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HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
i was playing a game when suddenly my pc swtiched off....my mouse still had its led lit but my computer wouldnt turn on so i changed my motherbioard and it still wouldnt turn on...i had overclocked my q6600 to 3.42 Ghz and the voltage to 1.38v a day earlier and the temp didnt go over 65c at full load also the day earlier i applied some thermalpaste which helped the system stay cool but i had a cheap 450watt psu with hd4850...i think its either my psu that fried or more likly my cpu..however when i looked at my cpu it didnt have any burn marks any ideas?
i was using the ga-p31-s3g mobo
thanks
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
are you sure its not your PSU?
I would 100% say PSU here
Q6600 OC and that graphics card on a "cheap PSU" is asking for trouble.
You could have done more damage.
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
thats what im thinking but why would the led in my mouse still be lit when it is connected
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
I have had the motherboard lights on but no boot duw to PSU issues. They run on rails, one rail goes then it won't boot (depending on what rail is bust)
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
ok thanks..thts what my friend said aswell ill try and get a new psu tommrow i just really hope my expensive q6600 aint fried
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
yep turns out my psu fried
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
DId you get a 'branded' psu this time?
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Glad you got to the bottom of your problem.
I would have thought PSU first as you would have smelt and known something was seriously wrong if the CPU went south.
Get a good solid make PSU this time round. Corsiar , OCZ , Thermaltake , Seasonic all do nice high end modular PSU's nowdays for a reasonable price.
McT
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
corsair hx520 is a good start :)
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
i got the ez-cool 650 watt with 2 pci-e connectors for only £23 :mrgreen:
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
i got the ez-cool 650 watt with 2 pci-e connectors:mrgreen:
Are you serious?
If so send it back and get a quality psu as recommended by McstylisT. The corsair VX450 or anything similar should be fine for you.
You are asking for trouble if you put that ezcool psu in your pc. They have been well known to blow up and take out other components.
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
i got the ez-cool 650 watt with 2 pci-e connectors for only £23 :mrgreen:
No, you must be kidding!
That's no better than the 'cheapy psu' you had in the first place.
Do what shadowmaster, McstylisT and inonefly mentioned above.
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
ok thanks for the heads up but all of thos psus cost alot
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Originally Posted by
morda8
ok thanks for the heads up but all of thos psus cost alot
You pay for quality. :) I understand its very tempting to skimp on psu's, but trust me there is one part of the pc you dont skimp on and thats the psu.
Check around at scan 'today only', they often have this superb fsp 700watt psu for around £30 inc delivery, so if you have a tight budget that psu is ideal :)
You can get a good solid psu for around £30 to £45.
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
ok wots the best psu i can get for £30
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
ok wots the best psu i can get for £25
I would look for something second hand at that price... or something from FSP or Xclio - both make cheap & solid PSUs
I would seriously consider saving up and getting a better one though - you spend £100s on the other components, so why risk it by being cheap over an extra £20?
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
i got the ez-cool 650 watt with 2 pci-e connectors for only £23 :mrgreen:
I honestly thought this thread was a wind up when I got to this point.
EZ-Cool are known to be one of the poorest PSUs about ;)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
ok wots the best psu i can get for £25
Quite simply, increase your budget. If you have spent the money on a Q6600, spend the money on making sure its powered properly.
Having said that, Scan often have deals on their FSP range of PSU's. They are very stable and very reliable. Keep checking their "Today Only" page :)
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
SiM
ez-cool :lol:
:laugh:
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Originally Posted by
morda8
ok wots the best psu i can get for £30
You coulda had the 700W FSP one for £25 (I think?) on Scans Today only a few days ago. It comes on regularly so you'll just have to check and see if it's there or request it to be put up.
Like others have said why risk losing your components over £20 more. If you don't really think that the extra money and quality of the PSU makes a difference keep on running that EZ-Cool and you'll probably find out soon enough :)
Lucky first time that the PSU didn't take out any parts but the more PSU failures you get the more likely it will take something each time :D
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Originally Posted by
morda8
ok thanks for the heads up but all of thos psus cost alot
And why do you think that is? Or to turn it round, why do you think the EZCool is so cheap? Because it is built down to a price.
How much would it cost to replace the mobo, CPU and GPU if a cheap and nasty PSU took them out?
