midnight growler
Senior member
About a month and a half ago I had my Antec SmartPower 500 go out, taking the mobo and 2 HDs with it. While sending the PSU in for a RMA, I found out the SP500 was no longer being made and Antec would give me an EarthWatts asa replacement, also 500 watts.
Well now Im getting these prolonged periods of lag/drag, both online and offline. It happens when I play both Call of Duty 4 and SimCity 4 and continues even once I've exited the programs. I've tried updating the drivers on the 7800gt but that hasn't solved it. The other hardware I have connected is one HD, a 1024 stick of RAM, a card reader, usb mouse and (usually) a 1 gig ipod shuffle.
I was checking temps of Everest and both the cpu and video card temps seem normal so I think that only leaves the power supply as the culprit. Would not getting enough juice from the psu cause this kind of slowdown?
Well now Im getting these prolonged periods of lag/drag, both online and offline. It happens when I play both Call of Duty 4 and SimCity 4 and continues even once I've exited the programs. I've tried updating the drivers on the 7800gt but that hasn't solved it. The other hardware I have connected is one HD, a 1024 stick of RAM, a card reader, usb mouse and (usually) a 1 gig ipod shuffle.
I was checking temps of Everest and both the cpu and video card temps seem normal so I think that only leaves the power supply as the culprit. Would not getting enough juice from the psu cause this kind of slowdown?
