My PC is slowly dying.. I think it's my PSU.. but it may not be...

Naffa

Naffa

Naffa

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Right, I think my PC is dying really slowly and starting to speed up. Basically I have a pretty good PC 3500+ Venice @ 2.53Ghz 1.55V, 1GB OCZ DDR PC3200, Leadtek 7800GTX, GIGABYTE GA K8N Ultra-9 and a Sound Blaster Live! 24bit.

Now.. my PSU is what is in question. I built this rig before I knew anything about PCs so I thought "Wow 500W, must be good". Unfortunatly I was wrong.. It's from the "Value" series of PSUs from another eTailor so it's pretty much generic.

My PC is MASSIVELY under performing in games. In CSS I get fps drops to 22 in some parts.. When I'm talking to benjo over ts and we're on the same part of a map his fps is sometimes double mine.. and we're on the same settings and he's on an AGP X800XT-PE :(. I've been told that my graphics card may only be getting enough power to boot and not to perform to the best of its ability.

Besides the shocking performance in games I regularly find my PC randomly rebotting then randomly freezing for no apparant reason.. Then I remember about the PSU and think it must be that.. It is very very annoying having someone will a 7800GT @ stock score higher than my overclocked GTX..

Please tell me this is the problem so I can sort it..

naffa
 
It is very likely that it is, get either a Tagan/Enermax/Seasonic.

Im looking for a new PSU with the best efficency, and the Seasonic and the Enermax are looking good!
 
Yep - i reckon you are spot on...

I dont suppose you hear any tell tale signs such as the fan slowing down on the psu under load??

Anyway - all those symptoms point to psu.

M
 
You could also look to see what wattage it gives on the 3, 5, 12v rails and see how your sysytem adds up for usage.

Gives you an idea of what you need to be getting.

I'd recommend antec from personal experience. High efficiency, very reliable etc.

M
 
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