Do yourself a favour and get a better PSU - look on it as insurance. Corsair are good, they have a 5yr warranty, and their customer support is good if you do have a problem.
Yiou aren't going to get anything good for £30 in the power range you are looking at. Someone suggested the Corsair VX450 - about £45 - and that is about the best value for money you will get. Seasonic, Corsair, FSP and Enermax are all pretty good makes.
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Originally Posted by
moogle
:laugh:
700W FSP one for £25 (I think?) on Scans Today only a few days ago. It comes on regularly so you'll just have to check and see if it's there or request it to be put up.
seen it for 35 other day but still is good price for 700watt solid psu :)
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
Let me get this straight? You were using an EZ-Cool and magically dodged one bullet, then you went and bought another ONE!?
Good luck, seriously, good luck.
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Originally Posted by
CrazyMonkey
Let me get this straight? You were using an EZ-Cool and magically dodged one bullet, then you went and bought another ONE!?
Good luck, seriously, good luck.
Nah he was using a cheap PSU and it bust on him (didn't mention how long he's had it) and now he's decided to protect his investment with EZ-Cool! :mrgreen:
He hasn't mentioned if the other parts are working yet. Maybe he's only tested the PSU and the other parts could still be dead too.
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Originally Posted by
morda8
i got the ez-cool 650 watt with 2 pci-e connectors for only £23 :mrgreen:
*face-palm*
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
TAKTAK
*face-palm*
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/3...heforceek8.gif
That should get him thinking straight!
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Originally Posted by
CrazyMonkey
Let me get this straight? You were using an EZ-Cool and magically dodged one bullet, then you went and bought another ONE!?
Good luck, seriously, good luck.
emm i had winpower lol...and my older pc had its psu blown 2 years ago and i bought a cheap psu for it aswell and it still works till this very day and my older pc works 24/7
and btw all of my parts are fully working so far
when ill upgrade my mobo ill get a nice little crosair but for now im stuck for cash
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Originally Posted by
morda8
emm i had winpower lol...and my older pc had its psu blown 2 years ago and i bought a cheap psu for it aswell and it still works till this very day and my older pc works 24/7 and btw all of my parts are fully working so far
Notice the trend? Quite alot of psu blowups there. I've only had 1 and that was on a IBM PC with Win95 hard switch PC. I found out at the "You can turn your PC off now" screen that you could switch it off and on quickly that it would still stay on :mrgreen:
The foot long PSU didn't like it and boom it went! Boy did they go bang back in the days.
Anyway you should be praying that this EZ-Cool doesn't go boom either as you might not be as fortunate this time. Most likely the overclock on the cpu and the graphics card current pull was too much for it. Leave your CPU at stock while your on the EZ-Cool to decrease your chances of it blowing up.
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
why oh why?
You are the type of guy who would buy two of these..
http://digilander.libero.it/gdcgroup...uicide_gun.jpg
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
moogle
Notice the trend? Quite alot of psu blowups there. I've only had 1 and that was on a IBM PC with Win95 hard switch PC. I found out at the "You can turn your PC off now" screen that you could switch it off and on quickly that it would still stay on :mrgreen:
The foot long PSU didn't like it and boom it went! Boy did they go bang back in the days.
Anyway you should be praying that this EZ-Cool doesn't go boom either as you might not be as fortunate this time. Most likely the overclock on the cpu and the graphics card current pull was too much for it. Leave your CPU at stock while your on the EZ-Cool to decrease your chances of it blowing up.
yh thts how my other psu blew up by overclocking my q6600 but today i returned tht overclocking mobo (wasnt fully compatible with my memory) and now i have the most generic mobo thtat doesnt even let u overclock ur cpu
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Originally Posted by
morda8
yh thts how my other psu blew up by overclocking my q6600
You had another one blow up? Or is that the one that you just blew up and started this thread on.
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
moogle
You had another one blow up? Or is that the one that you just blew up and started this thread on.
yh its the one i started the thread with......ok everyone in this thread convinced me ill go back to the shop tommrow return my ez-cool and if they take it back ill save up for a crosair
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
ok wots the best psu i can get for £30
In pure honesty you are not going to get a good solid PSU for £30. :surprised:
Think of your other system components. They are pretty decent and you want the best constant power form them too right. Continuing to use low grade PSU's could make problems like this happen more regularly. Next time it could take your ram , motherboard , CPU with it ,, even all.
