for the past few days my pc kept crashingout on Arma 2 then the other day i had 3 BSOD's. After tying everything i realised it could be my psu.( my rig spec is in my sig ) BFG state " 575W PCI Express®-compliant system power supply with a combined 12V current rating of 42A or more " and this is from jeantech the makers of my PSU my pc is pulling approx 55A to 60A as it is at the moment so it can only be down to the PSU. ( everything was fine until i junked my 9800GTX+ and put in the new GTX 275 card ) So for approx £100 whats the best PSU to buy out there. I was thinking the coolermaster real power 850 or is ther a better one. RIG IS CURRENTLY Asus P5Q-E motherboard Intel Core2duo E6750 ( 8x 425FSB = 3.4GHz overclock 1.43v ( in bios )), 8GB DDR2 OCZ pc-6400 ram ( running @ approx 850MHz due to overclock ), 2 x 500 GB 7200 RPM SATA II hdd, BFG GTX 275 896mb OC ( running at core 648MHz , shader 1512 MHz and mem 2448 MHz effective ), samsung 18x DVD-RW, Creative X-Fi Xtreme gamer sound card, Jeantech storm 700W psu, Windows 7 build 7100 x64
any particular models you can reccomend please, my eyes are starting to bleed searching then looking up reviews etc.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/650W-Be-Quiet-Dark-Power-PRO-BN073-Modular-PSU-87-Eff -or- http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/620W...12V-whisper-quiet-5-year-warranty-NEW-VERSION! EDIT: Jeantech PSU with a Rig like that... no wonder... I'm suprised the grey smoke didn't appear earlier...
im looking for something that is going to the top end of 850W - 1000W so when I make the jump to core i9 etc ill not have to buy yet another new PSU.
A Jeantech 700W PSU just took out a dual-core rig of mine the other day. Motherboard's fried, thank God the rest is OK. (I say mine, I mean the missus' - no more Sims for a while...)
Then you either: Drop modular: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/850W-Corsair-TX-Series-ATX-4x-PCI-E-8x-SATA-PS-2-PSU-5-Year-Warranty -or- Increase budget: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/CMPS...r-HX-Series-PSU-ATX-EPS12V-Modular-UK-Version
As far as OP goes, Be Quiet DPP 850W. More than enough to power an i7 at 4GHz and 2 4870X2 cards. I should know. Plus, every single one of them wins awards (that's them Germans for you - industrious! Hard-working! More power!) Think I got mine for £110 on a special from Scan. YMMV. Will x EDIT: No, not all women are Sims. Just mine's fluent in Simlish, and thinks she can buy more bags and shoes if she sends a letter off to the bank saying the word "motherlode"
i wouldn't be so fast to blame the PSU here, it should be upto the job. Is there overclocking on this machine? If so reset to defaults and start again.
ok so its a choice between the corsair and DPP..hmmmm time to go measure the lengths so i can see which will be best when i move into my new coolermaster cosmos S
I have the 650W flavour of the DPP and, honestly, it is sooooo quiet and stable I can't recommend the brand highly enough.
i got an overclocked quad core, 2 1TB drives, 1 Raptor and 1 SSD in my machine and my Corsair Hx620w is still fine. your PSU isn't putting out the amount of power stated on the box. anything ~700w is more than enough for any high end desktop single graphics card setup. 850w is overkill for single graphics or even i9. how about the Corsair Hx750w, enough power for 2x gtx275. or Tx750 and save some money. it's more than enough
I would be very much surprised if that thing took more than 300 watts from the PSU. My OC'd E6750, 9800GX2 and three HDDs took 310 Watts FROM THE WALL. I'm still not sure about the prices over there, so it's damn hard to suggest any specific model. Just some decent with around 700 watts should do the trick - even in the future.
Might I suggest either the HX750W or the HX850W from Corsair? Sadly they're not *quite* as quiet as the original HX520W and HX620W (built by Seasonic), but they excel in all other areas. Oh, and they're also 80Plus Gold certified...
I've never had a problem with one, ran a c2d with gtx 280 of a 600w modular jeantech unit for some time now and no worries.
My 700W Jeantech blew up on me with a stock E5200 and a 4830. I may just have got a baddie, but I'd rather not take the chance again. Having said that, OP, can you borrow a PSU from somewhere else? If "hiding from the wife" is hiding in Sunderland-ish, you're welcome to pop over with your kit, and I'll sort you out a test bench. Will
Yeah and I just shat raw diamonds. Grats to you, you got even better luck! Seriously, the cheap PSUs are such a gamble I'm tired of even speaking of them. They MAY work for three years no probs, or they may blow up in one, you never know. You also never know what kind of unit you'll get, and what a blowing failing unit takes with it, so there you have it.