- Jun 2, 2008
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Hi all, I've been having many problems with my PC ever since I upgraded most of the hardware...
I kept my old PSU (HEC 500W - about 6 yrs old) but upgraded/added the following: 500GB HDD (WD "Black" added to an existing Seagate 320GB HDD), GPU: Power Color 7770 1GB (upgraded from 9800GT 512MB), new MoBo: 890GM Pro3 R2.0; CPU Phenom 2 720BE (slightly OC to 3.1GhZ) and Kingston 2x 4GB RAM (nothing fancy just the regular RAM sticks). Also added a separate sound card (ASUS Xonar PCIe 1.0).
PC hangs often and crashes often, If I play games like NBA 2k13; Batman Arkham City, Need for Speed, etc, the games often crash, hang or do something weird.
I've removed the extra 500GB HDD and re-installed the OS (Win 7) and drivers multiple times, to the point that it is a little stable for normal desktop stuff like Office and browsing, but gaming is still a problem. I'm starting to think my PSU is not giving enough juice... but upgrading it is pretty expensive... still if I have to I will... what do you think?
I kept my old PSU (HEC 500W - about 6 yrs old) but upgraded/added the following: 500GB HDD (WD "Black" added to an existing Seagate 320GB HDD), GPU: Power Color 7770 1GB (upgraded from 9800GT 512MB), new MoBo: 890GM Pro3 R2.0; CPU Phenom 2 720BE (slightly OC to 3.1GhZ) and Kingston 2x 4GB RAM (nothing fancy just the regular RAM sticks). Also added a separate sound card (ASUS Xonar PCIe 1.0).
PC hangs often and crashes often, If I play games like NBA 2k13; Batman Arkham City, Need for Speed, etc, the games often crash, hang or do something weird.
I've removed the extra 500GB HDD and re-installed the OS (Win 7) and drivers multiple times, to the point that it is a little stable for normal desktop stuff like Office and browsing, but gaming is still a problem. I'm starting to think my PSU is not giving enough juice... but upgrading it is pretty expensive... still if I have to I will... what do you think?
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