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Is my psu causing lag/system freezes

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March 17, 2009 7:50:32 PM

Hello, i have been running my current system....

CPU: E8400
MOB: ASUS P5K
GFX: 8800GTS
RAM: 4GB OCZ PLATINUM
PSU: COLORSIT 500W

for about 6 months and its never ran as good as i hoped/expected, anyway i realised my graphics card requires a psu with min 12v rating of 26a, and my psu only has 12v 20a, do you think this i wots causing my comp to stall/freeze?

thanks in advance.

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March 17, 2009 7:52:14 PM

also, im running a hdd, and dvd writer, and my dvd writer keeps shutting off randomly and sometimes it just doesnt work.
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March 17, 2009 8:03:57 PM

Never heard of Colorsit before, let alone Colorsit power supplies.

If your PSU says it only has 20amp on the 12V, and your GPU requires 26A, you've definitely got a problem. You could easily find yourself having instability issues, overheating your PSU, and if it's trying to push 26amps through a 20amp ability, you could find meltdown/fire as a result.
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March 17, 2009 8:07:59 PM

wow iv been running for ages as well, as it does seem to being getting worse!
March 25, 2009 9:50:54 PM

BUMP.....

Ok i found this OCZ Stealth Xtreame 500W for £50 delivered, it has dual 12v 18amp rails, im not sure how these work so would this be enough to run my system?

thanks in advance.
March 26, 2009 9:49:10 AM

BUMP
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