I cuurently have a Shiva-X, tuned to 18hz in a 200L enclosure, powered by a 500W HSPA plate amp. Looking for a possible driver upgrade, what are my options? Not really interested in a sideways move, looking for something that will be a...
Quote:Originally Posted by lockdown571 I've always recommended people get a good PSU, but that thing is obscene. Way overkill. You should be spending less than half that on the PSU.
Extremely unlikely there will a difference...
GTX 680 is a waste. Get either a Radeon 7970 or a GTX 670. Save yourself $100+ and buy more content (games/movies).
Power supply is also ridiculous overkill. Any 700-800W PS will power that rig just fine, and probably more efficiently.
Quote:Originally Posted by jetfixr As much as I would love to be able to build a new HTPC, it is just not in the cards at this point, cash is tight. I have an old PC collecting dust, and I figured it might just work. It already...
Quote:Originally Posted by Tiddles88 The CPU runs the memory controller in the northbridge so its feasible that you'd see memory errors. Same with the power errors. More...
Quote:Originally Posted by Tiddles88 Bullseye. That CPU is not supported. Its 125w.
I would think that it wouldn't fire up at all though. Is that a normal error to have for an unsupported CPU?
Nope, tried both UPS, power bar, and directly to the wall. Same results.
Yes, the northbridge is plugged in. This PS was used in a gaming machine with X-fire 7970's for about 3 months.
The motherboard is an Asus M5A78L-M LX. It doesn't list the x4 965 on its support list. Seems to only have 95W processors on there. Could that cause the problem?
