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500 Watt enough juice for P4 2.4?
Name: The Funk Ninja Date: July 14, 2004 at 18:45:42 Pacific OS: Xp Pro CPU/Ram: 2.4 P4/512 DDR400
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OK, heres my setup: -2.4Ghz Pentium 4 w/ 800FSB -2x256MB Kingston HyperX DDR400 RAM (single channel) -Asus P4P800-VM motherboard -MSI Geforce FX5600 video card -Chieftec "500 Watt" power supply -WD 80GB 7200rpm hd -Two dvd drives
My question is this...is the crappy power supply the reason my computer crashes and restarts whenever I do anything processor-intensive (gaming, multitasking..)? Any help appreciated.
Name: Frosty Date: July 14, 2004 at 21:56:57 Pacific
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How many amps are on the 12 volt rail?
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Response Number 2
Name: mainux Date: July 15, 2004 at 13:26:55 Pacific
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Either is or the ram, the best why to test quality is by how heavy a PSU is.
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Response Number 3
Name: mainux Date: July 15, 2004 at 14:33:42 Pacific
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I meant its either the PSU or the ram.
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Response Number 4
Name: The Funk Ninja Date: July 15, 2004 at 15:53:13 Pacific
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The system used to crash about 5x more often with the RAM in dual-channel mode. I would think that the crashing isn't due to the RAM considering its Kingston HyperX. It stays cool when under full load (as does the rest of the computer).
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