PSU

[Leeroy123]

My coolermaster m700 real power is struggling a little with my 2 overclocked cards ,and my overclocked cpu. Its only 700 watt and im pretty sure its close to using the max potential. Ive had it 2 years , its done really well.

Now i dont want to spend a fortune, so have been looking for a larger watt psu modular cheapish. Now i did find one of a well known auction site. But the brand isnt massively popular like corsair and antec etc. So im very unsure as to whether it would be a good purchase. Anyway guys the power supply is

Powercool Modular 950 watt high efficiency , they say it was bought in february and is working fine. I wasnt sure on the rails etc. dont quite understand all that. But i run 2 evga 460 1 gb overclocked and an overclocked cpu. Please any help would be great.

Ive been offered this for 50 pounds by the way. Hopefully you guys are more in teh know that me.

Thanks

 

[stulid]

Remove the competitor link, you been here long enough to know this FAQ.

this one is perfect for your needs - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-002-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

SLI GTX460 and a i7 test system use - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/181 - 433w playing crysis to 538w running Furmark to stress to the maximum.

Why your current PSU is having difficulty is strange.

 

[Leeroy123]

When I say struggling, once I get so far with the overclock I get Bsod with a buzzing sound on the crash. I've had some mates look at it, a few overclock regularly and they both think it'd the psu. But im not sure

 

[Aretenon]

A good 700W PSU will not struggle to power a system with two GTX 460s. So if it can't then there's probably something wrong with it.

So the XFX stulid recommended is definitely the one to buy, unless maybe you are harbouring desires to upgrade to two GTX 580s or 6970s or something like that. I would not go for a Powercool.

 

[Leeroy123]

It only struggles once I've reached 4ghz. I have no desire to change cards.2 460s is plenty