http://www.abxzone.com/forums/ Discussions related to cases, power supplies, and mods of both cases and hardware in general. Proceed at your own risk! en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:05:49 GMT vBulletin 1 http://www.abxzone.com/forums/images/element/misc/rss.jpg http://www.abxzone.com/forums/ http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f8/what-kind-psu-should-i-buy-119555.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:43:49 GMT Hi, Im planning to upgrade the PSU in my workstation. Current Config : Intel Core 2 Duo, 3 Ghz / 4 GB Ram, 800Mhz / 3 x 250gb SATA / NVidia 8400GT / Sony DVD Writer / Dual Monitor. Ive been having problems adding a 4th 500 gb drive. Tried many. All of them would run for a few hours and then get corrupted or were simply later inaccessible. The last attempt i made with a 500gb brand new drive caused intermittent performance. I immediately inplugged the drive and have been using that drive now for months on another system with no problems. Ive also tried all sorts of trouble shooting such as trying different ports etc. But found that all ports worked. But they just couldnt take a 4th drive. No matter which one it was. So i think its the PSU that isnt able to support my entire rig. So the bottomline question of this post is, what power rated PSU should i go for considering my current config above + adding a new drive + new sound card. Or in the future of i want a seperate raid enclosure to be added on. Is it adviseable to go for a high rated PSU or is going too high a bad thing too ? Thanks... Hi,

Im planning to upgrade the PSU in my workstation.

Current Config :
Intel Core 2 Duo, 3 Ghz / 4 GB Ram, 800Mhz / 3 x 250gb SATA / NVidia 8400GT / Sony DVD Writer / Dual Monitor.

Ive been having problems adding a 4th 500 gb drive. Tried many. All of them would run for a few hours and then get corrupted or were simply later inaccessible. The last attempt i made with a 500gb brand new drive caused intermittent performance. I immediately inplugged the drive and have been using that drive now for months on another system with no problems. Ive also tried all sorts of trouble shooting such as trying different ports etc. But found that all ports worked. But they just couldnt take a 4th drive. No matter which one it was. So i think its the PSU that isnt able to support my entire rig.

So the bottomline question of this post is, what power rated PSU should i go for considering my current config above + adding a new drive + new sound card. Or in the future of i want a seperate raid enclosure to be added on. Is it adviseable to go for a high rated PSU or is going too high a bad thing too ?

Thanks... ]]> plainman007 http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f8/what-kind-psu-should-i-buy-119555.html http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f8/first-psu-failure-119534.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:38:05 GMT The PSU in my main rig kicked the bucket today. It is the only PSU to fail on me so far. I don't think I can complain too much though. It has been in my main rig for at least 3 years which has run 24/7 most of that time. It was squealing for a long time but I thought it was the MB.

Now I need a new one. It must be modular. Something in the 650w range should be good enough. I don't plan on using 2+ video cards or anything like the 4870 X2. ]]> Ford Freak http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f8/first-psu-failure-119534.html