- Dec 16, 2014
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Hello, Tom's hivemind.
So, I'm in a bit of a pickle.
I have bought a 980 Strix and a 4790k, along with a Z97-A from Asus and 16gb of 1866 ddr3 ram from Gskill. All locked in a closet.
All well... but I'm not sure about the psu.
See, I have an Antec High Current Gamer 750 Modular which is great on paper, but I get the weird feeling that the reason my current pc is running a little worse everyday is the psu. A way to test this would be great! (probably just me though)
Also, I always shut the psu off after I shut off the pc (Is this a problem?) and, while the computer was running, the powe rwnt out two times, and people accidentally unplugged about four.
I bought it last december.
Is there cause to think it might not be up to scratch?
I was going to replace it, but the stores I trust simply don't have psus that good right now.
The best I've found is a Corsair CX750m listed here as a Tier Three.
They also carry a lot of Sentey for some reason, but all from the Metal Blade Power series which I don't know jack about and is not on this site's list.
Buuut... I've found a great one, the Xfx XTR 750 Gold 80... in a shop that people badmouth constantly and some said refubrishes stuff.
So, there is the thing. Whatever I do, I need a new one for the pc I'm leaving to my brother (970 with oc from Zotac and fx 8350)
Do I keep the antec and put the Corsair in that?
Do I go to the other place because refubrishing PSUs is quite hard and spottable?
Is it really that risky to use that corsair?
Thankson beforehand!
I'm from Argentina and we get very little choice
Also, we use 220v for our electricity, not 110v.
So, I'm in a bit of a pickle.
I have bought a 980 Strix and a 4790k, along with a Z97-A from Asus and 16gb of 1866 ddr3 ram from Gskill. All locked in a closet.
All well... but I'm not sure about the psu.
See, I have an Antec High Current Gamer 750 Modular which is great on paper, but I get the weird feeling that the reason my current pc is running a little worse everyday is the psu. A way to test this would be great! (probably just me though)
Also, I always shut the psu off after I shut off the pc (Is this a problem?) and, while the computer was running, the powe rwnt out two times, and people accidentally unplugged about four.
I bought it last december.
Is there cause to think it might not be up to scratch?
I was going to replace it, but the stores I trust simply don't have psus that good right now.
The best I've found is a Corsair CX750m listed here as a Tier Three.
They also carry a lot of Sentey for some reason, but all from the Metal Blade Power series which I don't know jack about and is not on this site's list.
Buuut... I've found a great one, the Xfx XTR 750 Gold 80... in a shop that people badmouth constantly and some said refubrishes stuff.
So, there is the thing. Whatever I do, I need a new one for the pc I'm leaving to my brother (970 with oc from Zotac and fx 8350)
Do I keep the antec and put the Corsair in that?
Do I go to the other place because refubrishing PSUs is quite hard and spottable?
Is it really that risky to use that corsair?
Thankson beforehand!
I'm from Argentina and we get very little choice
Also, we use 220v for our electricity, not 110v.
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