Computer Issues!!Should I blame the PSU?

Hey,

this actually sounds more like your processor is over heating not your..psu. . . what r ur processor temps..i know the e8400 runs very cool. But temps can get up there in heavy gaming... speed fan is the easier of the monitors to read off of for temps.

your psu fan might be spinnng so hard.. do to system heat... thats the first place i would start...

if you truly think its the psu. . . i would invest in a more stable psu..if it happens to go it could take your whole cpu...

Although i still think it sounds more like a heating issue than. . .psu issue..
But than again... with your set up.. the sli and and overclock..on the might be drawing to much power..try taking it down a notch and c if it does the same thing. . . always start back to where the system was running good. .. and test from there.. do a few bench tests/stress test to find it anything is throwing off a warning.

when i hit your link i dont get anything sorry. so im not quite sure what type of psu your are actually running off of. .. . when looking at psu..always look at the rails.. you always want around a 35 across the 12v.rail gives you ..more play room. dual rails ..is the way i ussally go. . .

Possible that the Vid card is overheating too (although I would replace that PSU ASAP). download rivatuner and crank up the fan speed on that card (had mine set to 75% while gaming).

http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/reviews [...] g-edition/ a review for my PSU.

And nothing is overheating.Video cards never go over 72°C

I'm going to get the corsair 550W VX in an our or so from a local shop to replace the xilenece.What do you think?

I tested the memory with memtest86+ for 10 hours ----->0 Errors
Will I be able to OC my CPU further with the corsair

I'm installing the 550VX now!

It's not 12 more amps I ment to say more +12 volt amps.......
Cause his 2 8800GTS cards are drawing preatty heavy at full load and for the 20.00 difference more current is better.....
Also, what if he wants to suddenly move to 2 GTX260's...they're getting preatty cheap now adays, he's got no worries......another benefit is his psu will be running cooler.
My personal rule of thumb is...I never want to use more than 75% of my psu at full load.....
Hope this helps.

Not knowing his full specs it's hard to guess, but based on what he has given with a single hard drive and 3 system fans he's only going to be running at about a 50% load on the 550w, it'll run cool enough like that.
Looking to the future is always a good idea, but it would seem it was more important for him to have his system run properly now.

His specs are at the top of the page....and 2 8800GTS cards are going to draw more than 1 GTX260.....

I'm running a Corsair 550vx and I love it!
Best power I've ever owned...have to wait 3-5 minutes with speedfan on to see any change in power supply.....+ 5year warranty!

when the +12volt rails are dropping to 11.70 volts at full load.That certainly means that the psu is not doing what it's supposed to be doing!
If you want...start your system up fire up speedfan and look at your voltages...if they are jumping arround then your psu is not stable.
A good psu will keep your voltages rock steady maybe +/- 0.5 volts at idle.
At full load (running prime) my +12volt rail reads +11.99 volts..also you have to figure in the increased power needed for the overclock.. you don't get something for nothing!
But, lets not start bickering, we're here to help this guy.....ok dell?

DMM = a digitl multi- meter i use it all the time..and anyone who is in on this thread should too!
They are cheap! compared to replacing a whole comuter..lol