I am in the process of upgrading. Spec is as follows -
P5Q-Deluxe
4GB Ram
8500GT
2 x 160GB Samsung IDEs
1 x Seagate 80GB SATA
1 x 500GB Samsung SATA
1 x Pioneer SATA DVDRW
Hiper 480w PSU
I built the machine up at the weekend without the 2 x 160GB, and the 500GB SATA drives which I use for storage. All seemed OK, no signs of any problems.
I added the three drives in today and it starts to misbehave. It freezes intermittently but then comes back to life. I've updated the bios as it was a little out of date, but if anything this has made the problem worse in as much as it introduced BSODs to the fray.
I'm currently reinstalling the OS just to be sure, but I am leaning towards the PSU not being man enough for the job.
What do you think?
MJD
P5Q-Deluxe
4GB Ram
8500GT
2 x 160GB Samsung IDEs
1 x Seagate 80GB SATA
1 x 500GB Samsung SATA
1 x Pioneer SATA DVDRW
Hiper 480w PSU
I built the machine up at the weekend without the 2 x 160GB, and the 500GB SATA drives which I use for storage. All seemed OK, no signs of any problems.
I added the three drives in today and it starts to misbehave. It freezes intermittently but then comes back to life. I've updated the bios as it was a little out of date, but if anything this has made the problem worse in as much as it introduced BSODs to the fray.
I'm currently reinstalling the OS just to be sure, but I am leaning towards the PSU not being man enough for the job.
What do you think?
MJD
