I've been reading about PSUs and "rails". Do I have to be careful to somehow split the load of the various components...or are the cables already divided in such a fashion so that they won't be overloaded?
Thanks again for all the info. I might purchase it this evening. I've never swapped out a PSU before...any chance they include instructions, in English? ;). I imagine it's fairly straightforward...but I don't want to mess anything up.
I like that it's 550w...and the price isn't horrible. But the reviews don't seem so hot. Any idea if it will fit in the Dell Inspiron 530 case...or how I can find out? Thanks.
Tough call...the 500w is more than twice the price of the 430w. But I'm wondering how much of an improvement the 430w Antec is over my stock LiteOn 375w. I guess adding the extra 55w should be enough to give the PSU some breathing room.
My system is only a couple weeks old. I put the 4850 in it the night I set it up for the first time.
Anyway, it sounds like you guys are confident it's a power supply issue. What PSU should I get? Is this a good unit:
Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU 500W ATX 12V 2.0 Power Supply...
From the wiki:
When ordered with an Intel Q6600 Core 2 Quad processor, the 530 is equipped with a FoxConn G33m03 motherboard and a LiteOn 375W power supply. When ordered in any other configuration, the 530 is typically equipped with a FoxConn G33m02 motherboard and a 300W Bestec power supply...
I added an Asus EAH4850 to my new Dell Inspiron 530. It's been working fine, but just the other day I noticed an error message in the asus smartdoctor. While it used to say "Your video card is OK" it now says:
VGA's voltage is out of safe bound.
Motherboard doesn't supply reliable 12.0...
Thanks. Just wanted to make sure they were physically interchangable. Although I was also wondering if the hard drive would operate more slowly on a SATA cable as opposed to SATA II.
stupid question...I've never had a SATA system before. I'm picking up a second hard drive (the wd6400aaks) for my new Dell Inspiron 530...does it matter whether I get a SATA or SATA II cable for it? The drive is OEM so I need to buy a data cable. Thanks.
But what about a high quality 350w psu, like the stock supply in my Inspiron 530? So if the 4850 runs 125w and the Q6600 95w, that takes care of 220w, leaving 130w for the rest of the system. How many watts will 2 optical drives and 2 7200rpm HD require? I'd rather not push the psu all the...
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