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Old 20th June 2008
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Originally Posted by thavinci View Post
I have used following sites as guides as to what i should be using and it looks like im within safe limits....

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp
http://www.schrockinnovations.com/powercalc.php
http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/
The 400w may be the peak output, rather than the output it can sustain over a long period of time.

Or, more likely, the PSU is just shoddy.
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