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citizen01

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Okay soo heres what ive got soo far.

Processor:
Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz, ~3.2GHz

Memory:
4GB 2x2GB Ocz gold pc2 8500 ddr2 920MHz

Hard Drives:
500GB boot drive, two 1000GB

Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 XFX O.C.
core 685MHz
shader 1475MHz
memory 1015MHz
with a zalman vf3000n cooler.

Monitor:
Samsung Sync Master P2450 24" 1920x1080
Viewsonic VA1912w 19" 1440x900

Sound Card:
Creative SB XtremeGamer X-Fi

Speakers/Headphones:
Logitec Z-530 / Creative Aurvana Live!

Keyboard:
Logitech Wave Keyboard/ Belkin Gamepad (powered by Razer)

Mouse:
Logitech G5 Laser

Operating System:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Motherboard:
Asus P5Q SE2

Computer Case:
Lian Li TYR X-2000

PSU:
550w Corsair modular.


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what i need help with is.
1. the power supply i dont think is going to keep up with me..
2. the ram is never going to go to 1066MHZ (nor can i get anymore of it.. as no one sells ocz gold pc 8500 anymore.)


after i added.. a few more fans.. and usb devices (1x120mm, 1x 80mm, usb logitech mic, webcam, g5, wave keyboard, ipod, belkin speed pad, memory card reader) it has random crashes after 6+ hours at quite high usage.
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all the rear usb ports stopped realising there was a mic there or a keyboard, and the mouse when i was trying to shoot in css. Mouse1 wasn't responding.
i moved my usb mic and keyboard to other ports, till they worked.
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ive tryed 3 different power-supply calculators. all suggest (even the ones that are known for UNDER quoting recommended a 650w+ psu minimum, and the one that was most known for under quoting suggested a 720w+,
i know i cant overclock my quad much more.. the voltages wont go up too much more, and the temps are around 55C+-3 full load. 38C idle.

i am getting another 500gb harddrive Tuesday, and am looking to raid two 500GB drives in raid 0
and get another terror-byte or 640 for extra storage.
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ive been suggested a water-cooling setup as i to keep a close eye on my temps. but im doubting that this psu will support all that extra fans and pumps,
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the gpu cooler keeps my gtx 260 at 37-40C idle and 56C full load.
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frankly i want to get a different motherboard and processor and get another gtx260 in sli. with more ram.. but that's not too likely for at least 2 months.
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i desperately look at dual cpu boards in envy. but who doesn't.
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the only sli dual cpu board i know of is the sr2. but thats OTT
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back to the point. any suggestions on power supplies.
850W? perhaps..
 
Hello and welcome to the forums :)

At the moment your current PSU is more than enough, looking at extreme PSU calcualtor they recommend 500w ~.
(How many cpu's did put in, as some people put 4, but that means 4 actual cpu's and not cores ;)

If you are thinking about SLI then upgrading to 750w will be enough.

Have run Prime or Intel Burn Test to check for stability, HD drive diagnostics from the manufacturer.

Is it possible to ru stock and see how you get on.

PS: Your sig is too big max 400 x 75 :)
 
As RJC mentions theoretically your power supply should still be okay. A lot of peeps on this forum rate the corsair power supplies, I have no experience of them, but hear good things.

The actual power requirements of your PC aren't that massive. If it were me I'd probably feel happier with a good quality 600watt for your setup and I'd probably go up to 750 if you were going sli.

I'm a great fan of seasonic power supplies, I've got 3 of varying sizes and models with a 700watt one in my gaming rig running a heavily overclocked i7 920 (at 4.2Ghz) as well as an ati radeon 4870x2 (Dual GPU) gfx card. Throw in the 2 x 1tb hard drives and dual optical drives and it still doesn't seem to be anywhere near stressing the PSU.
 
RJC said:
Hello and welcome to the forums :)

At the moment your current PSU is more than enough, looking at extreme PSU calcualtor they recommend 500w ~.
(How many cpu's did put in, as some people put 4, but that means 4 actual cpu's and not cores ;)

If you are thinking about SLI then upgrading to 750w will be enough.

