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Stige
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The Corsair CX series is far from being a good series of PSUs, if you still can, I would recommend to reconsider something else.
And the PSU is overrated for it's wattage aswell, the 12V line can't supply more than ~500W even though the PSU is rated 600W.
I would definitely skip any Corsair CX PSU.
If you insist on sticking with Corsair, the HX series is actually decent compared to the CX.
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| Posted: Fri, 15th Mar 2013 16:09 Post subject: |
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CX600 is not *that* bad, it's just a little inefficient. This is the new version Stige, which can actually sustain about 550W on the 12v rail.
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| Posted: Fri, 15th Mar 2013 16:47 Post subject: |
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Okidoki, you win. I give up. I went to the computer shop and cancelled the order and told them I'd like my case back. Got it back, and they said I didn't owe them anything. They couldn't fix it after all. So all is well, and I'll be ordering a Seasonic from the interwebz, since the main thing you agree on is how they are made of awesome.
So.. ehm, G-serie 550w? M12II-620 Bronze? The rest doesn't seem to be modular, and I'm quite fond of that. But if for example a S12II-620 Bronze is much more awesome, so be it.
edit: please don't tell me that those are decent but what I really want is the x-series 80+ GOLD 
edit2: lots of review reading later (including johnnyguru).. liking the g-series 550. The M12II is ancient, and while the S12II seems decent, it's not modular, and I like modular.
But since I dont know yet wether my 470 can be salvaged, I'm not in a hurry to order so I will wait for confirmation 
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Mar 2013 17:29 Post subject: |
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FUCKING FUCK!
Built in the Seasonic 550w, got my GTX 660. Everything was running nicely. Very impressed with the 27 degrees idle temp of the MSI GTX, 40 under some load.
Playing some Starcraft 2 campaign, finally ... mouse turns to artifacts ... *no signal*. And I have to hard power down.
what the shit.. I don't know anymore..
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Mar 2013 18:03 Post subject: |
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Things to try:
- Reinstall drivers
- Do a memory test and see if your RAM is okay
- Run prime 95 or something stressful on your CPU and see if it crashes then
- Reinstall windows
- Get it back to shop and see what part is really broken (obviously its not PSU or GPU)
I doubt reinstalling drivers/windows will help but worth a shot.
EDIT: Also you can try taking the mobo out of the case. Maybe something is short circuiting. Very doubtful though.
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Mar 2013 19:18 Post subject: |
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Ever get a jolt when you touch your case? May be static electricity, but may also be a short circuit. What case is it?
I haven't updated my thread in quite some time btw, need to reevaluate it but I don't think prices have changed much since my last update 
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Mar 2013 19:31 Post subject: |
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It's a CM Storm Sniper. Now that you mention it.. I may have been shocked once while feeling up the back end of my MB to find the 2nd Ethernet connector when I couldn't get my internet to work (which is becoming more of a thing lately). Been a while, but it's something. I did try holding my tongue against some parts of the case after that (which looked retarded), but couldn't get the same effect.
I ran prime95 for a while, which works nicely. Also installed new drivers when I got the card, which should eliminate the older ones. The 12v value of 4.5v scared me when reading that in both cpu-id and speedfan, but the BIOS tells me it's fine. I should still get a multimeter for that..
I probably should re-mount my motherboard.. Or run it laying on a cardboard box. Problem is, even if that works, chances are damage to this new GTX 660 may have already been done, and I won't know the difference..
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| Posted: Mon, 25th Mar 2013 05:53 Post subject: |
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Heh.. I guess being lazy can sometimes offer insights.
I found this; http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/8196603881
| Quote: |  Spoiler: | After a few minutes of starting any game, the Mouse Pointer turns into a serries of 4 thin vertical lines. The lines at first appear white at a casual glance, but closer inspection reveals them to be made up of sprites of a rainbow of colors. Shortly after the Mouse pointer turns into vertical lines, other graphical artifacts often start appearning - flashing textures or light effects are common. A short time after that, the system BSOD and reboots. |
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The Starcraft 2 crash I had was pretty similar, main monitor going black, with the mouse turning artifacty.
I immediately assumed the worst, but that might not be the case. I played a few hours of skyrim / simcity / bf3 since then without issues so far *fingers crossed*.
Still frustrating though, I bought Starcraft 2 HotS, started playing, my 8800GTS died for good while in the menu. Now I can't even play it with the new card due to some stupid crash.
There is some good news. Point of View is retarded and lost my 470GTX, which they signed for upon receiving. So they're sending me a replacement 480GTX.
Also, thanks all for the advice. I really hope the crash was a Starcraft 2 thing and everything is solved after all. I just really don't like removing the motherboard
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