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I know people always go on about how using cheap PSUs can kill your gran and rape your dog, etcetera, but I'm on a severe budget and I need a new PSU. I'm running four hard drives, a DVDRW drive, dual-core AMD and an overclocked 7900GTO. I figure I'll need at least 550W because I'm on 430W and it's just not enough, my system is nowhere near stable. Any recommendations?
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What's the best motherboard that:
...? One with integrated graphics would be a nice bonus, too.
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Mar 3, 2008 20:13
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pockets posted:None really. You'll have to add an IDE controller card to almost any motherboard nowadays to get a second IDE channel. And forget about overclocking with any motherboard that has integrated graphics. Okay, well what if I drop the IDE channel requirements and the integrated graphics? I don't mind buying an IDE card. It's just that I've got 2 IDE HDDs and 2 DVDRW drives that it would be a shame to lose.
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Mar 4, 2008 12:31
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Okay okay okay, lets ignore the IDE drives. I'll sort that out in the future. My question still stands about what motherboard to get though. What's the best one for futureproofing that isn't retardedly overpriced? I want to get something decent since my last two motherboards severely limited my upgrade potential (AGP and s939 respectively)
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Mar 4, 2008 16:14
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I've got a core2duo E6400 that seems to run very hot. With the stock cooler and at stock settings, it was at about 55c at idle and shooting up to 80 under load. I've since replaced the cooler with a Scythe Ninja and Arctic Freeze 5, and it's now idling at about 45c and hitting about 65 under load. And this is at stock settings again, no overclocking. When I check the temps from the BIOS they always seem reasonable, around 32c. But using CoreTemp or any other program from within Windows I get very high ones. Does this just mean the sensors on my motherboard are dodgy? Or could it even be a driver issue? Surely my PC would shut down if the temperatures were really reaching 80c? Is it safe to ignore these and do some overclocking? Could an overloaded power supply cause anything like this? I'm on a 420W Antec one but I've got 4 HDDs, 1 DVDRW, the aforementioned CPU, 2gb RAM and a Geforce 8800GTS 512mb running on it. And loads of case fans.
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