I recommend better but the best one i found on a budget was this one here : http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=462689
Again not my best choice , but brand named and solid performance.
McT :telephone:
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
is it still the general:
the actual wattage of the ezcools is half its advertised?
even though wattage doesn't matter...
to see why we are all against ezcool grab something to monitor the voltage down the rails... a good PSU will keep them nice and stable under extreme load.
take for example the corsair VX450w IIRC that can give out 700w peak stable....
but when buying a PSU you cannot and must not go by the wattage.. the PSU needs to be powerful enough to chuck lots 'o amps down those rails... and it should also have inbuilt protection for in the event it did blow up.. but the EZCools have none of this...
they are just very generic PSU's in a nice box and braided cables....
but as has been said, keep an eye on scans today only section for the FSP 700w, which comes down to a nice cheap price, and is a stable PSU...
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
yh its the one i started the thread with......ok everyone in this thread convinced me ill go back to the shop tommrow return my ez-cool and if they take it back ill save up for a crosair
You won't regretting the Corsair. Also bookmark this page or remember it and check it each weekday at 1-2pm when it changes. You'll see PSU's on there at discount prices but for 1 day only. The FSP ones are around £30 and theres XClio ones on there at times. If you have 20 posts you'll be able to get free delivery and buy one of those and your system won't be sitting around gathering dust.
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
ok then how much does a 520watt crosair cost then? btw what should i say when i return my ez-cool?
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
ok then how much does a 520watt crosair cost then? btw what should i say when i return my ez-cool?
£68 but you don't need a 520w one. My system doesn't use 400w even. the VX450 would be decent for you.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=644038
or
Enermax are another good make.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=777993
Only thing is they aren't modular which would be helpful if you have a teeny case (even helps in big cases too) but you can't have it all somethings gotta give. Anyway we're not trying to make you waste money we're just trying to help. If you think what we're saying isn't of any use then you could always risk the EZ-Cool and see how long it lasts.
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
they better not fail me or ill kick someone in the nuts....(i only spend loads of money on cpu and gpu everything else i buy cheap)
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
lol i have always buy the best psu I can afford, it doesnt need upgrade very often
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Originally Posted by
morda8
they better not fail me or ill kick someone in the nuts....(i only spend loads of money on cpu and gpu everything else i buy cheap)
you can't guarantee they won't fail you but they have a damn higher success rate and longevity than any EZ-Cool or cheap PSU. + and they have better protection in case of a blowout reducing the chances of you losing your parts.
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
see if ez-cool cost 100 quid would u approve it?
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Originally Posted by
morda8
see if ez-cool cost 100 quid would u approve it?
1000% no :mad:
however.. if the corsairs were £20, i'd buy fifty :D
edit: the extra '0' was accidental... but oh well, it still stands :laugh:
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
see if ez-cool cost 100 quid would u approve it?
No lol.
Then it would be 100/23 times more of a ripoff. Have a think why it's so cheap. Here's an example to get you understanding.
Question: Why didn't you buy a cheaper graphics card?
Like this one? http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=799625
It's cheaper than a 4850.
Answer: It's not as powerful, hence the cheapness. You wouldn't even get 3000 3DMarks. Whereas with a 4850 you would and some.
Understand a bit more now why the EZ Cool is so cheap? We don't recommend them based on their price but because they are more stable and unlikely to blow up and take your parts with it. If you still can't comprehend the reasoning, then stick with the EZ Cool and post back with the results when it blows up.
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
tbh the ez cool wont blow up unless i xfire or overclock which i do none of at the moment but i am going to oc my cpu so im gona return ez cool tommrow and if they take it ill invest in a good psu
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
tbh the ez cool wont blow up unless i xfire or overclock
willing to put money on that one?
it could probably find a way of exploding just by looking at it...
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
u know wot i myt do ill keep it for a year and see what happens:juggle:
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
tbh the ez cool wont blow up unless i xfire or overclock
You said in previous posts your older pc's psu blew up too. was that naturally or were you overclocking on it and stressing it. The EZ-Cool will just take longer to explode if you weren't overclocking or crossfiring. However it would a) Provide you with unstable voltages. b) Have a bad efficiency causing you to pay more money over the years making that cheap psu not so cheap.
