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Hello

 

I have recently bought an Antec TP-750C 750W Gold Power Supply.

The first thing my friend said when he saw it was that I was an idiot as this PSU doesn't have enough connectors  to power the newer graphics cards,e.g R9 290, GTX 980 etc...

 

Have I made a mistake? Will I need to buy a new PSU if I want to buy a new graphics card?

 

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What do you mean... 

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Your friend is talking shit... This PSU has 6x 6+2 PCIe power connectors. Thats enough for three modern GPUs.

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It was on sale for less than a 500W PSU .

 

Thanks For All Of Your Help.

 

 

The price is just what the company that makes it believes it's worth over and above manufacturing costs.

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NEVER BUY ANTEC PSUS.

Antec has some pretty good PSUs. This one that the OP has gets a 9/10 on JohnnyGuru

 

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It was on sale for less than a 500W PSU .

 

Thanks For All Of Your Help.

 

Price can Be no Indicator of Quality Particually if you got a Deal. 

I bought a refurb Cosair HX650.. for 38 bucks on newegg... tested it out with an "artificial Load" up to 609 watts and it took it like a champ. 

fan never turned on which worried me but touching the PSU it was Barely warm. so fast forward to a Blanket and my wifes 1200 space heater blowing hot air on it to Make sure it would kick the fan on... Using the IR sensor i read temps reaching 60c on the heatsink with an IR reader..... Bam fan kicked in cooled it down to about 55 then went into a slower spin... 

its been running the PC for close to 5 months now... 

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NEVER BUY ANTEC PSUS.

Antec has great PSUs, many better than corsair

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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I think you should check the outlets that you're putting your PC into. There's a chance that something may be wrong with your wiring. I've since switched to a UPS as two of my PSUs died from the crap wiring and power surges from the awesome Chicago weather. Could be just unlucky though.

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I think you should check the outlets that you're putting your PC into. There's a chance that something may be wrong with your wiring. I've since switched to a UPS as two of my PSUs died from the crap wiring and power surges from the awesome Chicago weather. Could be just unlucky though.

These are being put through a Surge Protector, always. I make sure my customers use a Surge Protector, or UPS. This is the PSU over-volting the Components.

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out of the many systems I have built, all five that have used Antec PSUs have died, including my main system.

My mistake, I meant 4 systems.

A lot of Antec power supplies are made by Delta and Seasonic, who are two of the best oem's around. As mentioned above, you must have a problem elsewhere.

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A lot of Antec power supplies are made by Delta and Seasonic, who are two of the best oem's around. As mentioned above, you must have a problem elsewhere.

One minute, the PSU is working fine.

The next, a loud pop comes from the system and it over volts every thing, killing it.

 

I will stick with Cooler Master PSUs from now on.

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One minute, the PSU is working fine.

The next, a loud pop comes from the system and it over volts every thing, killing it.

 

I will stick with Cooler Master PSUs from now on.

 

If one PSU had failed then I would say fair enough as it can happen to any unit. But for four to fail then you have a problem elsewhere.

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If one PSU had failed then I would say fair enough as it can happen to any unit. But for four to fail then you have a problem elsewhere.

What would it be?! This has only happened with the Antec PSUs I've used, where as my Cooler Master & Corsair PSUs have been running strong for some time now.

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