Wizard Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Ok, got a new SATA drive installed. Afterwards, computer starts rebooting randomly. 9800 Pro fo shizzleAthlon 64 3200+ oc'd a bit4 HDDs1 Optical Drive 350 Watt PSU New Powersupply right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Yes, I would say so. 4 HDD's need a lot more power than a 350 Watt PSU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_cinder Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Here here, I have a 400w PSU......on my like 6 year old P4. 350w isn't enough for all those drives and a video card that consumes extra power of it's own.Your CPU on an average load NOT overclocked eats 85+ watts of it's own. I'd advise you to upgrade to a 500w PSU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibathedog Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 and if your like me, whenever you buy a new PSU, you use it as an excuse for a new badass case (Case/PSU combos are pretttttyy cheap nowadays) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 Found my way around it. The surges stopped when I reverted my 3200 too stock. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 if you oc the cpu it sonsumes more power as well. So a new psu could help anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibathedog Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 i forgot to say this in another topic you posted in, so ill say it now, Nice avatar Madman I would at least have a 400 watt PSU, you might have problems with alot of USB stuff plugged in too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 if you oc the cpu it sonsumes more power as well. So a new psu could help anywayWhat are you, captain obvious, of course I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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