Why not both?
Claim warranty, get a new and powerful one and sell the replaced one ("never used, still in the box")?
Alwarren, now you got me worried. How can I monitor the PSU and confirm that it's not bottlenecking anything?
(02-19-2015, 12:30 PM)Variable link Wrote: [ -> ]Why not both?
Claim warranty, get a new and powerful one and sell the replaced one ("never used, still in the box")?
+1
Quote:Alwarren, now you got me worried. How can I monitor the PSU and confirm that it's not bottlenecking anything?
If you use that PSU for more than 5 years it's time for a replacement.
(02-19-2015, 12:30 PM)Variable link Wrote: [ -> ]Alwarren, now you got me worried. How can I monitor the PSU and confirm that it's not bottlenecking anything?
There is a couple of utilities that can do that.
HWInfo is a very good general monitor.
GPU-Z is very good for watching the graphics card, since it also outputs a log file. Both are good to diagnose.
Running PSU that barely fits into GPU power requirement is always a bit risky. Although there are always exceptions, sometimes even unbelievable ones, in most cases and especially if PSU is not from one of the top brands it will cause problems.
Funny thing once I had PSU that would fail only when I played OFP and it was Thermaltake 600W and card was 8800GT. Never underestimate OFP requirements!
Corsair, Seasonic, I don't know, depends what's available.
Funnily enough the PSU I borrowed was a Corsair. Thanks Horus, I'll keep that one in mind.
(02-19-2015, 11:15 PM)Horus link Wrote: [ -> ]If you can buy this Antec/SeaSonic ... review.
Bought and installed, here's to no more power crashes ;D
In other news my other monitor (the 12 years old one) finally died while I was swapping the PSUs, I turned it off but it wouldn't turn on again. Meh, more desktop space. :p
