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RP500-2 and Overclocking

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Limp Gawd
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So I've had my Rosewill RP500-2 for a little over three years now. It has seen a few different components over the years, but mainly has powered my current system for about 2.5 years comprised of: E8400, MSI 8800GTS G92, DFI LANPARTY DK P35-T2RS, G.SKILL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1000 RAM, a DVD burner, and two 250GB SATA HDDs .

I've messed with overclocking my CPU and video card over time and as such my system has seen variable voltages and clock rates. I use a Zalman CNPS9500 HSF on my E8400 and was never able to obtain 4Ghz stable. I currently run my CPU at 3.6Ghz (450x8) with a Vcore of 1.39V and my 8800GTS at stock settings (I've overclocked it before but it wasn't able to do much more than stock and temperatures were high so I bumped it back down to stock speeds). Idle temperatures are around 43C for my CPU and 59C for my video card.

I'm in the middle of planning a system upgrade, but I think the first component to get would be a new power supply (I was thinking a Corsair 750TX or 850TX for 1GB GTX 460 in SLI one prices drop some more). However, what I was curious about and wondering was if my power supply would possibly be a limiting factor for my overclock, namely during gaming/benchmarking, especially given the fact that it's three years old.
 
It is possible that overclocking your system pulls too much power from the PSU and causes it to drop its voltage output and make the PC unstable. However, it's just as likely that your overclock is just being limited by the CPU itself or by the motherboard. There's no way to know for sure without replacing the PSU. In any case, doing so would be a good idea since that particular Rosewill model is not very good.
 
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