A bit off-topic but I just wanted to share my experience with this power supply. I've owned it for almost 10 years now with moderate usage (daily, but no OC). Had to replace the fan and the OST RLX series caps (the blue ones), which failed on me twice (one cap was bloated, the other one was bad but didn't show visual signs).
I read somewhere in the forum that these blue OSTs were crap, and I can confirm I had two failures. Of course I've been using them for a long time, but still...
I replaced the first one with Nippon Chemicon KY series (the only good ones I could find, general purpose but still rather low-ESR), and the second one with a new RLS series I had around (I hope it won't fail at least in a couple of years). Probably not the best recap but it's been working well.
This PS also sports additional OSTs RLSes in the outputs which I preemptively replaced with Rubycon MCZs.
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I read somewhere in the forum that these blue OSTs were crap, and I can confirm I had two failures. Of course I've been using them for a long time, but still...
I replaced the first one with Nippon Chemicon KY series (the only good ones I could find, general purpose but still rather low-ESR), and the second one with a new RLS series I had around (I hope it won't fail at least in a couple of years). Probably not the best recap but it's been working well.
This PS also sports additional OSTs RLSes in the outputs which I preemptively replaced with Rubycon MCZs.
Moderator note: split this discussion off from the original thread here: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=49596
Also note this thread might also be relevant: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=68294
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