Corsair TX850M went bang

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Last night my 8 month old Corsair TX850M made a loud pop, tripped the power in my house and is now dead. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have taken anything else into the afterlife with it.

Ironically, it was the first PSU in over 20 years of building PCs that I've spent more than about £30 on and the first PSU I've ever had die on me!

I've just had a look at the fuse in the plug supplied with it (it's not from OCUK btw) and to my surprise it's a 13A fuse. Is that normal? All PSUs I've had in that past have come with 3A or 5A fused plugs.

Can anyone recommend a good, reliable, replacement in the 750-850W range on a budget of around £100?

PC spec is:
i7 8700K @4.8
16GB 3000MHz DDR4
GTX1080
2x SSD
2x SATA HDDs
1x SATA DVDRW
7 USB devices inc Oculus Rift
 
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Thanks, would 750W be more than enough or is it worth spending a little more to get the 850W equivalent to give a bit more headroom?
 
Here's the label if that helps to identify it:
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I can't see any obvious signs of damage inside looking in through the grills, although this coil looks a bit loose. It also looks extremely close to the side of the case, it's hard to see in the picture but if it isn't actually touching there's no more than a millimetre between it and the metal side of the case!

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It is getting RMA'd for a replacement, which is going straight on ebay because, although it may be a decent PSU in theory and a one-off random failure, I just wouldn't trust it.
 
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