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HX-850 Died or alive?

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dpoverlord

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In the market for a new power supply as it seems my HX850 is dead. I let my friend use my computer and came home to the computer turning on for 1/2 a second then nothing. So should I stay with this Power supply with my setup? I think I should upgrade to a higher wattage. What do you guys recommend? When I game, I game heavily, however, I use a lot of hard drives.

Currently 3 3GB WD Red, 4 1.5TB Seagates. I have a GTX460 and will upgrade to a 690 or another higher model when they come out.

What do you thik?

Any ideas how to see what the culprit is?
http://darig.shutterfly.com/pictures/17
http://youtu.be/7_WzAp0v61w
 
Disconnect everything except for some fans from your power supply, use the paperclip trick to turn on the power supply, and see if it can run the fans. I think your problem is somewhere else, not the power supply. A power cycle like that usually indicates motherboard, RAM, or CPU problem, not power supply.
 
I got it to work just now with a 550 watt power supply. However the motherboard takes a bit to boot up. Any ideas what would be a good alternative PSU?
 
You HX is might still under warranty, I'll try to RMA it first. It's a good solid power supply.

An alternative is the Seasonic X750 when it goes on sale for ~$100.
 
RMA your powersupply since the HX line comes with 7 year warranty you should be covered :)
 
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