like to LB. Always telling me to buy the expensive things:D

Well with the new PSU on the way Foxy.

NZXT Phantom
ASUS P8P67 Evo
Intel i5-2500k @ 4.5GHZ
Corsair H60 with push pull
Corsair HX1050 PSU
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600MHZ
2 XFX 6970 Reference
WD 1TB Caviar Black 7200RPM (SSD will be coming soon)
ASUS CD/DVD Burner
NZXT 2M Blue LED Kit
Dell 24" P2411H Monitor (2 more of these will be added by the end of summer)

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Just trying to stimulate the economy, yo!! :D

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E-MAIL.....VERY FAST E-MAIL....hahah, Real Flight, FSX, also have the IR5 Head tracker, 5760x1080...here is a sample of FSX...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=441Th...eature=related

I only use the World's Fastest Processor, they also eat Intel's for breakfast 8 cores at over 8 GHz...


http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/13/a...overclocked-o/


Bring it on Intel Boy...da doo do doo....!!!

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Haha. :)

OK...

Intel i7 2600 @ 4.8Ghz on hybrid water/air (Corsair H80)
Gigabyte Z68 UD4 (sick board)
12GB 1600mhz
2xOCZ Agility 2.0 80GB in RAID 10 (double capacity double speed, no redundancy) - I read a GB a sec (995mb/s). :p
1x1TB generic Seagate
Nvidia 580 GTX
22" LG 120hz 3d vision monitor (was good when I bought it, bit out of date now).

Whereas yours is all about the screens, mine is really all about the hard disk performance. It really is phenomenal. Windows 7 boots in about 9 secs. I don't ever wait for anything. At all. In Skyrim, on loading screens, I don't get to read more than the first 3 words of the titbits of information that pop up to entertain you while its loading. Which can be annoying, expecially if it was an interesting piece of lore or something. Everyone who's used it had their mind blown, and of course the 3d is great too.

What's your windows performance index? I'm 5.8, just 0.1 off max, very frustrating, my CPU's fault.