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Reeltime
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 Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:03 am Post subject: Fried PSU |
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Main machine out of action temporarily (hopefully!)
Turned itself off, I flipped the main switch on the back off and on again and got a shower of sparks. I suspect the psu has blown, but I'll have a closer look tomorrow.
If I do need a new one, any ideas what I should put in a core2quad with a midrange GPU (once I upgrade that as well)
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PinkPenguin
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If you are thinking of a low/medium end Core 2 Quad you might find that an AMD Phenom II X4 is just as good and a bit cheaper. For example an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 GHz and an AMD Phenom II X4 965 are more or less equivalent...
Performance on many BOINC CPU projects can depend a lot on L1/L2/L3 cache so it's a good idea to take a look at these characteristics as they can speed up the throughput significantly... as well as make games other things a lot smoother.
The GPU card choice depends on which GPU projects you like doing however the AMD / ATI combo isn't bad and it's usually cheaper than Intel.
... Naturally there's always the i7 but that's another price range.
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