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After 6 1/2 years, my Rosewill Stallion 450W PSU finally died. Well I caught it before it died...

 

Monday morning I woke up to my computer making an odd humming and hissing sound. I cleaned it out thinking it was dust and the noise persisted. It was very loud, annoying as hell, so I turned off my computer. My boyfriend and I opened up the PSU and cleaned it out. I saw a slightly swollen capacitor on it, but didn't think of it as a really big deal. So, we unplugged everything except the 24 pin connection to test it. Turned it on and the hissing and humming got insanely loud. Flipped the off switch right quick haha :P Checked it afterwards and the capacitor became more swollen...

 

If I wasn't so annoyed by the sound it was making and turned it off when I did, it would have blown and probably would have taken my motherboard and who knows with it :P

 

But yeah, so I ordered this PSU:

 

http://www.amazon.com/PC-Power-Cooling-100-Percent-Capacitors/dp/B0064XAJ30/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1359648802&sr=8-3&keywords=pc+power+and+cooling

 

Did I make a good choice? PC Power and Cooling is owned by OCZ and the actual parts inside the PSU are made by Seasonic (confused yet? :P). I've owned PC Power and Cooling PSUs in the past and they have always been very well built. The reviews on this are stellar, so I think I made a good choice. Before anyone asks, 500W is enough for my system.

 

Probably won't get it until Monday though :( I'm so sick of using my smartphone as my computer lol.

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mk III 500w review

Seems good. Jonnyguru is one of the best PSU review sites.

 

Im using Super Flower Golden Green 750w (going for 7950 xfire), sadly its pretty hard to find outside of europe (as he says in the review).

Basically the most fanatically recommended PSU (along with the platinum series) in Finlands hardware forums, and only 1 shop sells them :thumbsup:

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That model (500W) would be good for $60 maybe. For $70 - no, it's just another Seasonic S12-II unit.

 

TX650V2 - the same S12-II, but 650W - is still $70 after rebate: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020&Tpk=tx650v2

 

Basically you overpaid, but all right it's not bad. What's the point of asking after buying though?

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Just wondering is all :P I got it for $64 actually, caught it on sale. Finally a modular too, I'm always so jealous of my bf's PSUs, he always gets the modular ones for himself :P
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Sadly those types of capacitors (electrolytic, the metal can ones filled with oil) are super notorious for failure often bursting and spilling oil everywhere and can make a lot of noise even when they don't burst. They are dirt cheap however and if your proficient at using a soldering iron can save you hundreds of dollars from not having to buy new electronics, not that I'm so cheap to recommend this for your PSU as eventually the moving parts (fan) will wear out also and PSU's are not too expensive. Just thought I'd share some knowledge from experience.
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Yeah, you can get capacitors for dirt cheap at this electronics place down the street. Ah well...glad I picked up that one I ordered for cheap. Be nice to have a higher tier PSU for once :-P
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