Need a suggestion for a power supply

Discussion in 'Power Supplies and UPS's' started by thegil080, Jun 5, 2010.

  1. thegil080

    thegil080 Geek Trainee

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    I need a SMALL, QUIET 550-650w (its what my 9800 GT suggests) for around 90 bucks.

    Also, the power supply i have right now is 500w and it ran my graphics card for about 8-9 months, but recently started to shutdown at random times, not necessarily when I ran high resource games, but even when surfing the net at times. If anyone could suggest a fix that doesn't require buying a new PSU i would HIGHLY appreciate it.
     
  2. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    What power supply do you currently have? What temps do you have for the CPU and GPU?
     
  3. thegil080

    thegil080 Geek Trainee

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    It's stock but it says "delta electronics" it's a 400w. And looking back I see that the graphics card required a 400w so I dunno why I'm getting these random shutdowns. Also I don't know how to go about checking the temps of my CPU or gpu.
     
  4. edijs

    edijs Programmer

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    For the CPU temps you can use CoreTemp;
    For the GPU temps you can use GPU-z;
     
  5. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    Well, 400W is a general baseline requirement. The problem comes in when you look at how the power is divided. There are 3 main rails coming from the power supply: +3.3V, +5V, and +12V. Much of the industry is shifting to running off the +12V rail, including power hungry parts like the GPU and CPU. Also, as a power supply ages, it loses some of its peak output.

    What I would check is the amperage (A) for the +12V rail. If it's not 30A or more, it would be a good investment to purchase one. I would suggest the likes of Corsair, Thermaltake, OCZ, Silverstone or Seasonic...for example. They should all have a 500W-600W that will do the job, Seasonic in particular.
     
  6. thegil080

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    Yeah mine only has 10A at 12v lol. I guess we found the prob, thanks!
     
  7. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    Wow and ouch.
     

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