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| Thread ID: 125372 | 2012-06-23 04:32:00 | PSU voltage | Nick G (16709) | Press F1 |
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| 1283530 | 2012-06-25 02:36:00 | Its about 8 years old and packing a pentium4, so natural death is probably likely if a surge has been ruled out. Might be able to convince him to buy a new one :p | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1283531 | 2012-06-25 05:40:00 | Ohh, well that PSU is getting rather ancient. Just when mention Pentium 4 it makes it sound old. Hope you can convince your dad. I upgraded my dad's Core 2 Duo system with a faster CPU (E8500), a new GPU (GT 520) and a PSU. I couldn't upgrade the RAM any further though. |
ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1283532 | 2012-06-25 06:21:00 | Well, we've only got 1gb or ram as well, and the rest of the family say that it runs slowly. I wonder why :p | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1283533 | 2012-06-25 06:38:00 | Oh...um...oh dear. :horrified:horrified:D Dads PC has 4 GB RAM.;) |
ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1283534 | 2012-06-25 07:44:00 | I know I know, but I haven't managed to convince him that there will be a large preformance boost. | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1283535 | 2012-07-08 04:33:00 | Well, got into the pc and took the old psu out. Was looking at replacing it with this (pricespy.co.nz) model. Is silverstone a reliable brand? I don't know much about psu brands other than hyena=bad :D :thanks: |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1283536 | 2012-07-08 05:14:00 | No, that would be very unlikely indeed, the power strip would only have a spike protector and maybe an overload cutout. That unit stands alone so cannot bypass any protection the computer power supply may have. The worst that could happen might be the strip protector literally self destructing, in which case major supply disturbances could possibly disrupt the drive waveforms to the switching device that generates the supply outputs, and that could cause that component to fail. It probably just died a natural death. Cheers Billy 8-{) Please don't stir him up again Billy.:horrified |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1283537 | 2012-07-08 07:04:00 | Reliable brands? Corsair, Antec and Enermax. SeaSonic may also be an option but I personally haven't used that brand. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1283538 | 2012-07-08 07:17:00 | As long as it works. Good to hear that you are finally doing something about the PSU. | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1283539 | 2012-07-08 07:37:00 | Cheap psu's work... For a few seconds. I wouldn't recommend them. | icow (15313) | ||
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