Icute ATX 450W/P4

[Guest]

is Icute ATX 450W/P4 only for pentium 4?
i am having pc freezing problem now.
this is my rig.
Mainboard : Gigabyte VM900M
Chipset : VIA P4M900
Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 @ 2666 MHz
Physical Memory : 4096 MB (2 x 2048 DDR2-SDRAM )
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Hard Disk : WDC (320 GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : SONY DVD-ROM DDU1642 ATA Device
CD-Rom Drive : HUAWEI Mass Storage USB Device
Monitor Type : Samsung SyncMaster - 17 inches
Network Card : VT82C570 MV IDE Controller VT6102 Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
Operating System : Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate Professional 6.00.6001 Service Pack 1
DirectX : Version 10.00
Windows Performance Index : 4.8
PSU: Icute ATX 450W/P4

is my pc freezing problem caused by my psu?

 

[blackwidow_rsa]

Did you upgrade to that Cpu? You might need to update the BIOS.

 

[Guest]

yes, i have updated to the latest bios for mobo.

 

[blackwidow_rsa]

I had a look at your motherboards cpu support list. It doesn't support 45nm Core2 CPUs, you will have to buy a new motherboard. A cheap Gigabyte G31 motherboard will do fine if you're on a budget. I have one in a spare system and it's a solid little board.

 

[Guest]

yeah, i noticed that too, but if u could, i would like to hear your opinion. my pc was ok before, it was built 2 years ago, the problem came 6 months ago.freezes!! my mobo does not support 45 nm but why it could ran well before?

 

[blackwidow_rsa]

Because it could support your old cpu but not the new one. Putting your old cpu back would probably fix it.

 

[Guest]

yes i did it.but it still freezes randomly.i also replaced the ram, formatted to xp but nothing is changed. for your info, when i was replaced the cpu to the new one, at first, it was ok about 6 months.

 

[blackwidow_rsa]

It could be the PSU thats starting to degrade or even the motherboard. You should also run memtest86+ just to make sure the RAM is ok. Do you have a spare PSU you could test with?

 

[Guest]

yes. i have did it.it is ok for now, i switch my psu to my sister cpu, my pc for now is ok, but her pc is ok too..thats make me confuse. if the psu is degraded, why its run ok on my sister's pc?

 

[blackwidow_rsa]

It could have a lower power draw than your computer, so it won't show but it might get worse later on.

 

[Guest]

ok thanks.so for sure it was my psu right? i will get the new one today. hope its worth.thanks again.

 

[blackwidow_rsa]

Well since your pc got better with the other PSU, it's probably that. 90% sure.

 

[blackwidow_rsa]

You should still get a new motherboard though, running an unsupported cpu on the motherboard could damage any number of your pc's components.

 

[mi1ez]

Have you been cleaning and reapplying thermal paste between CPU changes?

 

[yus_29]

Have you been cleaning and reapplying thermal paste between CPU changes?

i didn't bcoz i was told its not too important. however, my cpu temp is 32 for idle and 55 at load