daniel Posted October 31, 2004 Posted October 31, 2004 (edited) Well... guys i got 160 bucks to spend.. on things.... Well, my machine is suffering of overheat, i have a generic power supply, My machine is suffering of something.. the only thing tha ti know is that it has suddent Screen shut downs and the screen goes into saving mode.... So gimme a list of things that i can get with 160 bucks that would help me fix my probs thx Here is a image with my machine current specs EDIT: Some Additional Things CPU ZONE TEMP Idle: 41-44 Full Load: 64 and OVER I turned 2 FAH consoles... and in about in 4 min the temp went from 42 to 65 VGA temp 71 ***ALl temps are in CElcius*** Edited October 31, 2004 by daniel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvaderTrax Posted October 31, 2004 Posted October 31, 2004 Well, your video card's your system's weakest part. A powersupply would be a good idea too, but I'd get a different video card first. You could always get a 9600XT and a Fortron powersupply Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeder Posted October 31, 2004 Posted October 31, 2004 First thing you need to do is fix that screen/computer black-out problem first. It could be alot of things that could be screwing your comp over: heat, bad oc, bad ram, bad psu, bad mobo, bad chip, etc... Good luck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted October 31, 2004 Posted October 31, 2004 Ive made 2 topics about the "black outs" and really im not getting that much help.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentorange Posted October 31, 2004 Posted October 31, 2004 Heat, you listed load temps in the 60's. Try the mid 40's. You fix that, and I bet your shutdowns go away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asus Posted October 31, 2004 Posted October 31, 2004 Well, your video card's your system's weakest part. A powersupply would be a good idea too, but I'd get a different video card first. You could always get a 9600XT and a Fortron powersupply deff a psu.. with all that power hungry crap you got.. a generic psu does not cut ti.. i suggest a themaltake pure power 420W at new egg for 39 bucks. it does me good with more power hungry stuff then you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobalt Posted October 31, 2004 Posted October 31, 2004 With $160 you can get a nice PSU and which ever heat pipe cooler from thermalright that fits your board for your cpu, and i bet you and your machine will sing in harmony Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted October 31, 2004 Posted October 31, 2004 Get a good heat sink fan and get those temps lower (what thermal paste are you using and how did you apply it) and as mentioned a better power supply. Is this 3.6 a presscott? Do you have good air flow through the case? What fans? How many? This could be a number of things causing this problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted October 31, 2004 Posted October 31, 2004 it doesnt matter now.... Now it doesnt even turn on.... I press the power button... the screen goes in saving mode.. and the HDD led never turns off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overclockersdream Posted October 31, 2004 Posted October 31, 2004 supporting kobalt, you should get your self a new CPU cooler and some new thermalpaste, i recommend getting your self a Thermaltake Silentboost, its about 27 dollars and soem artic silver Thermal paste for about $11.00 you can find all of these on newegg.com for cheap. that should be your main concern... video can wait, as far as the psu go with the recommended earlier Thermaltake Silent purpower 420 W, or you can pay a lil extra and get the 480 W (the one i own) either is good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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