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I would like to thank you guys for all your support. Every cent I paid was refunded by the 3rd party selling the PSU on NewEgg. I am sure NewEgg helped the situation along. This PSU was likely a knock off or defective refurb. So, for those dreaming of purchasing that fat PSU with a decent price directly from China, take pause. It seems, buying anything directly from China is a risk. Incidentally, this is the 4th component I have purchased directly from China that was manifestly different from what I paid for. Best Regards

We'll do. Thank you!

Ok.....nevermind everything I said about it needing a vent to let heat escape. It shut off while I was sleeping. It made it about a day in a half. We have the same experience my friend. I bought from Newegg. It came from China directly. I went through the automated RMA process but haven't heard back from Corsair. I think we might be out $600 the way it is going.

I have an AX1200i that I bought new off Newegg a few weeks ago. I am disappointed that it didn't have the USB dongle in the box or the connector cable to hook up to iCue. That was one of the primary reasons I bought the PSU. But, that is a separate topic. This new PSU kept randomly powering off. Sometimes it'd go 6 hours. Sometimes 15 minutes. I have the PSU mounted in a Corsair Obsidian 1000d with 13 case fans. After a week of troubleshooting, I found the root cause. The Obsidian 1000d has an an exhaust vent at the bottom of the case where you mount the PSU. The AX1200i manual says to mount the PSU fan so it is facing the vent (down). That is a mistake. Heat travels up. So, the bottom side of the PSU (facing up), which is facing up if you mount the PSU's fan down, was hot to the touch whenever it randomly powered down. On a hunch, I flipped the thing around so the PSU's fan was facing up, which went against the manual's suggestions, and haven't had another random power failure. Basically, if heat travels up, due to its lighter density, at least it'll vent out of the PSU's fan vent instead of collecting in the PSU's housing, like what was happening to me. This may not be a panacea for all the random reboots for this model that I've read on the web. But, I thought I'd share my recent experience with this model in hopes it might help someone. Regards