Alright so heres the story. I've had my rig in sig for a while now and I've been pretty happy with it. I have had a little trouble with it. I recently found that my 2 8800 GT's were freezing a lot bc one of them was clocked a little high on the memory. The cards would NEVER artifactr, just freeze onec or twice. What I was wonder if this single rail PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256029 would bring enough power to yield a better OC than I have. Right now I have a CM Real Power Pro 1KW PSU that has 6 12+ rails that I've actually been pretty happy with but it isn't modular. What I was wondering is would anyone else think it's worth going to this new PSU. So what are your thoughts?
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Will single rail PSU yield better OC?
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jonnyGURU
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NO. Absolutely not.
All a "multiple +12V rail PSU" is is a PSU with a single +12V rail, or sometimes two, split up into multiple +12V outputs.
There's is nothing added or removed to make anything better or worse when you have single vs. multiple +12V rails. All that's added is a current limiter, called an OCP (Over Current Protection) that tells the power supply to shut off if a certain current is exceeded.
The only "by product" of having multiple +12V rails is if whatever current whatever rail we're talking about is exceeded, the PSU shuts down as a safety measure. Your PC is freezing. Freezing, lock ups, lack of ability to OC, etc. would have nothing to do with whether your PSU had one +12V rail or several unless you were experiencing your PC completely shutting down during heavy loads.
All a "multiple +12V rail PSU" is is a PSU with a single +12V rail, or sometimes two, split up into multiple +12V outputs.
There's is nothing added or removed to make anything better or worse when you have single vs. multiple +12V rails. All that's added is a current limiter, called an OCP (Over Current Protection) that tells the power supply to shut off if a certain current is exceeded.
The only "by product" of having multiple +12V rails is if whatever current whatever rail we're talking about is exceeded, the PSU shuts down as a safety measure. Your PC is freezing. Freezing, lock ups, lack of ability to OC, etc. would have nothing to do with whether your PSU had one +12V rail or several unless you were experiencing your PC completely shutting down during heavy loads.
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Please make your own thread. I've seen you post in two other threads asking for a PSU recommendation. Just make your own thread and ask your question there.
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To the OP:
Do you have your video cards running different clock speeds? I'm not sure that won't cause the kind of problems you're seeing by itself.
Do you have your video cards running different clock speeds? I'm not sure that won't cause the kind of problems you're seeing by itself.