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Well, 450W PSu with a 16A 12V Rail.
I would suggest you consider replacing it once you get your HD issue sorted.
It looks as if you are OK for the time being but ...
To put things into perspective, a good quality Power Supply, such as a 400W Corsair for example:
The 400W has a 30Amp 12V rail, and 80% effecient. (Pull less power from the wall to do it)
Although it may not sound like it, looking at the wattage alone, its a MUCH more powerful and effecient power supply.
There are other good brands as well.
Just a thought, but I would certainly consider it.
The cheaper ones they put in machines sometimes simply scare me TBH.
Also, keep in mind its possible its currentlt having issues once everything is up and running, or at least borderline.
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So i bought another drive. 1TB Hitachi 7200 RPM (don't know why but Hitachi has always lasted much longer for me than Samsung or Seagate). But i still gave them my 500GB for servicing. Perhaps when i get my disk drive back, i'll keep it as a backup just in-case one of my drive fails again. 