Read this http://forums.hexus.net/help-technic...-exploded.html
Our shadowmaster has had a brush with one of these PSU's so he knows what he's talking about.
I think the EZ-Cools and others are still being sold by retailers so customers like yourself can buy one, blow up their components, then come back to spend more money. It's the only logical reason why they'd sell it.
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Originally Posted by
morda8
u know wot i myt do ill keep it for a year and see what happens:juggle:
Ughh..
Guess the Obi-Wan mug to the head wasn't enough.
Well then you keep the EZ-Cool, spend the money on a good compatible motherboard and run the PC overclocked like on the previous cheap PSU. Most likely we won't hear back with a reply if it does blow up because you won't want to be hearing "We told you so" :)
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nah im my older pc which i still have was never overclocked but its psu failed cos it came under too much stress when i launched a powerful game
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Originally Posted by
morda8
nah im my older pc which i still have was never overclocked but its psu failed cos it came under too much stress when i launched a powerful game
Normal PSU's don't perform like that....
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Originally Posted by
morda8
u know wot i myt do ill keep it for a year and see what happens:juggle:
but your risking everything else in the case.. to save £10 or so....
if it goes and your not lucky next time, then you could lose all the data on your HDD (precious photos and things) all your hardware, trip out the circuit in the house, cause a fire (possibly), require you to buy all new kit... or the whole shabang.. and with the cheap PSU you are losing money in the mean time as it has lower efficiency...
so the £10 that you have saved now could turn into £400+ in the future........
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is there any good psu on tht list:
http://www.budgetcomputers.biz/catal...cd1d0871b465aa
thts the shop i bought my psu from
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
:lol::lol::lol::lol:
Shop name says it all.
The Coolermaster is the best on that list £5 more and you can get the Corsair from scan though.
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
true the shop is bad i bought most of my stuff off ebay for cheap tho
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
You have been given solid advice from the above (taktak, moogle, etc) and it would be really unwise not to accept to. Once you buy a good quality psu, you are pretty much done, it will be the only component you wont need to upgrade for years. The hassle you will get when that joke of a psu blows up, is not worth the £30 you saved.
If you bought the psu in the last couple of days then go back and say you want to buy another more expensive one, most shops would accept that (as long as the psu is unused). Also look around on the classified section of this forum or on ebay, you can find some good bargains there.
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
did you order it online?
if so you can return it under DSG...
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Originally Posted by
TAKTAK
did you order it online?
if so you can return it under DSG...
nah bought it from their actual shop aint too far away from me
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Originally Posted by
moogle
The Coolermaster is the best on that list £5 more and you can get the Corsair from scan though.
aye... and thats the only one i'd touch...
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
ok ill buy the coolmaster psu from their shop
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
see if ez-cool cost 100 quid would u approve it?
Nope, even if I got one free I wouldn't use it.
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
wots better coolmaster or corsair
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
wots better coolmaster or corsair
Corsair
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Originally Posted by
morda8
true the shop is bad i bought most of my stuff off ebay for cheap tho
Well if you got such good bargains I'm sure you'd be devastated to see it go down the drain over the savings of £20-30. If you really are strapped for cash then after all that expensive stuff has gone you probably won't be able to buy one of similiar power and you'll have to revert to a way way slower one.
PSU's aren't something to skimp on when you build the PC. Other parts you can skimp on as much as you wan't usually things like motherboards, cpus, graphics cards and hard drives won't damage other components. But the PSU can damage all of them so easily.
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Originally Posted by
morda8
wots better coolmaster or corsair
corsair
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
but is corsair much better than coolmaster or just a little and whats better abt it
in other words should i play 5 quid more for less wattage?
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Originally Posted by
morda8
wots better coolmaster or corsair
corsair anyday...
there was a case on this forum a few weeks back where a guys computer was taken out by a dodgy cable (that had been made specially for the person) accidentaly sent to them by corsair (was for the HX1000W), and corsair just replaced everything even tho they had no legalobligation to..
if your ezcool took everything out then that is it...
corsair = alot more support in the unlikely event that the corsair unit fails..
also.. you are eligible for free shipping from scan... just to let you know...
just look at the 'new build' threads to see what gets reccomended.. 7 times out of 10 it is a corsair or enermax..
