Is this PSU good enough to use for a couple of weeks?

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SillyTea

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Well I was having issues with my computer and determined that my Corsair AX860 PSU was the culprit by testing another PSU. The problem is, however, I am not sure if my PSU is going to hold out until my replacement comes in the mail in about two weeks' time.

The one that I was going to put in the chassis to replace the AX860 with is a CoolerMaster Extreme Power Plus 700W PSU (Bronze rated)... My processor is an Intel Core i5 3570K at base speed and I have a GTX680 1GB Graphics Card along with a 2TB Western Digital HDD, a 120GB SSD, and about four chassis fans. Will that PSU be enough? I am not very confident in using it.
 
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it will be fine as with everything it works or it don't the rails should not matter its just old platform build and should not affect things and was commonly used a few years back with most all psu's the single rail is more efficient for the 80+ rating system

use the psu get the replacement and swap them out for your better unit

I would not be loosing down time over this myself

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Are you sure you want a Multi 12V Rail PSU, Its cheap for a reason, I also have had bad experience with multi 12V Rails. I could tell you that they are a hassle to deal with because you have to put the CPU and motherboard in one 12V Rail and your graphics card(s) on the other 12V rail. and if you dont have enough power in one of the rails then most likely the PC will not boot. So dont cheap out, get a single 12V Rail PSU.
 
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it will be fine as with everything it works or it don't the rails should not matter its just old platform build and should not affect things and was commonly used a few years back with most all psu's the single rail is more efficient for the 80+ rating system

use the psu get the replacement and swap them out for your better unit

I would not be loosing down time over this myself

 
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