Help me Upgrade!

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diesiel

Limp Gawd
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(Already posted this in a different subform, hope i dont get in trouble)

Hey guys, heres my current rig:

Gigabyte EP45-UD3R
E4300 @ 2.7 Ghz (tuniq)
4 gigs of G.skill dual channel ram.
Corsair 520HX PSU
8800 GTS 320

Couple of issues;

1)My CPU is becoming quite dated and i simply need more multitasking/processing power.

How does the Q6600 look right now? I think the 2 extra cores will really help me with my work and i probably need a little more steam (3.0ghz+). How does it OC? Do i need a specific Stepping?

2). I have a STROOOONG suspicion that my PSU is crapping out on me. Firstly, my old mobo+ram mysteriously died. Now my USB ports are randomly shutting off (Which in turn shuts off my internet and i have to replug the adapter like 10 times for it to work again). I get random BSODS and restarts. all of this still happen on stock settings so its not the OCING. What kind of power supply should i look into getting? I was looking at the Antec Neo HE500?


I'm a cheap guy, so the best price/performance ratio is key for me. Please ask any questions that you need to. Thanks guys.
 
don't those corsairs have like a five year warranty, that's the reason I got mine, send it into them so they can check it out
 
the corsairs do have a 5 year warranty and they are very good PSUs. Now thats not to say that yours might not be slowly dieing. Do you have a multimeter that you could test the voltage with? See if it putting out about the right voltage? Do you have another PSU you could use just to test? Then you could swap PSUs and see if the USB quits shutting off.

Could it be that your USB adapter is going bad?
 
1) Seeing as how the Q6600 is nearly the same price it was a year ago, its looking overpriced, but still good if you want to OC to 3.2+Ghz. :p Despite looking overpriced, its still one of the best bang for buck chips. I don't think there are any B3 steppings left out there, so you don't need to look for a G0 unless you go used.

2) The Corsair is a much better unit than the Antec Neo 500W. Either RMA your Corsair and get a UPS, or you may just have the same problem with your next PSU. Of course, I'm just guessing that you don't have a UPS nor a line conditioner or something with AVR, so correct me if I'm wrong.
 
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