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So my PSU isn't good enough? It's 80% certified but it's not bronze as far as I can tell. I thought 60A on the single +12v rail and 750w was good enough for my system... I ran some of those power supply tests and the most I ever got was like 550/600w. I have 3 SATAII drives and 1 SATA DVD/CD...

When you OC'd your card did you increase the stock voltage as well? If so what do you currently have it set to? I'm going to try moving my bottom card back to the x16 slot and seeing if it makes a difference, after that I'm going to reinstall Windows 7 again and start with a fresh set of drivers.

Hi everyone, So I recently rebuilt my system, here are it's current specs. AMD Phenom II x4 965BE OC'd @ 3.8 Ghz with stock heatsink/fan. Gigabyte GA-890FX-UD5 PCI Express 2.0 Dual x16 Single x4 Single x8 Slots Motherboard G.Skill Ripjaw Series 2x2GB DDR3 @ 1600 Mhz 9-9-9-24-2T Corsair...

The PSU came with my case, here's the case I bought: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811190076 I don't see a brand name on it, model number = PS-400W. I'm planning on upgrading the power supply anyways with the video card. The CPU I'm planning to upgrade after the video...

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks for the replys everyone! obsidian86 - As far as I can tell, both the XFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ and the BFG GeForce 9800 GTX+ have limited lifetime warranties according to newegg. The BFG I originally linked to is slightly more overclocked, and cheaper than the XFX. I don't really know if I...

Hello, I currently have a Gigabyte 965p-DS3 motherboard, with a Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2 Ghz CPU and 3 GB's RAM. My motherboard only has one PCI-Express x16 Slot (no PCI-E 2.0 x16). My LCD monitor is DSUB/VGA only @ 1440x900. I mainly play CS:S, but I own Bioshock, UT3, COD4, F.E.A.R. and...