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CaptainCox
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 Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 11:13 Post subject: My Tagan 800W quit on me. |
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I guess it was a matter of time. One of the fans have been making strange noises for some time, especially at boot up. Today when I fired up the PC, it just died after bios load. I managed to load Vista once or so, then blip!.
1st I panicked and thought it was the mobo or something (major operation as I am watercooling=warranty void) The LED next to the RAM modules where just sitting on red. Tried with other RAM sticks, same...then in desperation I ripped out my Son's 600W OCZ PSU (He is sleeping over at friends  ) And God be praised it worked.
I will have to buy a new one 1st thing after work in the morn, as my Son will have me hung by my ball bags If I don't fix it. Actually that might even happen today when he gets home  .
As I need the PC today to scan some sketches and work in Photoshop I have a pretty good excuse .
Thinking to get a Tagan Piperock 800w (they have it in stock at my fav PC shop here in Frankfurt (K&M)
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 12:00 Post subject: |
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Just noticed!. My mouse is sort a freezing/skipping when ever i do stuff. Its just sort a for a micro second, but enough to be totally annoying. Have the latest drivers etc.
Wonder if it's the PSU 600W that is the cause of this.
Running
EVGA 8800GTX
8x fans (4x120mm for watercooling) 1xCorsair cooler (3x minifans) 2x120mm in top of my case 1x120 at the HD cage.
12VLiang Pump
4x HD's (2x raptors SATA) (1xWD 350GB SATA) (1xWD USB)
2x2Gb Corsair dominators 1066Mhz
Creative Fatality Extreme Gamer FPS
Ideas?
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 12:02 Post subject: |
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what you get for not buying a pc power & cooling 
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 12:09 Post subject: |
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Well that ol 800W Tagan have lasted me almost 3 years. But what is annoying the crap out me now is this dam mouse lag (see 2nd post)
Also noticed the the sound sort a stutters/clicks in sync with the mouse micro freeze...The Ram shows up ok, but...hm, no idea.
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 12:28 Post subject: |
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I got a Antec TruePower Quattro 850W after reading quite a few complimenting reviews. I wanted to have juice when I upgrade my PC.
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 13:02 Post subject: |
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This shop don't have Antec PSU's, only cases etc. As i need it PRONTO! i guess i am a bit limited as what they have in stock.
Update on the stuttering problem. I forgot to connect the DVD burner, it was connected with the SATA cable but no SATA power cable  .
All ok now.
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 15:24 Post subject: |
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guys...
i don`t get it, really....
YOU NEVER EVER NEED 800 WATT PSU!!!!
If you dont do crossfire/sli a 400W quality psu will awlways do the job. even with a 280 GTX.
Get a good silent quality psu ~ 500 W and you will be fine.
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 16:35 Post subject: |
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Planing to buy a 4870x2 x2 Maybe at least one and then we see.
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 18:03 Post subject: |
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The stuttering happened after I installed my Son's 600W OCZ. Fixed it as I forgot to plug in the DVD burner (Mentioned earlier in this thread)
All works as it should now. I also reinstalled the BIOS and Chipset drivers...just to be sure.
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 19:45 Post subject: |
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| AwE wrote: | guys...
i don`t get it, really....
YOU NEVER EVER NEED 800 WATT PSU!!!!
If you dont do crossfire/sli a 400W quality psu will awlways do the job. even with a 280 GTX.
Get a good silent quality psu ~ 500 W and you will be fine. |
When you overclock your CPU, have multiple hard disks and intend on running high-end graphics cards, you'd be surprised you actually do need those high-end PSUs (my 600W OCZ PSU blew up because I asked too much of it). So, maybe for your one 320GB HD and default clocked CPU, you may be fine with a silent PSU. But saying one would never need such a PSU, that's plain ignorant. |
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 22:50 Post subject: |
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| deelix wrote: | I blame Vista  |
Perhaps Israeli power is different. [<< ] |
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 23:25 Post subject: |
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Wow. Read the reviews...and its in stock!...now you got me thinking here . Cheers!.
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Aug 2008 20:32 Post subject: |
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Turned out that the website of that shop was showing false info. The Enermax was not in stock. So I went for the original plan and bought the Tagan 800 Piperock.
Looks a bit like the Circus was in in town...but she does the job .
...DAM! i need a new case. will get one after I get my 4870x2 .
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Aug 2008 22:00 Post subject: |
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Get a Thermaltake Armor. You have so much stuff in there, as do I, so you'd benefit a lot from a full-tower case.
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 07:02 Post subject: |
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120€...acceptable i think. Its pretty quiet. Well hard to say as I have so many fans for my Radiator .
Will probably get a Silverstone TJ07. Like the design and it has super build quallity.
EXAMPLE OF TJ07 WC PROJECT
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