I have finnally acquired some money so I can now look into finnishing upgrading my PC. What I have:
prices are canadian
$39 18" noname case that came with a 350W L&C power supply.
Asus A7N8X-X motherboard
AMD Athelon XP 2500+ Barton
Samsung PC3200 512mb ram
Maxtor 60gb HD 7200rpm 2mb cache ATA133
WesternDigitel 80gb HD 7200rpm 8mb cache ATA100
Asus 52x CDrom
Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value
Realtek network card
Floppy drive
Creative Geforce2 GTS/Pro (Plan on upgrading to ATI 9800 pro)
My main concern is overheating. Currently my cpu is 50Celcius on average with no games running and the cpu diode is 58Celcius. This is with my case side panels off. The cpu diode was upto 75C before I dusted out the case and kept the side panels off. At 75C the computer was locking up fairly often. My motherboard is usually at 31C.
I don't know if my power supply is any good or not and would like t know if I should get a new one with my new case or not. The specs for my current power supply are:
+3.3V = 28A, +5V = 35A, +12V = 16A
+3.3V and +5V combined 200W
All 3 combined 330W
While no large programs are open my rails are at
+3.3V = 3.30-3.28
+5V = 4.61-4.70
+12 = 13.12-13.25
They fluctuate between these numbers on average.
Is my PSU good enough? Do I need a better one for my system?
I would like to get a nice size case thats perhaps around 20" in size. Most importantly I'd like a case that will cool my computer and dosn't make much noise in the process. My price range is preferably in the area of $50-$100 canadian, but I'm willing to go a little higher if it means getting a good cool case that is pretty quiet. Additional features that allow easy access to computer components so that I can add or remove pieces of hardware easily would also be nice but not neccesary.
prices are canadian
$39 18" noname case that came with a 350W L&C power supply.
Asus A7N8X-X motherboard
AMD Athelon XP 2500+ Barton
Samsung PC3200 512mb ram
Maxtor 60gb HD 7200rpm 2mb cache ATA133
WesternDigitel 80gb HD 7200rpm 8mb cache ATA100
Asus 52x CDrom
Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value
Realtek network card
Floppy drive
Creative Geforce2 GTS/Pro (Plan on upgrading to ATI 9800 pro)
My main concern is overheating. Currently my cpu is 50Celcius on average with no games running and the cpu diode is 58Celcius. This is with my case side panels off. The cpu diode was upto 75C before I dusted out the case and kept the side panels off. At 75C the computer was locking up fairly often. My motherboard is usually at 31C.
I don't know if my power supply is any good or not and would like t know if I should get a new one with my new case or not. The specs for my current power supply are:
+3.3V = 28A, +5V = 35A, +12V = 16A
+3.3V and +5V combined 200W
All 3 combined 330W
While no large programs are open my rails are at
+3.3V = 3.30-3.28
+5V = 4.61-4.70
+12 = 13.12-13.25
They fluctuate between these numbers on average.
Is my PSU good enough? Do I need a better one for my system?
I would like to get a nice size case thats perhaps around 20" in size. Most importantly I'd like a case that will cool my computer and dosn't make much noise in the process. My price range is preferably in the area of $50-$100 canadian, but I'm willing to go a little higher if it means getting a good cool case that is pretty quiet. Additional features that allow easy access to computer components so that I can add or remove pieces of hardware easily would also be nice but not neccesary.