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    recommend me a powersupply

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    #1  Edited By sodiumCyclops

    I need a new PSU for a gaming rig. My current one reboots my computer when im running my setup at full strain. 
     
    My setup is : 
     
    Q9550 OC to 3.2 
    Gigabyte EP45-UD3LR 
    Adata 2x2gb 1066mhz extreme edition 
    Galaxy GTX 275 standard 
    NZXT Whisper 
    Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 
    1x Seagate barracuda HDD 
    1x DVD writer 
     
    Any suggestions? im working with a budget of around $170 to $200

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    #2  Edited By BrainSpecialist

    Jesus powers.

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    #3  Edited By sodiumCyclops
    @BrainSpecialist: Jesus doesn't exist bro. 
     
    anyway, was thinking this  http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/psus/2008/02/19/corsair_tx750w_psu_cmpsu-750tx/1
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    #4  Edited By BrainSpecialist
    @sodiumCyclops: I'm aware of this, for sarcasm is my nature.
     
    Also, atheism.
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    #5  Edited By Black_Raven

    Corsair is a good brand.

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    #6  Edited By Antithesis

    I always use corsair power supplies.  Apart form my irrational brand loyalty, they are well built and reasonably priced.

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    #7  Edited By Bioderm

    Thats the one I have I think it's the best for the price and corsair makes high quality stuff

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    #8  Edited By RsistncE

    Yeah buy a corsair one, they're probably the best PSU's out there right now I would say.

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    #9  Edited By sodiumCyclops

    thanks for the reply guys, il look into getting it after my next tattoo (money issues). 
     
    just out of curiosity, if my system is rebooting during high intensity apps like crysis (the only thing thats done it so far), it will be because of power issues right? There is no BSOD or errors, just reboots as if someone took the plug out and put it back in. 

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    #10  Edited By sodiumCyclops
    @BrainSpecialist: sorry, im a little iffy on picking up sarcasm. Atheism FTW.
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    #11  Edited By subject2change

    Corsair or PC Power and Cooling. Probably the Corsair 850w is what i'd go for personally.
     
    And  the rebooting can be from not enough power, bad voltages, overheating, etc.
     
    I know you just OCed did you run any stress tests on it? Prime95 for a good 8 hours or so? Memtest86 for an hour or so? 
     
    If you are failing either, your OC is not stable and will cause random reboots, crashes, lock ups, bsods, etc.

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    #12  Edited By sodiumCyclops
    @Subject2Change: i was only getting reboots during crysis, my GPU temp was fine so I put everything back to 'auto' in the BIOS to ensure the OC was not the culprit. After doing so the reboots still occured.
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    #13  Edited By Kohe321
    @Black_Raven said:
    " Corsair is a good brand. "
    I second this.
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    #14  Edited By subject2change

    Run in the IntelBurnTest; it is Prime95 done in 5minutes. I was running it last night while messing around with a 3.4 OC and it kept failing on stock voltage, went back to default and to bed however that was at stock voltage. Also know that Quads can run at up to 1.3675 volts or so and with vdroop thats about 1.4 in the bios.
     
    The BSOD can be from bad drivers or something as well. I remember that happening to me. I'd suggest the intelburntest personally before thinking it is the PSU. What is your PSU? You could also just be trying to push that card too card and its crapping out on you. I remember I got the 8800GTS G92 and figured i could push everything; running CS:S with 16x AA and AF caused bsods and random lockups. Dropped it down to 8 and it was fine. Now on my GTX280 its fine at 16x.
     
    FYI I am running a GTX280, 8800GTS G92, 5 HDDs, 1 DVDRW on a 700w OCZ GameXStream PSU.

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    #15  Edited By sodiumCyclops
    @Subject2Change: PSU is a Vantec ION2 600w 
     
    just tried it with the original Far Cry, maxed out as far as it would go and got 2 seconds into gameplay and it rebooted :( 
     
    I can play TF2 maxed out for hours and not have a problem
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    #16  Edited By subject2change

    Thats most likely a graphics card driver issue and NOT a PSU issue. I'd suggest reinstalling your video card drivers; uninstall, reboot, reinstall. If that still fails, uninstall, reboot in safemode, use a drivercleaner app to remove nvidia graphics drivers, reboot in normal, install drivers, reboot again.
     
    Fyi; got 3.4 stable now just needed a little more voltage (its at about 1.3; with vdoop goes to 1.22-1.26). Gonna let it run for a week and push it some more next week (hoping to match my E8400 at 3.6)

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    #17  Edited By Giantsquirrel

    I've got a Corsair 750w i7 PSU and I haven't had any problems. Go with that brand if you feel the need.

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    #18  Edited By sodiumCyclops
    @Subject2Change: could a driver really do that? its honestly like someone is pulling the power plug out and putting it back in. there is no BSOD or anything 
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    #19  Edited By subject2change

    Yes it could be a corrupt driver; mixture of either bad directx install, driver just not liking your graphics card or multiple drivers installed.
     
    I'd personally take steps before buying a new psu; unless you really just want one :p

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    #20  Edited By sodiumCyclops
    @Subject2Change: so i should do what exactly.  take me back to where i first installed the card. how do i remove all drivers and such?
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    #21  Edited By subject2change

    Remove the NVIDIA Display Drivers from control panel, reboot, reinstall, reboot again.

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    #22  Edited By Grim_Fandango

    Buy any power supply, most are decent... Corsair, QCZ, there all good, but QCZ has a nasty habit of burning out... Least mine did.
    For what you need, you need something like a 700w psu.

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    #23  Edited By sodiumCyclops
    @Subject2Change: i did the safe boot uninstall, rebooted normally and installed Galaxy GTX 275 drivers from supplied disc and rebooted. now what?
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    #24  Edited By sodiumCyclops

    ok, i started crysis, set everything to very high and 1680x1050, running fine so far. if this fixes my problem dude i will be so happy

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    #25  Edited By subject2change

    You should probably update to the latest drivers from the NVIDIA page. When you update drivers, make sure you uninstall the old ones first, reboot, install new drivers, reboot again.
     
    @Grim_Fandango said:

    " Buy any power supply, most are decent... Corsair, QCZ, there all good, but QCZ has a nasty habit of burning out... Least mine did. For what you need, you need something like a 700w psu. "

    OCZ, not QCZ. Also Wattage doesn't mean anything. Amps on 12v DO.
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    #26  Edited By sodiumCyclops
    @Subject2Change: Ok so I delete my current ones using the driver sweep method, reboot, download and install the nvidia ones from the net, install, reboot and hopefully problem solved? 
     
    If this still doesn't work, can i safely say its a power supply issue?
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    #27  Edited By subject2change

    Well you can download em prior to it, but yup.
     
    I thought you already fixed the problem tho? Or did it crash again?

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    #28  Edited By sodiumCyclops
    @Subject2Change: yeah it crashed again, i couldnt post about it as GB wouldnt let me tripple post
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    #29  Edited By sodiumCyclops

    ok, did everyting you said, ran the crysis benchmark and it rebooted after 5 loops. fuck this im getting a new powersupply

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    #30  Edited By HitmanAgent47

    I'm using a cosair 750 watts psu, not problems so far. There are tons of wires though because it's for sli. If that doesn't work for you, I recommend anything from the cosair brand because I think it is good.

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    #31  Edited By sodiumCyclops

    So ok I have decided to go for the Corsiar TX750. I have tried to narrow down my reboot issues and it seems to be the PSU. Thanks for your input guys!

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