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When the Gpu's prices will go down ?
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If you're interested, 3060ti just dropped (2nd time today, I picked one up on the first!)
They were showing OoS for a bit, but just got a 2nd alert on telegram and seem to be available again
That says a lot about the market right now.
I can see the 3060 Ti FE card still on sale.
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Must say i was tempted, but outside of video rendering i'm just not gonna use it until winter comes.
It's gone! It lasted about an hour.
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Scalpers gonna scalp!
I saw a 3090, but that lasted 10 seconds.
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So I've now had shipping confirmation (3060ti FE).....I'm now starting to worry about my PSU.
It's a Corsair HX850, so should be fine in terms of wattage and I've never had any major issues with it.....but..... it's around 13 or more years old (I think it was around 2009/2010 I bought it, had an HD 5850 at the time!)
Interested in people's opinions on whether I should keep running this or just stump up and replace it?
Does anyone know if any PSU manufacturers will warranty damage to other components in the event of a failed PSU frying other stuff? (I believe some will for water damage caused by a leaking AIO, for example)
It's a Corsair HX850, so should be fine in terms of wattage and I've never had any major issues with it.....but..... it's around 13 or more years old (I think it was around 2009/2010 I bought it, had an HD 5850 at the time!)
Interested in people's opinions on whether I should keep running this or just stump up and replace it?
Does anyone know if any PSU manufacturers will warranty damage to other components in the event of a failed PSU frying other stuff? (I believe some will for water damage caused by a leaking AIO, for example)
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Don't know for sure, but doubtful if it's 13 years old.
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Sorry I could have phrased that better - I'm not expecting Corsair to stump up if I keep it, but if a new PSU would cover the GPU in the event of failure, it would be a bigger motivator to upgrade!
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Not seen it myself, yet.
But a good PSU and motherboard shouldn't be frying components if something goes wrong.
A friend has this idea that high wattage rating is the gold standard so to speak. His cheapo PSU blew but still thinks the same. And yet his components all fine still.
But a good PSU and motherboard shouldn't be frying components if something goes wrong.
A friend has this idea that high wattage rating is the gold standard so to speak. His cheapo PSU blew but still thinks the same. And yet his components all fine still.
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Yeah that was my thinking tbh...the PSU this replaced was a 'Kingwin' 600w modular unit, I took it to a LAN and plugged it in and the thing literally started arking lightning across my case! Was shocked when I got the corsair that everything else had survived 
Yeah that was my thinking tbh...the PSU this replaced was a 'Kingwin' 600w modular unit, I took it to a LAN and plugged it in and the thing literally started arking lightning across my case! Was shocked when I got the corsair that everything else had survived
It used to be a definite possibility, back in the day. Hardware that supplies power does a lot better at protecting the hardware it's supplying to from out of spec conditions than it used to. Even the cheap kit will probably do that well enough nowadays. But I remember when a cheap PSU failing could take out pretty much everything. And when the cheap ones blew at a lot less than the wattage they were labelled as being capable of handling.
In that case, I think it's uncertain. The 4000 series will probably have a significantly better cost/performance ratio but on the other hand you'd likely get less money selling your 3070 Ti second hand after the 4000 series comes out. So I think it's uncertain which way would be better for you.
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We had a power surge approaching a year ago. It was enough to blow appliances in 40 odd houses around here, and I was sat in the house literally hearing light bulbs explode, and electrical goods frying.
Once everything calmed down and got sorted, tried to turn the pc on and... Nothing. I was gutted as I'd only built the thing about a year ago.
Replaced the psu, hit the power button, and.... everything was absolutely fine. PSU went, but bore the brunt and saved the rest of the machine.