Enermax 600w solved all my crashing :)

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Using the recommended-by-the-computer-store Enermax 485w setup with what I have in my sig caused a crash-per-hour while gaming. Any game that used a USB wheel would crash in 5 minutes.

One day recently the computer would only boot and stay on for enough time to get to Windows before black screening and then making this horrible sound through the sound card.

I upgraded by PSU and now... smoooooooooth sailin'.

Thanks for the help David!

 

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cool. how much was it? and how is the noise?

the 485W Enermax you replaced, was it this one?

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103457

so that power supply is not good enough for a powerful system? I was considering buying that, but now I may change my mind.

 

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cool. how much was it? and how is the noise?

the 485W Enermax you replaced, was it this one?

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103457

so that power supply is not good enough for a powerful system? I was considering buying that, but now I may change my mind.

Yeah that's the one. It would crash a lot. On average once per hour. Sucked for games but I got used to it. I never suspected the power supply until I read this forum. Replaced it with the 600w and it hasn't crashed since.


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