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Originally Posted by
morda8
but is corsair much better than coolmaster or just a little and whats better abt it
in other words should i play 5 quid more for less wattage?
5 year warranty and the after sales support. it's a good solid psu. the coolermaster isn't bad either but the corsair is generally better.
The corsair one is modular too meaning you don't need to have all the cables you don't need in your case.
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
ill just go for the coolmaster
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
I really hope this guy actually heeds our advice, otherwise, what is the point of asking for help?
The power supply isn't just something you can get a cheap one of... its the one thing standing between a stable system and an explosion.
If you don't want to take peoples advice here, then just say so, people have gone out of their way to help you. And as already said, FSP do good PSUs for cheap on scans today only offers sometimes, otherwise, you'll need to pick up something a little more expensive like a VX450 from Corsair.
You have been lucky in the past with your PSU's blowing up and not taking your system out. I can back it up that cheap PSU's blow even on low end systems. 3 in total before I realised. Thanks to the people on this forum they steered me to the reliable brands and I've taken there advice, I suggest you do to for your own good.
No-one on here is a salesman for any of the companies mentioned, and gain nothing by reccommending you products. If you want their help, trust them.
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Originally Posted by
morda8
tbh the ez cool wont blow up unless i xfire or overclock which i do none of at the moment but i am going to oc my cpu so im gona return ez cool tommrow and if they take it ill invest in a good psu
Please buddy, listen to what these guys are saying :)
EZ-Cool = EZ-Death. It really is as simple as that. We are not blowing it out of proportion, these things really do happen.
There is little point to buying an expensive CPU and GPU and then everything else on the cheap. Its simply false economy. When you factor in the price : performance ratio of lower/mid end CPUs to high end ones, the value usually rapidly falls off. Save a bit of money on the CPU and spend it on a decent PSU and motherboard.
Generally speaking, a well rounded system is much better than a mismatched one :)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
yes!
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Re: HELP-I THINK I FRIED MY Q6600 (Go steping)
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Originally Posted by
morda8
yes :)
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ok lets pray tht "budget computers" gives me full refund
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morda8
*nods vigorously until head falls off*
that will meet your needs fine :)
my system<< doesn't even use 300w IIRC (i got the 620w as i wanted major headroom and modular :))
and that vx450w is a very capable PSU
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can anyone suggest wots a good overclocking mobo for my q6600?
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morda8
can anyone suggest wots a good overclocking mobo for my q6600?
the ABit IP35 pro's are good (if you dont mind that ABit are backing out of the mobo market..)
or DFI's are good overclocking boards generally :) (and would be my first port of call, now that ABit have set sail)
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morda8
yes.
Join in everyone a rare chance to get 1 free non spam post! :mrgreen:
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TAKTAK
the ABit IP35 pro's are good (if you dont mind that ABit are backing out of the mobo market..)
or DFI's are good overclocking boards generally :) (and would be my first port of call, now that ABit have set sail)
is the p5k-se not better?
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morda8
is the p5k-se not better?
They are not bad for overclocking, should be able to get the Q6600 to 3ghz, but I have heard the non 'se' version is better for higher overclocks.
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shadowmaster
They are not bad for overclocking, should be able to get the Q6600 to 3ghz, but I have heard the non 'se' version is better for higher overclocks.
Managed to get mine to 4GHz with my P5K-E and I can reach 470MHz FSB just not stable but thats the CPU's fault. So you'll have no problems clocking. Only thing it doesnt have is angled sata ports so if you got a chunky graphics card that will take up dual slots full length get some angled sata connectors. That's all I can think of thats bad with it. So far I've had no problems with it. I haven't toyed with the raid controller and I've always had full ram slots.
I'd say go with whichevers cheaper the Abit or P5K-E. They're both good boards.
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morda8
wots better coolmaster or corsair
Corsair are excellent PSU's. :)
If you are willing to buy one then by all means do so. You will not be disappointed.
I recommended the Coolermaster PSU earlier as it is heaps and bounds better than your EZ one. Its not the greatest but it would not fail on you.
But as the others mentioned you get a great package with the Corsair psu.
Good luck , we are only trying to help. No one likes to see money thrown away.
McT :mrgreen:
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shadowmaster
haha not seen that b4 :bowdown:
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lol that took some convincing