ordered some new parts. got a few ?'s | Thread profile

alright so i finally took the plunge and ordered some new parts. cost me about $300 and i rushed it from new egg so i hope i get it before the end of the week. heres what i ordered. EVGA 9600GT going to step up when i get money and 9900's come out 7200.11 320gig drive because my old drive although less than a year old is slow and giving me problems TA770 A2+ Open Box yes i know...

It may clock better. I might have some more tweaking options for you to squeeze out a little more performance. That antec will power everything fine.

Quote: ideocard pumps hot air into my chipset cooler and i cant add a better cooler to the chipset because of where its at.

Is there room to install a slot cooler below the video card? You could make a plastic shroud (from clear plastic) to fit the end of the slot cooler or end of the video card to help collect and direct the hot air to the slot cooler.

My system no. 4 (signature) had a similar problem. The Quadro's hot air was seeping upward and getting sucked into the CPU heatsink. The solution was to make a clear plastic shield that I attached at the top of the vid card, running underneath the CPU heatsink's vanes. The hot air now flows directly into the case's rear 120mm exhaust. I keep a stock of clear plastic, usually the packaging ...

the reason i was wonderin about the PSU is because its several years old and cant seem to keep up with demand any more

Quote: cant seem to keep up with demand Maybe so. Why do think so? What are the indicators? Some of the 2+ year-old Antecs are now coming down with swollen capacitors. I've had to replace two Antec 430W TruePowers in the last six months.

Truepowers are plagued with Fuhjyu, If you RMA it (if caps are slowlen) antec will replace it with a non-problematic PSU.

my 5v rail is showing 4.45v, 12v is 11.65v, 3.3v is showing 3.0v. this is showin in the bios and with a multimeter

11.65v is within tolerances (low standard), but given that dip, I would suspect there are other performance parameters that are poor. 11.65 would probably just fine in a Dell, HP, or eMachines Internet box, but definitely not good for an overclocked or highly stressed gaming machine. 4.45v on the 5.0v is out of tolerance, even for a low standard. Yeah, I'd be converting that PSU to a fan ...