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I recently upgraded to a GTX 1080 (Requires 60 Watt more then my last card) and a few days after i got it my PC would refuse to turn on on the first try, it always turns on on the second try.
On the first time it turns on for 1 second and turns off before the screen can even show something.
Is it the PSU or some other problem?

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According to Coolermaster's PSU calculator my PC uses 584 Watt on load, it's a 600 Watt PSU
I pull the plug when my PC is completely off.
Just now it did a hard disk repair on the boot of my pc.
 
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its a bit strange to totally unplug your system at night anyway. I have never done this and also have never had an issue by leaving the cable in.
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going to need a full system brakedown buddy, saying its a 600W psu is of no help what so ever to us. some unbranded PSU's that say they are 600W only actually deliver half of that. we will need Make and model of the psu ontop of a full system brakedown as the margin for computer load is just way too close to your psu max.
 
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Corsair CX600, on another forum people agreed that i should get a new psu, i just got the Be quiet! Straight power 9 700watt, seems to be running fine but the real test is tomorrow after my pc has been off for a while.
 
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How are things going?

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After some days it seems to be running fine with the new psu, however, this new psu did not solve my original problem.
I always pull the plug from my pc when i go to sleep so i figured i would test it without unplugging it every night, and the next morning it worked, it now boots right away every time.
No clue what caused my problem but it's solved by leaving my pc plugged in for whatever reason.
 
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its a bit strange to totally unplug your system at night anyway. I have never done this and also have never had an issue by leaving the cable in.
 
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My guess is in so doing that there is some impact on the cold start performance and capacitor charge. Just leave that baby plugged in.

And yes I agree with Hawkshot-- it's kind of a strange thing to do.

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I grew up learning that it's energy efficient / more safe leaving devices unplugged until you use them, it stuck with me so I always did it without thinking about it.
It's easy enough to just let it stay plugged in, power is pretty cheap and most modern devices don't use a lot of power anyway.

Thanks for all the help :)
 
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Well you were definitely taught correctly. But yea.. think it can cause weird issues.

Glad your machine is running well.

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