I built my stepson a pc about 6 months ago using the following
I3 540 (Stock Cooler)
Asus P7H55
Sapphire 5830 (ithink)
WD Caviar Blue 500gb HD
Windows 7 HP
450W Powercool PSU
It was all working fine yet about a month ago it started to crash and reset itself. I suspected overheating or a dodgy PSU. It was failing to boot into Windows so i re-installed Windows and all went fine. I then ran Prime overnight and kept an eye on temperatures and voltages. Temps hit around 68C max but i didnt consider these to be high enough to cause problems.
Voltages seemed to be fairly stable aswell and didn't wobble more than 10%.
I'm not sure if its just a software thing that he keeps installing and causing the breaks (he's 14 so probably installs loads of crap/downloads)
Anyone got any suggestions?
I3 540 (Stock Cooler)
Asus P7H55
Sapphire 5830 (ithink)
WD Caviar Blue 500gb HD
Windows 7 HP
450W Powercool PSU
It was all working fine yet about a month ago it started to crash and reset itself. I suspected overheating or a dodgy PSU. It was failing to boot into Windows so i re-installed Windows and all went fine. I then ran Prime overnight and kept an eye on temperatures and voltages. Temps hit around 68C max but i didnt consider these to be high enough to cause problems.
Voltages seemed to be fairly stable aswell and didn't wobble more than 10%.
I'm not sure if its just a software thing that he keeps installing and causing the breaks (he's 14 so probably installs loads of crap/downloads)
Anyone got any suggestions?