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| Thread ID: 83460 | 2007-10-03 00:18:00 | On any game, no matter what resolution or whether settings on max or low fps is same | Fishy (10540) | Press F1 |
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| 597339 | 2007-10-03 04:34:00 | Meh. Theres no way it's the CPU. That PC should play CSS smooth as. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 597340 | 2007-10-03 04:51:00 | Ok I can try borrow a PSU but that's kind of hard. I'll see. If not should I just get an enermax one? | Fishy (10540) | ||
| 597341 | 2007-10-03 04:55:00 | Yeah, Ernemax is a real good brand. Probably go for a 400w minimum, 450w would be a bit better. Almost anythings better than what you've got now. Perhaps future proof? Get something a bit bigger, (550w+) if you want to upgrade in the future, thats one component you won't need to upgrade. Even if it's not the PSU, an upgrade can't hurt. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 597342 | 2007-10-03 04:56:00 | Well in the event that it's not the PSU, then you might consider it a waste of money. Although in my opinion, upgrading to a decent PSU (enermax) anyway, and knowing your PSU is far less likely to randomly explode and possibly destroy the rest of your PC with it might justify that even if it doesn't fix the problem |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 597343 | 2007-10-03 05:35:00 | Well in the event that it's not the PSU, then you might consider it a waste of money. Although in my opinion, upgrading to a decent PSU (enermax) anyway, and knowing your PSU is far less likely to randomly explode and possibly destroy the rest of your PC with it might justify that even if it doesn't fix the problem I wholeheartedly agree. If theres a possibility of it blowing up on me i'm buying a new one. I found these 2 which are within budget. The $180 one is as high as I will go. ENERMAX WHISPER 535W II EG565P-VE ATX2.0 BTX DUAL SLI (www.computerlounge.co.nz) ENERMAX LIBERTY ELT500AWT 500W MODULAR POWER SUPPLY ATX12V 2.2 SLI READY (c1com.co.nz) From the reviews I just read the 500W Liberty is better? |
Fishy (10540) | ||
| 597344 | 2007-10-03 06:22:00 | The liberty has more power than the whisper, and it's modular, and it looks better :D But I don't think you need the 500W version, I've got the 400W (and so do 3 friends I've recommended them to) I've got 3 hard drives, 3 CD drives, a geforce 8 and an athlon 64 3700+, 1GB ram, + extra stuff running off mine, never had a problem basically the ELT400AWT c1com.co.nz ($130) is cheaper, just as good and will easily power your current system and have room for upgrades Look at the specs, there isn't much difference between the 400 and 500. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 597345 | 2007-10-03 06:37:00 | The first thing I would do is set up a new user account, That way you will have none of the legacy stuff from original account. I'm surprised people don't have a separate account for gaming anyway. | plod (107) | ||
| 597346 | 2007-10-03 06:47:00 | So wattage doesn't mean everything then? I'll go pick that 400W Liberty up first thing tomorow. So that could cope with say a C2D and a 8xxx with a few HDD, a dvd drive and 2gb of ram? Just making sure it's somewhat futureproof before I go out and buy it is all. |
Fishy (10540) | ||
| 597347 | 2007-10-03 07:04:00 | Watts rating on a PSU usually counts for next to nothing, in my opinion. half the time it's just marketing, especially for cheap ones Look at the current available on each rail, that will generally give you a good indication as to the 'quality' of the PSU. One guy has the 400 watt liberty, AMD X2 5600+, 3GB DDR2, 8600GT, 2 HDD, DVD+/-RW... runs fine for him Dunno exactly how much power the C2D needs, but I reckon you'd be fine. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 597348 | 2007-10-03 07:15:00 | Thanks for all your help Agent 24 . Brilliant . I'll go out and grab a 400W Liberty tomorrow and hopefully that will fix my fps problems . I'll post it here when I find out . Now . Of to google how to install them:stare: |
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