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Really? My Build Was This
Video http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130585

CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103961 AMD FX 8-Core 3.1GHz

Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130620

RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104173

Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811208041

DVD/CD Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118031

SATA Cables http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119230

HDD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148699

Then... I Added A Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 And I Was Downloading My Free Dirt 3 Copy And I Left The Room My Computer
Was In And When I Came Back My Computer Was Off And There Was A Horrible Smell And When I Tried To Turn On MY
Computer The On Light Blinked But I Got A New XFX 750w Semi Moduler PSU And It Works And The Rest Of My
Computer Is OK! So Im Not Sure About This Brand Either...
 
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I don't understand what you are asking? You had a Xion and it blew up so you would even consider a new one?

XFX sells fine power supplies. All of their models are made by Seasonic.

Corsair, Seasonic, PC Power and Cooling, XFX, Silverstone, Enermax, OCZ and Antec are the only brands that are high quality across the board.

Xion is cheap crap and you are lucky it did not kill your whole computer when it blew.
 
Xion PSUs are junk - I'm glad the rest of your components are safe!. XFX PSUs are actually made by Seasonic and are outstanding. Review: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=216
The 550W XFX is actually more than enough for your PC, but I understand you going overboard with what happened with the Xion. With the 750W you'll have more than enough reserve capacity to be able to easily OC the card/CPU and CF the GPU if you want.