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AgentTran
No way. I wouldn't ever recommend "Raidmax."
Your CX430 though not good, and uses cheap capacitors is still better than the Raidmax.

Your CX430 right now should be supporting your whole build comfortably right now with no problem. If your PSU has failed or you want a new one, then here's something I would recommend.

Also, overclocked your build will only pull about 450W, so we'll look for anything about there or more.
Here's the cheapest and best alternative.

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Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($57.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $57.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)...
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No way. I wouldn't ever recommend "Raidmax."
Your CX430 though not good, and uses cheap capacitors is still better than the Raidmax.

Your CX430 right now should be supporting your whole build comfortably right now with no problem. If your PSU has failed or you want a new one, then here's something I would recommend.

Also, overclocked your build will only pull about 450W, so we'll look for anything about there or more.
Here's the cheapest and best alternative.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($57.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $57.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-10 11:09 EDT-0400)

It is 550W, and is cheaper than it's 450W version and also supports upgrades in your GPU/CPU later on.
 
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I learned one thing after buying a "RaidMax" case... Never, ever, ever buy RaidMax... Poor build quality, and they don't honor their "MIR"...

I used a CX500 in my ol'ladys build and it works fine. CX PSU are considered a tier 3 PSU, which is good enough.
 
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I'v been getting random BSOD 101 under all load conditions, but have not gotten crashes running prime95 and furmark.

What's the likeliest culprit?

The AsRock 960GM VGS3 FX ?
 
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Sounds like a issue I had, ended up being the GPU... However, the ram also ended up being bad, and had to be replaced some months later... Even though it could pass tests all day long.

The GPU was my first 780, I removed it, and put in a HD 7850 I had laying around. That fixed the bluescreen issues... I too was able to pass stress tests, and then randomly crash doing anything.

The same ram I was using, I later put in my ol'ladys system. She became totally unstable after a few months. I pulled her ram, and put in 8gb 2x4 1600 gskill I had laying around. Fixed her issue.
 
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