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now my super rig although has a good make of power supply ,has a very low one. 350 watts to be precise which is a bit titchy and if i wanted to upgrade card or have sli on the go i think it may be a bit weedy. so how easy is it to swaop withouth blowing up my rig??? is it easy??
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Open the side panel, make note of where the connectors need to go. Then unscrew the 4 screws holding it in place.

You may have to take out the motherboard to get the room to take the power supply out.

I recommend you get a 600W PC&C or a 600W OCZ GameXStream.
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my psu is hiper a british company that uses very good capcacitors and rectifiers it's also modular (means you can connect only the cables you want)if you need more than 500watts then gordon brown aint gonna like you nor are green peace.

It's really really easy to change mate, i think even a cow killer can do it.
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er take out motherfliper thingy......o dear...fat hands in the pc=frazzle :(
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it keeps making me jump shall i unplug it first ...
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it would help to turn it off first :P
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turn it off and wait for the static to go
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I have an OCZ 700 watt and i plan on getting another 8800 end of the year :D sli the fuckers
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Like skel said, take out power cable.....job done theres no static discharge or anything to harm you, unless you take the psu covers off that is!!!
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If you take off the PSU cover, you will fly/die.
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