Hi all!
About a year ago, I started having random reboots which I slowly traced to a faulty PSU (gave me loads of grief during that time), so I got a better one recommended by a friend. I'm not really too well versed in PSUs. My system was upgraded to use a Radeon 9600XT and a LITEON 8x DVD-RW from a GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB. Now, as in from about a week ago, the voltage sensors on the mobo have been reporting a slowly declining voltage reading on the +5V and +3.3V rails. Its now down to +4.730V and +3.120V. I presume its the PSU again which is really annoying. I'm using a Q-Tec PSU, which I doubt is really common since most of you guys tend to talk about Antec/OCZ and the like. I'm guessing I really have to fork out the cash for these higher quality PSUs if I don't want them to burn in ~ a year.
So, my question is this, which PSU would you recommend and with what wattage rating? Bear in mind that I am a student and on a budget constraint.
Thanks for your time!
About a year ago, I started having random reboots which I slowly traced to a faulty PSU (gave me loads of grief during that time), so I got a better one recommended by a friend. I'm not really too well versed in PSUs. My system was upgraded to use a Radeon 9600XT and a LITEON 8x DVD-RW from a GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB. Now, as in from about a week ago, the voltage sensors on the mobo have been reporting a slowly declining voltage reading on the +5V and +3.3V rails. Its now down to +4.730V and +3.120V. I presume its the PSU again which is really annoying. I'm using a Q-Tec PSU, which I doubt is really common since most of you guys tend to talk about Antec/OCZ and the like. I'm guessing I really have to fork out the cash for these higher quality PSUs if I don't want them to burn in ~ a year.
So, my question is this, which PSU would you recommend and with what wattage rating? Bear in mind that I am a student and on a budget constraint.
Thanks for your time!
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