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Unfortunately, her system hasn't been upgraded since 2003, so her mobo and stuff are all dying, as well as completely incompatible with a newer PCI-E card. I pulled the trigger on the whole shebang (mobo/CPU/ram/SSD/new PSU), and I'll hand over the guts to this current system to her. It may...

The reason I grabbed that video card is it was on Slickdeals for $350, seemed like a super solid deal.

Running 64bit Windows 7 right now. More RAM seems good.

Thanks so much for the help guys. I think I will OC this PC and get it stable, then hand it off to my ladyfriend. She hasn't had a new PC since 2004, and hers is finally dying. Video card is starting to fry...

I've been out of the game for quite a while, any suggestions on where the sweet spot is in price/performance these days?

Hi Everyone, I'm currently running an Intel i5 750 @ stock speeds. I've got 4GB Ram, and a 1 GB Radeon 4870, which I will be replacing with a 3GB Radeon HD 7970. I'm thinking I might just retire this current system and hand it over to my girlfriend mostly intact, but am I going to see a...

Solved the problem with a Brand New PSU shipped to me for free by Corsair. Awesome warranty!

You just log into your paypal account, click "Contact Us" and then click through to the telephone number.

Call them during customer service hours and explain what has occurred, you will most certainly be able to resolve things this way. You cannot open a new claim because the seller took much too long. If you hurry, you can catch the customer service center before they close at 10:00PM PST.

You should have canceled the non-receipt claim the minute you received the packages as the seller has stated, why you have not done this is extremely confusing to me, the seller is 100% right in this regard. He should have responded to your emails, etc, but when you got the stuff you should...

mike thanks for updating. I will be RMAing my PSU, as I think I isolated the problem to it.

Thank you so much for posting this, these problems are exactly what I have been experiencing with my Corsair PSU, though my build initially worked fine...the problems didn't show up until 3 months in. Honestly this is the first time I have ever bought a "nice" psu, but now I am experiencing...

Well I actually RTFM and realized there are instructions for hooking this type of power supply up to my motherboard. I followed the instructions and voila, the system kinda booted, all the fans were running and stuff but it was making a terrible beeping noise (I think it is from the video card...

Can anyone help with this PSU question - if I try to plug a 20 pin PSU into my 24 pin Mobo, I align it all the way to the right, correct? And what should I do with the 8 pin slot, on the old PSU it only has an 4 pin auxilary power plug.

Hm, I ran an old system with the 20 to 24 config, but I'm not sure about this one. I'd really like to avoid RMA'ing the PSU because that means another $40 shipping and handling down the drain if it's not the problem...but I'm just not sure about this extra connector. It fits right next to the...