TUF FX506HEB
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So a week ago I bought a Gigabyte UD850GM PG5 (rev. 2.0), for my system (Aorus B550 Elite V2, Ryzen 5 5600, EVGA RTX 3060 XC Gaming), since I want to upgrade to a 5700x3d or 5800x3d in the near future and I wanted to have more headroom. That PSU seemed to be really well priced in my country, and it was in B tier in the Cultists network PSU tierlist, so I was happy, but last thursday it just died while I was gaming. Thankfully the protections for it seemed to work, as the rest of the PC survived with no damage whatsoever, I immediately put back my EVGA 650 GQ, and it ran fine.
I'm now arranging for the PSU to be sent back to the store, and their options are either a replacement, or a swap for another model with a discount based on the price of the previous product (they only return money if they can't replace it with the same model, but it's still in stock, so not an option). The thing is, I can't find any info on how good exactly on this PSU is, besides the tierlist, and Amazon reviews (which seem to complain about noise but don't seem to indicate that it has a trend for failing). I'm thinking of negotiating a swap for a Seasonic GX 850. Should I do that or try my luck with a straight replacement?
I'm now arranging for the PSU to be sent back to the store, and their options are either a replacement, or a swap for another model with a discount based on the price of the previous product (they only return money if they can't replace it with the same model, but it's still in stock, so not an option). The thing is, I can't find any info on how good exactly on this PSU is, besides the tierlist, and Amazon reviews (which seem to complain about noise but don't seem to indicate that it has a trend for failing). I'm thinking of negotiating a swap for a Seasonic GX 850. Should I do that or try my luck with a straight replacement?
