Calling all nerds (gaming) GET IN HERE!

[squidmaster]

so just spend the extra $40 for a nice heatsink that you can use with any future card

[DatUtahGuy]

No need to get into arguments over nothing, I appreciate the help and info.

YES I KNOW I need a better PSU down the road, YES I KNOW I can save some money and get a better GPU, add case fans, and have a better, cooler running PC, right now I don't have a lot of money to spare and I got both for $110, couldn't pass that up :D

[Wschnitz]

Honestly a Corsair 600-800PSU is like 50-100$ not a ton, and with GPU's my recommendation is a Sapphire Radeon 7870 OC edition, its like $150 and runs almost everything on highest.

[squidmaster]

Lastly he's using at least 85% of his PSU capacity under full load, where-as your 60% just can't be compared.

Again, as has been said before: fix video card. Then future-proof the machine by ditching his PSU for a better quality or higher watt one. The same way someone would tell you to ditch a victor reinz HG.... sure, it may work just alright for a while, but it'd be your best idea to stay away or upgrade to ensure proper operation for the future

[squidmaster]

My original post said to fix the airflow and grab a zalman heatsink for his GPU. Crap man, calm down. Idk why you keep arguing a point that never existed.

[decay]

and given that OP's video card consumes half the power (at peak) that the two of mine do together, and he's not running the GPUs full-time like i am, it's very likely that he's asking as little of his PSU as i am of mine.

if we're going to recommend that OP spend money anywhere, it should be to fix the GPU he has or buy a better one (Gigabyte's implements of Radeon chipset have been working great for me).

can i be any clearer here? we've identified the failure point. stop telling OP to spend money on shit that isn't fucking broken.

[squidmaster]

but getting a high watt PSU and wanting a quiet rig has nothing to do with the circumstantial quality deficits that raidmax is known for. You likely use under 500w at full load, that's less than 60% of capacity. so if the raidmax does in-fact use inferior or lower quality parts, is far less likely to be obvious at 20% capacity, or 30%, or 50%, or even 60%, than someone that needs 450w and bought a 500-600w psu.

like the old scepter LCD TVs, they sure player 1080p, but the main thermosistor would literally desolder itself from the board if it was on for more than a couple of hours running.

it's not like raidmax never made a single good psu and they all blow up outa no where, if that were true it wouldn't be a company, yet even a large company. what was

[decay]

try reading the my posts again then ;)

Like I already said, your setup doesn't come close to the drawing 850w.
what mining program are you using? windows or linux? how many Mhps?

and like *i* said, i built it that way because i wanted a quiet rig, so maybe take your own advice. ;)

the two cards draw 250w, which is the relevant point here. yes, i'm aware the PSU has far more capacity than that- and that's why it doesn't sound like a jet turbine in the middle of my living room.

(somewhat amazed that i'm having to explain the concept of "overengineering" to someone on a classic BMW forum)

[squidmaster]

...bitcoin mining is not a "low power job", it is 24h 100% gpu utilization, but i guess you may not have been aware of that. as far as the rest, a more appropriate way to say it would be that i over-engineered, because i wanted reliability and quietness.

but whatever, keep recommending this guy spend money on what's clearly not the failure point, if that's fun for you

try reading the my posts again then ;)

Like I already said, your setup doesn't come close to the drawing 850w.
what mining program are you using? windows or linux? how many Mhps?

[MJCRO]

Raidmax isn't total trash, but I highly doubt the reliably of they're cheaper models like that 530W model. Better to be safe than sorry and invest in a PSU with reputable reliability, great warranties, and awesome customer service, like Corsair for example.

I used to have 2600K @ 5Ghz, Z68X-UD7, EVGA GTX 580 Classified, and PC Power & Cooling 950W powering it all until I sold it for a Sager laptop which I run now as a desktop setup with an external monitor.

But like I said, don't be cheap and get a good brand PSU eventually.

[Wschnitz]

I suggest corsair for many components, I have a case, PSU, ram, and cooling from them, build quality is excellent and everything is packaged with care.

[jclar]

Also have first hand experience with Raidmax PSUs. Junk. Yours may work fine now, and it may continue to for the next 10 years, but I would never give somebody any amount of money in exchange for one. There's too many reputable companies manufacturing quality units to consider something like that.

I'm not trying to infer that getting a non-Raidmax PSU is going to solve OP's problems, rather that he gets a PSU of quality before it causes problems. There's more to a power supply then making a PC turn on and perform under load.

[decay]

My first hand experience is that they're trash. You're first hand experience is using a way over powered PSU to do a very low power job and that's working alright. That's not much of an experience.

...bitcoin mining is not a "low power job", it is 24h 100% gpu utilization, but i guess you may not have been aware of that. as far as the rest, a more appropriate way to say it would be that i over-engineered, because i wanted reliability and quietness.

but whatever, keep recommending this guy spend money on what's clearly not the failure point, if that's fun for you

[eduTechnic]

Raid max is super trash, get a corsair damnit.

This. Corsair is sweetness

Sent from my Note 2

[Wschnitz]

Raid max is super trash, get a corsair damnit.