Posts by Smirnoff

I dug out Oblivion to play it again after a long time, and i installed that Qarl's Texture Pack mod, and even that alone improved the looks immensely. All those mods added together seemed to murder frame rates tho. So maybe I'll just...

Can't say I've had any trouble with Steam either. Installing games, uninstalling, updating whatever. Works fine for me.

Quote:Originally Posted by lostmage;14982158 I have that same psu that just died. I got my cpu to 3.7ghz stable, but at that point is started drawing 500w, (keep in mind its a 575watt supply) and it started to burn, like whole room...

Quote:Originally Posted by Tator Tot;14823039 There' plenty of EOL units you can still get in the US, but when you start going to markets like Australia, they're not always available because they stock much lower than NCIX,...

And you should be warned, the TR2 RX models are basically plain bad PSUs. Hardware Secrets tested the 750W, and it blew up (twice, he got a second sample which failed on him too) after trying to pull max from it. At 580W ripple was...

Quote:Originally Posted by Custard;14863023 The PC Power and Cooling Silencer (What the hell is that?) is probably pretty generic and crappy. o.O Not sure if you jest, but PCP&C has never been a generic brand. Granted, I prefer...

The 38A recommendation is for a whole computer, not just the card. Anyway, a 470 card needs about 16-17A on its own, (Link), so the PSU should be ok for your rig, even with the other gfx card thrown in.

You're essentially getting the same PSU with a different sticker, but if it's what it takes.

A PSU that claims to be 500W, but sells for £13 (lowest price I found just googling it quickly) can only spell disaster. So yeah, don't risk it.

Well, I admit I might have them mixed up with some other "-max" units, so maybe I shot from the hip there. This review of a 1350W by Wolf doesn't make this particular one out to be bad, though back then he could never load stuff up to...