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Thanks Silvune. I'll definitely check them out. Although I don't have a credit card so I'll just buy at a local comp store and compare the prices to what you recommended. And what part of what I said is backwards?

@Silvune so you mean a psu that is used below it's rated power supply will have a much longer lifespan? I was considering buying a Corsair HX 750. According to what you said, having a headroom would lengthen the lifespan of the psu assuming a second 5870 and an OCed i7 plus a high-powered...

I have the same problem as you. Insanely hot temps! If I were you I try checking out the underside of the fan for dried out cheap thermal paste. That's typically the problem for insanely hot cpus while still in idle or your cpu is one of a kind (defective) or you live in the desert. Try what...

I have an acbel ipower 660 that powers an i7 and 5870, my comp built it for me and i've been using it for two months now. I heard that the ipower sucks, still is it okay for me to use it? I don't think the comp shop accept replacements after one week of purchase.

@Silvune - if a 5870 would just approach the 350 watts then it would be okay to use the power supply right? Wait, is the i7 included in the 350 watts? @mortonww - Yes. I found one, you're link gave it to me. But if you're referring to the computer shop... No, they don't have one.

Recently I read on hardwaresecrets that an acbel ipower 660 can't provide more than 350 watts in a working environment of 45 degrees celsius. And then I realized that's the power supply that the computer shop sold to me! I've been using it for two months now and it dawned on me, what if my...