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lordluther   10-06-2009 at 08:47:40 AM

It has 20A per rail. Is it powerfull enough to run Q8400 . GTX260 . Asus P5CQ . DDR3 10600 . Creative Xtreme Gamer X-Fi ?.

thx in advanced for any info given.

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lordluther   10-06-2009 at 08:55:27 AM
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P.S been getting random PC lockups with no BSOD "running vista premuim 32bit" always when playing games. they freeze with sound loops or crackling, keyboard shuts down forcing me to reset

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Zutarano   10-06-2009 at 09:54:59 AM
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I wanna know about these as well, cause a computer my parents want to buy for me cause they won't let me build a computer yet, has one of those PSU's.

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mi1ez   10-06-2009 at 11:23:01 AM
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You say 20A per rail, but not how many rails. I don't trust it just given the name! Can't find a 500W on their website. got a link?

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Zutarano   10-06-2009 at 11:36:12 AM
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I know, it does sound a bit fishy.

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outlw6669   10-06-2009 at 11:56:24 AM
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It does sound like your PSU is starving your system of power.
My guess is that the extra power draw during gaming is above what your cheap PSU is capable of delivering.
I would recommend upgrading to a 500w+ Corsair, Seasonic, PCP&C or Antec Earthwatts PSU.

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lordluther   10-06-2009 at 07:43:54 PM
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Well i took out my Creative XtremeGamer and things have speeded up "before shutdown took 5 min and i mean 5min" so it leaves 2 things soundcard is knackered or PSU wasn't strong enough

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lordluther   10-06-2009 at 08:03:31 PM
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Graphics card make recommends a minimum of 25A per rail for run properly so in other words i have just answered my own question.
iCute 500W is not powerfull enough run my setup

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