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Socaddict

Socaddict

Socaddict

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I could do with improving a few things in my current set up. At the moment, I am looking to improve the cooling and the PSU, With my eye on a full upgrade towards the end of this year. My current set up is as follows:

AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (2.08GHz stock, 333MHz FSB) (stock Heatsink)
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe mobo
OCZ value RAM 1GB dual channel kit (DDR400)
Sapphire Radeon 128MB X700 AGP
Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
2 Maxtor IDE HDDS (120+80GB)
MSI 16x DVD Drive, Lite On DVD-RW
Generic case, generic PSU.

My case is fine for what I need at the moment (looking for my next machine to go into a PC7), and I just want to improve the cooling (especially on my VGA, which runs at over 100C at stock, when under heavy load, according to ATiTool). Temps for my CPU at stock are apparently in the 32C range idle, and 42C at load. Would like to replace my PSU with a more stable one. would these be a decent idea?

HS-007-ZA Zalman CNPS7000B-CU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler - Retail (HS-007-ZA) £15.95 £15.95
HS-019-ZA Zalman FS-V7 Fatal1ty Copper VGA Cooler (HS-019-ZA) 18.95 £18.95
CA-026-EN Enermax Liberty 400W ELT400AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-026-EN) £39.95 £39.95
Subtotal £74.85
VAT £13.10
Total £87.95

Thansk for any help.
 
hmmm. However, the fatality is on this week only, and is cheaper than the standard copper cooler, hence why I plumped for it. I want to be able to keep this machine as a back up for when a friend is over or something, so a lower wattage PSU should be fine. and my current PSU, while okay for general use, is not good enough for any OCing, as its just not stable enough (even at stock I fail prime after about an hour and a half)
 
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