Have run Prime or Intel Burn Test to check for stability, HD drive diagnostics from the manufacturer.

Is it possible to ru stock and see how you get on.

PS: Your sig is too big max 400 x 75 :)
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nono i read it correctly 1 cpu.
still with the over-clock it recommended +600w
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ive applied the windows7 updates and ive had no crashes soo far,
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ill sort me sig soon =]
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ive tried to run my pc at a lower over-clock its unstable.
its stable with prime 95 for 15 hours + (got rather bored after a while)
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where do i find hard-drive diagnostics?
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Evil-I said:
As RJC mentions theoretically your power supply should still be okay. A lot of peeps on this forum rate the corsair power supplies, I have no experience of them, but hear good things.

The actual power requirements of your PC aren't that massive. If it were me I'd probably feel happier with a good quality 600watt for your setup and I'd probably go up to 750 if you were going sli.

I'm a great fan of seasonic power supplies, I've got 3 of varying sizes and models with a 700watt one in my gaming rig running a heavily overclocked i7 920 (at 4.2Ghz) as well as an ati radeon 4870x2 (Dual GPU) gfx card. Throw in the 2 x 1tb hard drives and dual optical drives and it still doesn't seem to be anywhere near stressing the PSU.
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well i chose much of the parts for this with no knowledge of quality, only performance over price, i read the performance frequencies etc. with no knowledge of them.. n00b.
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learnt more about over-clocking the last year got the quad up to 3.24ghz
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well as this is my first build i will go for an i-series late next year, when the new Nehalem-EX architecture hits the shops.
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thing is i use my computer for photoshop and gaming, but what do you use your i7 and 4870's
 
nono i read it correctly 1 cpu.
still with the over-clock it recommended +600w
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600 is very safe, probable overkill for a 1 gpu system, basically, 500 is enough, unless you decide to put 2 graphics cards in, then 750 watts, and again, 750 is on the safe side.

where do i find hard-drive diagnostics?
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http://www.hdtune.com/download.html
 
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^^ Indeed..

In fact, that power supply is more than adequate for your components, it's probably not even working it even remotely. Just taking a slight guess, but I think your system would only need around 250 - 300 W of that 550W anyway (minus spikes)

If you did go SLI, then it would be borderline, but it would be then when I upgrade to something above 600W to be safe and future proof :)
 
It sounds like there could be a hardware flaw/degredation/damage somewhere in your rig. From the info you posted there shouldn't be any problems (psu should be plenty good enough in both terms of quality and power).

There may be a flaw in a component or a software problem causing the crashes.

I first suggest you get a lend of a power supply from somebody, and check if there are still crashes. After that, you should suspect the motherboard, but rather than going out of the way to change that you should try some other ram (or individual sticks of yours/different combinations). If crashes persist, you need to continue checking components.

There are so many possible reasons for the issue, you may have to check everything to make sure you don't waste money on fixes that might not work. It could also be a voltage setting that isn't correct, even some of the defaults that should not need to be raised (southbridge etc) could be a culprit.


You mentioned you havn't had any crashes since the windows update, is that still the case?

These issues can be annoying/frustrating to deal with, you have my sympathy.

For example: I had problems with the nForce drivers causing crashes on my system when I overclocked, after neglecting to install them I have been able to push my system performance to the limits other people see with great setups (nForce chipsets like on my board are often considered to be relatively poor)

thing is i use my computer for photoshop and gaming, but what do you use your i7 and 4870's
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People with i7 and 4870 setups can of course do gaming, but possibly with higher framerates/lower load times etc. i7 performance also helps with development work if you need things done fast (saving a minute here and there can help, when you are compiling environments for games etc). Some people also run folding @ home, which benefits from extra processing capabilities.
Generally you could do anything with an expensive rig that you can with a sensible one, the performance boosts just help. Of course, in many years when standards increase much, new hardware features like dx11 could become a must to keep up with gaming, but I wouldn't worry about that kind of thing yet.

Keep us posted and we will try to help out.


@ Locke
i7 + Stuff
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