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Sempei said:There is also a middle of the road Antec 350w PS priced in the mid $50 range. Actually just bought one to replace my 250w PS.
DDRpower said:Well I have a antec 300watt psu that came along with my case, and I been having problem with the psu, here is the stuff I'm running
Athlon 1.4 @1.6 (or higher if possible)
Abit KG7
2x256MB DDR
Gainward Geforce3
DVD,CDRW
SCSI card
modem
Floppy
2 120mm fan
80mm fan
USB speakers
USB mouse
(watercooled so no HSF)
is that too much for a 300watt psu???
donny_paycheck said:
No, I don't think so. I ran almost the same config (mobo, ram, cpu, vid card) for a while with the same psu you have and it worked fine. Check the motherboard health values in cmos and see how the +5 and +12v legs are.
If it's off by that much then it could very well be. Since the +5vdc line is the most critical it's stressed especially in overclocking...because that's where the core voltage comes from for the CPU.DDRpower said:
Well I know my +5 value is kind of off when I overclock, the +5 value is at about 4.90. but it's normal when I set my CPU at stock speed. I was told that my psu was not giving enough power thats why I encounter sudden reboots when I overclock my CPU.
WarriorII said:So, by doing the 5v mod, it will definately help stability?