Problems W/ Stability

[ohGrFreak]

well, i love my raidmax case with 420PSU, and it's a steal for around 50 bucks. the case PSU is the PSU that powers my oc'd chip and oc'd vid card.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-156-137&depa=1
this case is in blue, i have the exact one in black, although i couldn't find black at newegg.

 

[Megadeth2]

Hey I like that case. It looks uber nice! Will 420W PSU hold up against 1 x 160GB IDE and 250GB SATA and 8x DVD +/- RW and Floppy and CD-Rom and a P4 520 oced to 3.73 GHz?

 

[ohGrFreak]

well, i have had my chip at 3.6ghz, with a 250 gig hdd IDE, and a overclocked 6800 to ultra specs with pipes unlocked, i also run a DVD-+R/CD-Rw drive and a soundcard, and a floppy, so hmmmm, i think it may very well hold up, but that extra SATA harddrive makes me think twice, and especially how far you want to OC your chip, that's madness!

 

[Megadeth2]

Well, the thing is, I have the right multiplier to push my chip to the future EE w/o getting too much of a temp boost. It was running at 3.73 GHz before I started having these problems. The NB voltage was 1.8V and the VCore voltage was 1.4375. The RAM did not a voltage boost to get stability since I used a 1:1 ratio and it ran at the full 266 (DDR2-533). You tell me cause I'm a fourteen year old who is on Robotix Team. I am an animator, web designer, and beginner programmer. Since this coming January, I will need to keep my computer on 24/7 during the weekends because the Robotix team needs me to host a website for their Robotix Universe database. It will be accessed by teams all over the nation. I need to get set once so I don't have to go through this again until BTX comes out.

 

[ohGrFreak]

Well, then, may I suggest at least a 500w PSU made by Antec? Very nice stuff, but it'll cost ya, I think they are around 100 bucks and then you will need a case with good airflow to keep the heat down.

actually, i found an ANtec 550w for under 103 bucks.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-103-910&depa=0

 

[Megadeth2]

Shit, that thing is expensive. Do you suggest any case/PSU combo under $100?

 

[GrayT]

Hey, P. Mantis, I wouldn't be talking cause the Barton runs hot also. I mean, 1.65V just to run a 2.167 GHz processor. That is insane!

Err, well since you didn't really describe too much about your problem when I said that maybe that was your answer, so I figured maybe the overclocking what causing the stability problems.

Sorry man, but I couldn't care less about a pissing contest between how hot yours runs and how hot mine runs. I just thought that maybe you were looking for an answer and there it was. Good luck with your computer.

 

[Megadeth2]

Sorry Gray T, my fault. No harms.