Did you check to see if the Seasonic was still under warranty? I feel like Platinum PSUs have barely existed long enough for it to exceed the length of a Seasonic Warranty (which if I am not mistaken is usually 7 years).
Possible that this is some kind of thermal shutdown event to prevent damage to the CPU? Do you know for sure that your cooler is working correctly and/or have you checked your temps?
I checked before recommending. The Alpenföhn is similar in design to the Silver Arrow ITX, but I believe is a slightly better performer, being rated at 200w TDP and is 125mm tall. The Be Quiet is horizontally mounted, but is an absolute beast and rated for 220w TDP and is 130.8mm tall.
To build on what Dave said regarding Puget as an example, often times companies of any sort of scale have a failure rate built into the price they pay upfront. This way neither company has to screw around with individual returns which end up having a higher opportunity cost than what either...
This is one of those questions that you really should answer for yourself since it's 100% subjective.
That said, I'd recommend trying something like this to compare and get a feel for the differences firsthand...
It looks like based on some of the links to purchases he made in other threads he is located in India.
Given the almost no additional info other than form factor and looking for low budget, maybe something like a Cooler Master MasterBox 5 from Amazon.in? If I remember correctly SSI EEB = E-ATX...
For the first part I meant as far as sending it to aigomorla. On the RMA, totally understand. I personally can't walk away from stuff like that on principal, but that's not the normal reaction and it's definitely better for your mental health to be able to move on.
While I think this is a really definitive statement and believe there is much more nuance that would go into it, I took a few minutes to overly THX recommended viewing distances to the chart you supplied and it does seem to support this.
What is interesting to me is according to how everything...
It may not buy him much/any visual fidelity, but since he is using it as a monitor it might buy him some screen real estate. Just playing the Devil's Advocate here.
They are usually super strict about flat rate box sizes, but if you go to the USPS website, you should be able to order one of the shoe box sized Priority (not flat rate) boxes and have it sent to you at no cost.
Edit: Also if you paid with CC, you may be able to get them to step in on some...
Without trying to sound like a jerk, I think your purchasing habits tend to fall into the do it right or do it twice category.
You end up unhappy within a few months because you purchase something that really doesn't meet your needs and end up having to sell it at a loss because it's so far...
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