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| PSUs Corsair's latest addition to its portfolio is the, very well received, PSU range. Corsair people are here to give you any advice and technical assistance needed. |
| View Poll Results: When building a new PC or substantially upgrading an existing PC I usually: | |||
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157 | 65.42% |
| Re-use the PSU from my old PC |
  
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74 | 30.83% |
| Use the PSU that comes supplied with my new case |
  
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9 | 3.75% |
| Voters: 240. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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08-06-2008, 12:55 AM
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Re: When do you buy a new PSU? Poll 1
I usually buy a new PSU, since I want the quietest PSU possible at the time. Moreover, I usually pass on my old computer parts along the food chain and they still need power to run so. If I make minor upgrades, I don't replace the PSU of course. Occasionally I do upgrade only the PSU if there's a substantially quieter alternative or I for some reason don't feel my original PSU is up for the task anymore.
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03-07-2008, 11:42 PM
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Re: When do you buy a new PSU? Poll 1
Well I ended up buying one anyway (not that I expected to win)
 So Corsair, your evil plans to get our money is working! |
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05-07-2008, 10:56 AM
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Re: When do you buy a new PSU? Poll 1
I will generally buy a good high wattage, high end psu which will then last me until it either - the fan in it goes, it no longer has the amount/type of connectors I need (pci-express connectors keep changing for e.g) or my new system has close to or over the wattage rating.
My 700w psu has been rock solid for the last 3 years... probably wont replace it for my next build either.....but if I do it will be for a higher wattage psu with a single 12v rail |
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07-07-2008, 01:37 PM
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Re: When do you buy a new PSU? Poll 1
I rarely build a completely new Pc when I upgrade, mainly due to lack of funds. But when I do upgrade it's generally a CPU or Graphics upgrade (along with any other required upgrades, motherboard, ram etc), so if I deem the current power supply not to be good enough I upgrade that as well. I've also upgraded power supplies when I've had minor problems, buzzing from the PSU fans or capacitors.
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11-08-2008, 03:14 PM
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Re: When do you buy a new PSU? Poll 1
Apologies for the (very) lengthy delay!
 However, there are now a pair of winners: http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=14915 
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11-08-2008, 06:34 PM
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Re: When do you buy a new PSU? Poll 1
I typically go through a proccess of constantly upgrading instead if actually buying a whole new rig, so I generally get a new PSU when I need it. Basically when it either blows up or I need more power. Although it's always nice to have a beefy PSU for bragging rights. I was looking at getting the corsair 1000W PSU sometime, even though I don't currently need it, it would just be neat to have.
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