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So earlier out of nowhere my computer just turned off. Well after troubleshooting with Fran, we decided it was the PSU. As this is my main rig, I needed one as fast as possible.

 

I was going to order one from Amazon and such but I ended up going to Best Buy as they had one for the same price as Amazon. I managed to get there 5 minutes till closing. Here is the PSU I bought: *Corsair CX Series 750 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Bronze*

 

I paid $89.99 plus tax = $95.45

 

Amazon has it for $89.99 + shipping (free 5-8 days or $12 for 3-5 days)

 

So I actually came out cheaper from BestBuy. Amazing huh? I actually despise BB and would never go there if not for the emergency.

 

cxm750_detail_contents.png

 

http://www.bestbuy.c...black/8324202.p

http://www.amazon.co...uct/B00ALK3KEM/

 

 

I had to reinstall syslinux (bootloader) by chrooting in, had to reconfigure bios (mixed up sata cables on the 4 hdds) and had to reconfigure my monitors as I didnt plug them in the same

ports. I really need to label things but all good now. It is a good thing that I use UUIDs in fstab or I would of had to reconfigure it as well.

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V.T. Eric Layton

PSUs sure have gotten cheaper these days. I remember buying my old Antec 450W Trupower back in '06 or something like that. The darn thing cost me $150 (@ Best Buy).

 

I'm lucky these days. I have a Tiger Direct brick and mortar store just down the road a piece from me. I LOVE that place!

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It was great that it did turn out to be the PSU. It sure seemed like it and after some troubleshooting, it seemed more like it.

 

Was a good bet in this case. And proved to be the correct answer.

 

A lot cheaper than some of the alternatives it could have been. ;)

 

Great deal Josh!

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FWIW, I have a Corsair CX430 modular in my latest build and it has been an excellent performer. I don't need that much power since the system I built has an APU handling processor and video duties. The modular feature is very nice because you don't have to stash a lot of unused cabling in the case somewhere.

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  • 3 weeks later...

I had a similar experience recently also, came home and hit On switch and nothing happened. I went and bought a nice new Seasonic PS, got back home and tried the switch one last time and it hummed to life! It's a Antec EarthWatts 650W and has been totally reliable before and since. Still don't know why it wouldn't start that one time.

At least I have a good spare now. :)

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