ROCO*AFZ* Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Today i went to play COD4 and it went to a black screen. I then got the same tone you get if you don't hook up a pci express power connector to it. I ran to best buy and grabbed a new 650watt antec and the sound went away but it has horizontal lines. Luckily the good ol server had a cheap pci express 6200 in it, but i doubt i can game with it. I'll test it tonight some just for kicks. What happened was... when i did my major upgrade i never bought a new powersupply nor checked what was in it. I thought my 550watt thermal take was in it, but apparently ... it was in the server all this time i have been running my quad core with the 8800GTX on a 430watt antec!!!! When it went today i grabbed an old 480watt neo i had sitting around... neeedless to say the draw was to much and sparks came out of it. Tonight... So next i disassembled my server... and took the 6200 pci express out of it. I get 25fps in COD4 at 800x 600... everything low... i'm surprized it actually plays it... guess the quad core makes up for it. Anyway system is working... just maybe not for gaming... guess i have to go outside for fresh air now. RMA sent to evga... but they aren't open weekends. Will update tomorrow. Figured you all would get a kick out of that. I thought my 550 thermal take was in this build... lol it was in my server. OOPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutlink Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 It's ok Roco, I've known lots of people to forget things like that. I mean, this is at the top of the list and all, but your not the only one. I actually once forgot to put RAM in on a new build before I powered it up and started checking wire connections before I realized what was missing. As for your RMA, eVGA is REALLY good about that kind of stuff. I've been using them for about 3 years now and have made use of their Step-Up program, I've RMA'd once (working on my second right now actually), and called them a few times. So far they've been very reliable and fast with excellent communication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Hey Roco, what calculator do you use to figure out how big a PSU you need for your rig? Anyhoo, I got a EVGA 8800GTX for my still unbuilt Q6600 system, and got a CoolerMaster 650W PSU which I figure should be good enough for a non-SLI system. I actually just built a Q6600/P35/2GB RAM/8500GT system last weekend that will be used for a A/V projector system in a large building. We had an Antec case bundled with a 380W PSU. My friend did some calcs on some systembuilder's website he found online, and it said the system needed 405W! Figured to be on the safe side swapped out the Antec PSU with a ThermalTake 430W PSU in another system in the same building in case the Q6600 needs more juice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Try this my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Try this my friend. 404 not found on like WK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrowmanUK Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 (edited) Theyre redid it mate http://www.journeysystems.com/?powercalc After looking at it, it does seem to be a bit out of date as far as graphics cards go but they do say they are updating it This one seems a bit more up to date http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp Edited April 18, 2008 by CrowmanUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Hey Roco, what calculator do you use to figure out how big a PSU you need for your rig? Anyhoo, I got a EVGA 8800GTX for my still unbuilt Q6600 system, and got a CoolerMaster 650W PSU which I figure should be good enough for a non-SLI system. I actually just built a Q6600/P35/2GB RAM/8500GT system last weekend that will be used for a A/V projector system in a large building. We had an Antec case bundled with a 380W PSU. My friend did some calcs on some systembuilder's website he found online, and it said the system needed 405W! Figured to be on the safe side swapped out the Antec PSU with a ThermalTake 430W PSU in another system in the same building in case the Q6600 needs more juice. The box mine came with says it recommends a 450 psu. quad a full load can draw up to 135. other comonents are less. with a gtx i would say 650 and up although if you don't max it you can get Away with less... hence my 480 lasting as long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dporter Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 It's ok Roco. It makes you seem more human now What is the return policy for EVGA? That is pretty nice that you get to return it this long after purchasing it (I think you've had it close to a year now?). I need to upgrade my video card soon and if the return policy on the evga's are nice I'll have to go with their model in a 8800gt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoQuarter Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 ^ http://www.evga.com/support/lifetime/ ____ Before the sparks started flying, how loud did the GPU tone get? Lo/hi freq? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoQuarter Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 How 'bout an update ROCO...did your RMA fly right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viiiper Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 430Eatts then 500 Watts, the PSU must of been thinking you were a work master... Quad core & 8800GTX..... THat was some PSU. I just slap a sweet 650+ and be done with guess-ti-mates (I dumped a 1000 into mine). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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