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Hi,
Been browsing around TH for a good few years now, looks like its my time to post.
Last summer I built a new PC, the specs are as follows:

AMD X2 4600+
BFG 8800GTS OC2 320Mb
2Gb RAM (generic) -> cheap skate I know :-(
450W PSU
CoolerMaster AMMO case
250Gb SATA2 7,200RPM HDD

Ever since completion - It hasn't been totally stable with the odd lock up or BSOD. I picked up a copy of Crysis Warhead on steam on saturday and I've been plagued with lockups/display failures/artifacts all but the last requiring a hard reboot. The artifacts are mainly in textures - regular interlacing triangles are missing however from some POV's I get the shooting textures across the screen.
These artifacts can occur between 5 - 20 minutes of gameplay in Warhead. I've had a few artifacts in ARMA - shooting textures in some parts of map combined with indecently low framerate.
I'm hoping to god it's the power supply thats bottling out - attached is a screenshot of speedfan with voltage + temp measurements.

Sorry 'bout the length but I wanted to be sure to cover things.
Regards
Sam.H

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2166/spdfanja1.th.jpg

EDIT: Damn lockup - have to make do with voltages only ATM - temps take 20mins to achieve. + +12V rail normally reads ~10v


Message edited by JFCHelix on 09-23-2008 at 12:32:46 AM
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PSU is going out. And your temps are hot for idle.


Message edited by roadrunner197069 on 09-23-2008 at 02:06:31 AM
Reply to roadrunner197069

what are the symptoms when PSU is going out?

Reply to magicbullet

Thanks for the response. What power supply would you reccomend for my system - bearing in mind a graphics card upgrade will be in about a year? Also, the 'remote 1' reading often reads -64 so I don't think its wired up properly.
Until i do get a new PSU - what can I do to try and stop it happening? Will underclocking my GPU cause it to happen less frequency or does it require a certain voltage to be stable at any speed?

Regards
Sam.H

Reply to JFCHelix

Hi,
Got anew PSU today - hasn't solved the problem :pfff: . Don't have a clue whats going on - played for about an hour yesterday before crash and tried today - only lasted 5 minutes. Almost certain the temps are fine and am reading about people with a similar problem. Maybe I have to wait for a patch to fix this or are there any other ideas?
Cheers
Sam

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