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10/8/12 at 10:31am
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Okay, so last night my PC recently just basically turned off on me (no display, fans still running), I turned it off by holding in the power button, tried to turn it back on and it was completely dead. I'm hoping that some sort of power surge or something didn't ruin components on the motherboard and/or CPU/GPU.

This power supply is an OCZ Fatal1ty 550W. This power supply has been running for around 6 months but is now completely dead. I disconnected my GTX 570, then plugged in a rubbish, spare 500W and the fans seems to power up, so I'm assuming the motherboard is not dead. As to what caused this failure I do not know, I had been instructed that 550W was enough to power everything.

The good news is that I contacted Amazon (where it was purchased) and they are offering a full refund. Now I'm left with the task of either buying another one the exact same, or buy a different one. The original purchase price of my PSU was £60, so I'll get that back. I'm on a budget of around £90 but don't have a clue of what to buy.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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post #2 of 6
10/8/12 at 10:37am
i would look at these:
http://www.amazon.com/Seasonic-560W-Plus-Power-Supply/dp/B0040N55VW/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1349717738&sr=1-1&keywords=seasonic+X

http://www.amazon.com/SeaSonic-SS-650KM-CrossFire-Certified-Modular/dp/B004GWYTY6/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1349717785&sr=1-6&keywords=seasonic+X

http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Professional-750-Watt-Certified-High-Performance/dp/B003PJ6QWE/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1349717807&sr=1-8&keywords=seasonic+X
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10/8/12 at 10:41am
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i would look at these:
http://www.amazon.com/Seasonic-560W-Plus-Power-Supply/dp/B0040N55VW/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1349717738&sr=1-1&keywords=seasonic+X
http://www.amazon.com/SeaSonic-SS-650KM-CrossFire-Certified-Modular/dp/B004GWYTY6/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1349717785&sr=1-6&keywords=seasonic+X
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Professional-750-Watt-Certified-High-Performance/dp/B003PJ6QWE/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1349717807&sr=1-8&keywords=seasonic+X

All of these are great, if you are planning on SLI 570s, they will run on a 650W, but if you want to overclock, I would grab the 750W.
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10/8/12 at 10:43am
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Originally Posted by thepoopscooper View Post

i would look at these:
http://www.amazon.com/Seasonic-560W-Plus-Power-Supply/dp/B0040N55VW/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1349717738&sr=1-1&keywords=seasonic+X
http://www.amazon.com/SeaSonic-SS-650KM-CrossFire-Certified-Modular/dp/B004GWYTY6/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1349717785&sr=1-6&keywords=seasonic+X
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Professional-750-Watt-Certified-High-Performance/dp/B003PJ6QWE/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1349717807&sr=1-8&keywords=seasonic+X

That Seasonic 660W one looks good but on Amazon UK is costs about $210!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seasonic-X-660-Watt-Power-Supply/dp/B004DRZI4Y/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
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Where are you buying from?

PC P&C 500 MK III £64.20 Inc VAT
PC P&C 600 MK III £72.72 Inc VAT
NZXT HALE90 550 £78.60 Inc VAT
Antec HCG 520 £55.82 Inc VAT
Antec HCG 620-M £76.34 Inc VAT
XFX Pro Core Edition 550 £48.66 Inc VAT

Winner here is the Hale90. Modular, and best internals. All PSU's here are good though.

Most of these are on Amazon.co.uk for relatively the same price.
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post #6 of 6
10/9/12 at 10:36am
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Thanks for the help guys. Not sure about SLI but its a possibility. In the end I bought a 760W Seasonic X
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