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bobdole369
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I've had this ATX power supply for over 4 years now. It was like $50 back then, was a 550W when most power supplies barely made 350W. Its been solid and I've never had trouble. It has 25A on the single +12V rail. I figured 300W on the +12v pin would be plenty...
So I upgrade my computer, have an ECS KN3 sli board, AMD 4600+ x2, 2GB RAM and a 7950GT (one).
It booted loaded windows just fine, updates and all that went fine. Even played some 3d stuff fine, and it was great for about 2 days.
Then I played Vanguard and it was my first session that lasted longer than a few minutes.
An hour into it my CPU shuts off. I short the green cable and it turns on, but its making a funky high pitched noise. Grabbed my meter and found nothing on the +12V line.
New PS time, got one that has 18A on each +12V rail (two) and she's happy.
So I upgrade my computer, have an ECS KN3 sli board, AMD 4600+ x2, 2GB RAM and a 7950GT (one).
It booted loaded windows just fine, updates and all that went fine. Even played some 3d stuff fine, and it was great for about 2 days.
Then I played Vanguard and it was my first session that lasted longer than a few minutes.
An hour into it my CPU shuts off. I short the green cable and it turns on, but its making a funky high pitched noise. Grabbed my meter and found nothing on the +12V line.
New PS time, got one that has 18A on each +12V rail (two) and she's happy.