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Cant post with MSI 1080 gaming X 8G
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Soldato
I had an ax860i as an RMA replacement recently, there is only one annoying thing with it, which a lot of people seemed to report on the cor air forums.
During the recent hot weather the ambient PSU tempt got to about 42C but the fan would on and off spin up and down it spins up for a second and spins back down to 0. This would happen every 15 seconds.
When the cooler weather arrived and ambient tempos dropped this behaviour stopped and it goes from being off most of the time to coming on normally if the PSU temp climbs due to load, once it cools, the fan turns off again. So it's when ambient temps put the PSU in the 40s under no load when the fan issue occurs.
Just a heads up.
During the recent hot weather the ambient PSU tempt got to about 42C but the fan would on and off spin up and down it spins up for a second and spins back down to 0. This would happen every 15 seconds.
When the cooler weather arrived and ambient tempos dropped this behaviour stopped and it goes from being off most of the time to coming on normally if the PSU temp climbs due to load, once it cools, the fan turns off again. So it's when ambient temps put the PSU in the 40s under no load when the fan issue occurs.
Just a heads up.
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Soldato
It does sound like a PSU issue in honesty. I had the 1200w Antec go with a very similar issue so I would put it down to that first.
Caporegime
The non i 860 is supposed to be the better of the 2x, which is why i got one.
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Well guys the 1080 has actually blown 
The new psu arrived today and the msi card caught fire, it sizzled like a fried egg! I tried the psu with the 6950 and it booted perfectly, motherboard was fine, psu was fine, 1080 got rekt. Sending it off for RMA now
At least i got a brand new shiny PSU!
Thank you for everyone replying to this thread, your help has been much appreciated!
The new psu arrived today and the msi card caught fire, it sizzled like a fried egg! I tried the psu with the 6950 and it booted perfectly, motherboard was fine, psu was fine, 1080 got rekt. Sending it off for RMA now At least i got a brand new shiny PSU!
Thank you for everyone replying to this thread, your help has been much appreciated!
Soldato
On fire, crikey
The thing blew up in my face, I think some of that stuff went on to my lungs
Guys, looks like I'll have to phone the retailer to complete my rma, so I should tell them I didn't overclock it right? Lol.
Guys, looks like I'll have to phone the retailer to complete my rma, so I should tell them I didn't overclock it right? Lol.
Overclocking it by a small amount won't kill it, a 1080GTX will boost on it's own. Just are just unlucky and got a defective card. There should be no mention of you overclocking it -> "you put 10mhz on core clock, we no take back!" 
It just set on fire dude 
It just set on fire dude 
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Caught fire
That's the second card on here this week
Second card!! I never saw the other thread but this is a scary thought that these cards are catching fire!!