Need a new PSU? (Opeteron 165 OC)

mattjbak

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Jun 3, 2005
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Here's the situation. I have a modstream 450w PSU and here are the other items:

Ultra-D
Opteron 165 (2.65 Ghz @ 1.525v)
2 x Optical drive
74 Gb Raptor
320 GB WD SATA
Audigy 2 ZS Plat
x850xt PE
OCZ Gold 2x512mb 2-2-2-5 @ 220 Mhz @ 3.0v

Idle temp:~34c
Load temp: ~ 40c

I can't seem to get past this and be stable even going up to 1.6v or increasing the ram voltage (i have run with a larger divider to take ram out of the equation as well.)

I'm wondering if it's possibly the smaller rated PSU that is failing me... let me have your thoughts...

Thanks,

Matt
 

Ronnie

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Mar 1, 2004
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I think you have hit your chips limit.

If you still think its the power supply, remove your optical drives, spare hard drive, and try running with a plain pci video card.
 

A5

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Jun 9, 2000
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A high quality 450W PS is enough for nearly any system...probably hitting your chip's limit.

2.65 GHz is nothing to be ashamed of anyway :p