What happens when you havnt got enough power out of your psu? because when i put my 430 or 5770 in the screen flickers and goes on and off, but is fine when i have an x700 in. Im guessing that because the x700 is older and has much lower performance it draws less power. I currently have an atx 550w psu
not enough power
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oh god, classic symptoms to what?
sometimes the pc just switches off and sometimes restarts, if that means anything, i thought that my cpu was on its way out. make is R-Senda model is DR-350T I've owned it for less than a year and paid like £15 for it
A £15 550w PSU is false economy.
Any good 500-600W PSU worth its weight is around £40-60.
A cheapo PSU will never ever give out the power its label, and worse can take expensive parts with it when it goes bang.
A generic £20 PSU compared to more established types - http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/psus/2010/02/22/600-700w-psu-review-round-up/2
Any good 500-600W PSU worth its weight is around £40-60.
A cheapo PSU will never ever give out the power its label, and worse can take expensive parts with it when it goes bang.
A generic £20 PSU compared to more established types - http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/psus/2010/02/22/600-700w-psu-review-round-up/2
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I only ever use the cheapo PSU's in really old rigs, running pentium 4's and single core athlons. These machines are worth next too nothing anyway so if anything breaks it's no big deal. However to use something at £15 on your main rig is absolute craziness!
The ones mentioned above are nice budget psu's... perfect for what you need I'm sure
The ones mentioned above are nice budget psu's... perfect for what you need I'm sure