PSU help
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Are you planning on using the power supply in another build in the near future? You're looking at things way, way beyond your requirements otherwise.
A quality PSU isn't a bad base to start from, the above options are both good choices long term and would work fine. What's your budget and how much would they cost? There might be better depending.
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in what way exactly?
the reason i ask is because it seems a shame to spend so much on a top-end (literally) psu only for it to power some mediocre components because you've run out of budget to get anything better.
that rig is woefully out of date, and unless you're just using it for office stuff and youtube, you'd be better off with a new one tbh.
a used ex-corporate dell/hp pc with a 1050ti/1060 chucked in would probably cost not much more than that new corsair psu + selling your current pc
that rig is woefully out of date, and unless you're just using it for office stuff and youtube, you'd be better off with a new one tbh.
a used ex-corporate dell/hp pc with a 1050ti/1060 chucked in would probably cost not much more than that new corsair psu + selling your current pc
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given the computer is that old, it may not 100% be the fault of the psu. swapping the psu may not solve the issues.
unfortunately. without having access to the computer to test, it would difficult to pinpoint the exact component that's failing
A build like that is a decade or more old, it might not be a PSU issue. As suggested by Tammzy, a cheap office pc from the past 3 years or so would possibly cost less than those PSU's and offer better performance than your existing pc. Diagnosing an issue like that with such an old pc could be a nightmare given the potential points of failure.
Are you planning on investing into a rebuild sometime soon, and what would your use case be?
There's a few things you can test first that won't cost you any money.
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so basically i need a new pc
I was looking to build one as I could do this bit by bit to spread the cost
it's a crap position to be in honestly
unless you already have the parts to diagnose the problem it's a bit of a cat and mouse game best left to experts/enthusiasts to play
also as your current pchardware is this old, it's not even worth paying for the time it takes a computer shop to look at it
the most sensible choice here is to start afresh in my opinion
i would've thought something like this would be the best use of your money:
your gtx 950 is about the same performance as the rx560 in this youtube video, so could be carried forwards to the new computer (will need a power adapter though)
(or, could opt for a 1050ti or 1650 that does not need an pcie power cable - these graphics card are faster than your current gtx950)
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It sounds to me like there's a fair chance it's a memory error, and that's one of the easiest things to test for. That said, the memory error might in turn be related to something else going wrong on a system that old.
I would recommend running Memtest86 to check this, if you have errors and more than one stick of RAM, the issue might be related to only one of them rather than both. If that's the case you will be able to test one at a time, worst comes to worse in that scenario you're running with less RAM.
Try this first, and we can do our best to help on our end within reason. But there's only so much that we can reasonably do so please set your expectations.
There's a couple of other things we can try that wont cost money afterwards, but I feel that doing certain things step by step is probably best.
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Man of Honour
I was looking to build one as I could do this bit by bit to spread the cost
That is absolutely the worst way to build a pc. While you are waiting to buy the next component the warranty on the ones you already have is wasting away plus if anything is DOA you would be outside the 14 day no quibble return window and would have to do a RMA which could potentially take weeks.
Your parts above need some tweaks. You don't need a £144 AIO to cool a 14600KF. A £35 Thermalright Phantom Spirit PS120 SE (available elsewhere) would be more than enough for it. Even if you stuck with a AIO don't go with Corsairs overpriced offerings. Look at the Arctic Liquid Freezer III ARGB 240mm at less than half the price instead. It's on pre-order here but there are plenty of other retailers.
The memory is slow and has poor timings. Aim for 6000Mhz with C30 timings, something like the 32Gb Teamgroup Deltas RGB 6000Mhz C30 kit would be ideal. Again, it's on pre-order here but there are other retailers.
The psu is still massive overkill unless you are going to put a RTX4090 in the pc. Something like the MSI Mag A850L 850W ATX 3.0 psu at just under £120 would be more than enough yet still have extra headroom for future upgrades. Yet again it's on pre-order here.
Personally though I would avoid Intel as it's a dead socket. For a new pc AMD's AM5 is where you should be looking as the socket is going to get at least another two generations of cpu's.
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