Hi all
Till very recently, I had a Intel Pentium D based machine with ATI Radeon 4850 HD GPU, 2 GB DDR2 RAM and a 250GB PATA HDD with all the usual peripherals, the most significant one being a TV Turner card… and I used the Corsair VX 450W SMPS to power the rig…
Recently, I upgraded to an AMD Phenom II X4 based machine with a 1 TB SATA HDD, 8 GB DDR3 RAM but I retained the old GPU and the SMPS along with all the minor peripherals… but the system won’t remain stable when I try to put any significant load on it, ie when I try and play the latest games it crashes…
The end result is that the screen goes blank and the GPU ends up becoming hot as hell… I had the same problem some years ago when the retailer tried to lump on me a $hitty iBall SMPS for my then nVidia 9600 GT based GPU but I came here and the good people on this forum suggested that I go in for my current SMPS, the Corsair VX 450W, and life had been good uptill now… so from what I can make out, its got something to do with the SMPS and after doing some research of my own, I have identified the Corsair VX 550W as a possible candidate for upgrade…
The question being… if the problem is to do with the SMPS, then will the VX 550W be the adequate replacement for the VX 450W taking into account my specifications? Also, a friend of mine told me that my current SMPS should be able to take the load of my new system, which lead to me think that maybe there may be some compatibility issues between the old GPU and the newer motherboard, although the retailer assures me that the two are 100% compatible, but I would definitely appreciate anyone here’s take on it…
my new motherboard is the Asus M5A 78L-M LE… and yes I know it’s a cheap one, but I had to employ budgetary constrains somewhere
Till very recently, I had a Intel Pentium D based machine with ATI Radeon 4850 HD GPU, 2 GB DDR2 RAM and a 250GB PATA HDD with all the usual peripherals, the most significant one being a TV Turner card… and I used the Corsair VX 450W SMPS to power the rig…
Recently, I upgraded to an AMD Phenom II X4 based machine with a 1 TB SATA HDD, 8 GB DDR3 RAM but I retained the old GPU and the SMPS along with all the minor peripherals… but the system won’t remain stable when I try to put any significant load on it, ie when I try and play the latest games it crashes…
The end result is that the screen goes blank and the GPU ends up becoming hot as hell… I had the same problem some years ago when the retailer tried to lump on me a $hitty iBall SMPS for my then nVidia 9600 GT based GPU but I came here and the good people on this forum suggested that I go in for my current SMPS, the Corsair VX 450W, and life had been good uptill now… so from what I can make out, its got something to do with the SMPS and after doing some research of my own, I have identified the Corsair VX 550W as a possible candidate for upgrade…
The question being… if the problem is to do with the SMPS, then will the VX 550W be the adequate replacement for the VX 450W taking into account my specifications? Also, a friend of mine told me that my current SMPS should be able to take the load of my new system, which lead to me think that maybe there may be some compatibility issues between the old GPU and the newer motherboard, although the retailer assures me that the two are 100% compatible, but I would definitely appreciate anyone here’s take on it…
my new motherboard is the Asus M5A 78L-M LE… and yes I know it’s a cheap one, but I had to employ budgetary constrains somewhere