bought TC-895 i5-10400 during Amazon $397 sale.... but if the ATX12VO power supply goes bad, Acer wi

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I bought TC-895 i5-10400 during Amazon $397 sale a month ago.  
I've been looking around for an upgraded ATX12VO power supply.  The one that it comes with is only rated at 300 watts.    There does NOT appear to be anybody making ATX12VO for the aftermarket right now.

but if the ATX12VO power supply goes bad, Acer will charge me $192 for a replacement!!!???(since it's out of warranty, according to their customer service)  that's just nuts...no? :)

by the way, it may be "out of warranty" because I had already upgraded lots of things:  modified the DVD-ROM drive into a SATA SSD drive, installed Noctua CPU cooler, replaced NVMe SSD, RAM, etc...  also modified the power cables via irreversible splicing.....   in addition, the slide-out panel has been cut and a large circular acrylic panel put in place... also cut hole on the top to fit a 120mm exhaust fan.

kqian111 · Answer

That's accurate. No aftermarket PSU for this new standard yet.

CornChowder · Answer

there doesn't seem to be a ATX12VO power supply anywhere right now... (other than the replacement part from Acer)    or am I wrong?

HMonk · Answer

New to the forum and, passing by, I noticed your post and am wondering if this is just a discussion or do you have a question? Without challenging your choices, I do wonder why buy a machine off the shelf and then expend (considerable) resources in apparent upgrades. However, if your current PSU is doing the job, why are you concerned about it failing at some point? Or if you are unhappy with the 300W (in conjunction with anticipated failure) why not continue your upgrades and get a different PSU - perhaps a minimum of 600W (more-?) in anticipation of more energy-demanding upgrades? Again, just wondering.

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