Hi guys.
I have the following machine:
Pentium D 805, Freezer 7 pro cooling
2x512mb ram DDR II 667 - Kingston Value.
Gigabyte 8I945P-G-RH motherboard
Leadtek winfast 7600gs
1 Hitachi harddrive - 160gb SATA II
1 Nec DVD burner
2 more case fans + leds.
I had this machine overclocked and running fine until yesterday at 3.5GHz(175FSB). Yesterday I tried overclocking it to 3.8GHz(190FSB).
After 30 mins in prime95, my PSU just blew up, literally.
I had ColorsIT 480W Powersupply.
I want to buy a new PSU, but I'm little tight in budget, so I'm looking into the cheaper stuff like HEC/FSP/Topower.
I want to buy a PSU that will hold this machine with a 4ghz overclock which is even a bit higher. What I really don't get is how exactly THG people were able to run an even more power consuming machine than mine, which was also overclocked to 4.1GHz! They did it with a GENERIC 480W PSU.
If my PSU died at 3.8ghz, how were they able to run 4.1ghz with a generic PSU which has the same Wattage as mine did? I doubt their PSU was able to supply true 480w, since even the most quality PSUs tend to only supply 70-75% at peak.
This information was taken from this link:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/05/10/dual_41_ghz_cores/page14.html
I'm a bit confused. This really doesn't makes sense to me at all. I'd appreciate it if you could help.
With Regards,
Guy
I have the following machine:
Pentium D 805, Freezer 7 pro cooling
2x512mb ram DDR II 667 - Kingston Value.
Gigabyte 8I945P-G-RH motherboard
Leadtek winfast 7600gs
1 Hitachi harddrive - 160gb SATA II
1 Nec DVD burner
2 more case fans + leds.
I had this machine overclocked and running fine until yesterday at 3.5GHz(175FSB). Yesterday I tried overclocking it to 3.8GHz(190FSB).
After 30 mins in prime95, my PSU just blew up, literally.
I had ColorsIT 480W Powersupply.
I want to buy a new PSU, but I'm little tight in budget, so I'm looking into the cheaper stuff like HEC/FSP/Topower.
I want to buy a PSU that will hold this machine with a 4ghz overclock which is even a bit higher. What I really don't get is how exactly THG people were able to run an even more power consuming machine than mine, which was also overclocked to 4.1GHz! They did it with a GENERIC 480W PSU.
If my PSU died at 3.8ghz, how were they able to run 4.1ghz with a generic PSU which has the same Wattage as mine did? I doubt their PSU was able to supply true 480w, since even the most quality PSUs tend to only supply 70-75% at peak.
This information was taken from this link:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/05/10/dual_41_ghz_cores/page14.html
I'm a bit confused. This really doesn't makes sense to me at all. I'd appreciate it if you could help.
With Regards,
Guy