Recent content by Gustave5436

Your PSU should be fine for a 9800GT. My guess is that the video card itself is having problems.

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Antec.com - NeoPower 550 SpecSheet max of 504W on the +12v rails, 504/12= 42 total amperes, only one more than the corsair 550vx. The 550vx is also single rail, unlike the Antec.

P35 is fairly old now. Go with the P5Q.

Scan Computers UK: 550w Corsair VX Series PSU, ATX, PS/2, 5 year Warranty - see specs 55 pounds.

The 4870 is almost as good as a GTX 280 but $100 cheaper.

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AnandTech: The Radeon HD 4850 & 4870: AMD Wins at $199 and $299 Based on the power consumption listed in that article I think the 620hx should be able to run crossfired 4870s.

Corsair 620w SLI Certified Modular ATX Power Supply - CMPSU-620HX - Buy.com modular but only $120. Factory overclocked just means they set it higher than the reference design. It's not going to spontaneously fail or anything just because it's set slightly higher.

Newegg.com - PNY VCGGTX260XPB GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards $215 after the $30 MIR

That PSU is expensive. Get a corsair 750TX for $84 after the $20 MIR. Corsair TX 750W ATX 12V Power Supply - CMPSU-750TX - Buy.com edit: yea, it's not modular, but it's much less expensive, and I'd rather spend $100 on faster components than getting a few unnecessary cables out of the way...

I don't know about the 4650, but the 4670 would be a huge improvement. However, there's a 9800GT for $100 after MIR you might consider: Newegg.com - MSI N9800GT 512M OC GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

motherboard: Biostar I45 CPU: Q9550 graphics card: 4870X2 RAM: 4GB DDR2 PSU: corsair 750TX Amounting to ~$1250 or so The CPU and graphics card I listed are a bit expensive in my opinion, you could drop down to a Q6600 and 1 GB 4870 or something. Just because you have a 2k budget doesn't mean...

Is the $100 premium for the modular one really worth it? Particularly since you say you're on a budget. So you got unlucky with those other PSUs and lucky with enermax. That's not reason to waste $100 on an unnecessarily expensive PSU.

Get a 750TX for half the price. Corsair TX 750W ATX 12V Power Supply - CMPSU-750TX - Buy.com $83 after $20 MIR yet a bit superior to the PSU you have listed. Not modular though.