[Csan Tran]

Silverstone any good?

[WaterBug]

Originally Posted by Csan Tran

Silverstone any good?

This one looks pretty good.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817256006

If you click on the "read all customer reviews" and take a look at the negative feedback, (which there are only 3) focus on the first posters comments. Look familiar?

How many watts are you looking for?

This one also looks pretty good:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817163109

[Renekal]

I have a PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W that replaced my 550 Antec PSU that took a dump. I haven't had any issues with it since purchase (~6 months) and read good things.

[rabb1t]

Originally Posted by WaterBug

This one looks pretty good.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817256006

Accept for the fact that it's all old-school 6-pin types.

I'd say stick with the Corsair. I'm sure it's fine. You don't want a 6-pin type what with PSUs requiring 8-pin at the high end these days. It won't be long before that filters down into mainstream and most require 8-pin.

I'm not very familiar with Silverstone as a brand.

[WaterBug]

Originally Posted by rabb1t

Accept for the fact that it's all old-school 6-pin types.

I'd say stick with the Corsair. I'm sure it's fine. You don't want a 6-pin type what with PSUs requiring 8-pin at the high end these days. It won't be long before that filters down into mainstream and most require 8-pin.

I'm not very familiar with Silverstone as a brand.

REDFACE!!

I didn't even look at the pins. Oops!!

[rabb1t]

heh, yeah.

Prepare for the future! future... future... future... *fades in echo*

[Giftmacher]

Originally Posted by Csan Tran

Giftmacher - I redid the Thermal Paste twice on the CPU now lol. I also have the Zalman cooler.

Ok good stuff, PSU it is then

Always worth double/triple checking these things though, just in case something is damaged and the HS isn't maintaining pressure on the CPU.

Oh and Corsair make (well badge) very good PSUs at the moment, check out http://www.jonnyguru.com/. Corsairs have done well every time they were tested.

Gift.

[Athilik]

Originally Posted by Csan Tran

Silverstone any good?

http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/101922.aspx

I like the list. And the list says silverstone is A ok

[Csan Tran]

Originally Posted by Athilik

http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/101922.aspx

I like the list. And the list says silverstone is A ok

Oh sweet! Thanks for the list!

[Fynn]

Bro...I had the same trouble for months awhile back and even tested my power supply. Changed it out and no more problem.

[Belarios]

I like Seasonic power supplies. They manufacture some of the better Corsairs, though Corsair contracts with several manufacturers for different models.

[rhagz]

Originally Posted by rabb1t

Scoring higher in 3dMarks is an indication that the power supply could be over-reving your system.

I know this is 3 pages ago but I jus t wanted to say.. no, no it's not. The PSU can't 'over-rev' your system or affect the clock speeds in any way.

[Csan Tran]

The only reason I can think of why my score jumped a few hundred points is 1)my PS was probably screwed up from the beginning and was 'underpowering' my system, 2)driver change, 3)or the combination of both. But who knows heh.

[DrEscobar]

Does that mean you are up and running? ... SLACKER!

[rhagz]

Originally Posted by Csan Tran

The only reason I can think of why my score jumped a few hundred points is 1)my PS was probably screwed up from the beginning and was 'underpowering' my system, 2)driver change, 3)or the combination of both. But who knows heh.

Most likely it was the driver change. Typically jumping ahead a few releases will give quite a boost in popular programs.

[rabb1t]

Originally Posted by rhagz

no, no it's not. The PSU can't 'over-rev' your system or affect the clock speeds in any way.

I know I'm not an OC expert, or an electronics tech, but if I'm not mistaken you can OC by providing higher voltage, and in some cases, you must provide higher voltage in order for it to work.

Back a while ago I had a power supply fail on me. One of the first signs, though I didn't know it at the time, was that the system was running noticibly quicker at times, and noticibly slower at others. The PSU died shortly after it was doing that, and ever since I've attributed that to being a sign it was no longer correctly controling it's voltage.

[Hatto]

Never heared that you can get more performance by raising voltages. Of course voltages are closely related to overclocking, in terms of having to raise the voltage to have your components still work properly with higher clocks. While keeping below the voltage the stuff burns up, bit like gambling.

Regarding the original issue, I'd also go with PSU, having had that kinda strange stuff a while ago too, solved by replacing. The problem I had was also completly erratic, it worked for a while then acted up again and so on. Since then I always replace the PSU when things add in a strange and seemingly illogical way. After having done a deep scan for all sorts of malware and virii >)

[rhagz]

Originally Posted by rabb1t

I know I'm not an OC expert, or an electronics tech, but if I'm not mistaken you can OC by providing higher voltage, and in some cases, you must provide higher voltage in order for it to work.

Back a while ago I had a power supply fail on me. One of the first signs, though I didn't know it at the time, was that the system was running noticibly quicker at times, and noticibly slower at others. The PSU died shortly after it was doing that, and ever since I've attributed that to being a sign it was no longer correctly controling it's voltage.

Cleaner, steadier voltage can aid you in reaching higher overclocks, but it won't actually do it for you.

Originally Posted by rabb1t

Back a while ago I had a power supply fail on me. One of the first signs, though I didn't know it at the time, was that the system was running noticibly quicker at times, and noticibly slower at others. The PSU died shortly after it was doing that, and ever since I've attributed that to being a sign it was no longer correctly controling it's voltage.

I'm not that big on motherboard designs, but there is logic to that.

Voltage can only affect clocking if the clocking is generated (or changed) by a VCO or VCXO. A standard TCXO or XO will not change its clocking speed regardless of the voltage, though. However, I'm pretty sure motherboards are using a VCXO, or at least a PLL (which uses a VCO) since their clock rates are adjustable in software. A TCXO or XO's clock rate is fixed.

So bottom line, yes...voltage can affect clock rates.

Voltage can also affect power dissipation, cross-talk, and leakage current of an IC (such as the CPU). This can lead to fried processors, or a dramatic increase in the spurious errors in the processor. Personally, I'd never overclock a system--it would lead to the potential for an increase in untraceable random problems with my computer, which are annoying to say the least.

[Fozzik]

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