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Building a computer for gaming/other entertainment.

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Dryden;1232428; said:
My work desktop is one that I built a little over a year ago. It is a Core 2 Duo 6600 @ 2.4Ghz, 2Gb RAM, a Radeon x1650, 2 WD Raptor X 150s, 1 DVD-Rom, 1 DVD-RW, and a 4Gb iRAM daughtercard. Runs Vista Business 64 with all the bells and whistles enabled, plus Office '07. Resolution is 1680x1050 high color to a 21" FP.
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I'd like to know what your using specifically to monitor your power draw?


I have tons of parts, so just for giggles I'll throw together a similiar system and see what I come up with. But from the top of the dome, on boot alone with that rig you should be in the vicinity of 225-260 watts, easy.


Agreed on the PSU statement though. Bigger isn't necessarily better by a long stretch.
 
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I have tons of parts, so just for giggles I'll throw together a similiar system and see what I come up with. But from the top of the dome, on boot alone with that rig you should be in the vicinity of 225-260 watts, easy.
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I am running an AMD x2 6000+ (125 watt). dual Radeon 3850HD's (crossfire). 2 seagate sata drives. a dvd rom and dvd burner. All of that on some standard 500w psu that came with my case. Been running that for prolly 6 months.

Have always done such, never had any power related problems. You are wasting money in general spending $100 or more on any PSU.
 
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What would make a program (game) shut down randomly? No warning, just the program vanishing completely. The friend I've mentioned in this thread is having that problem. I want to make sure I don't have to worry about it, since he is also giving me input. :)
 
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3074326;1233778; said:
What would make a program (game) shut down randomly? No warning, just the program vanishing completely. The friend I've mentioned in this thread is having that problem. I want to make sure I don't have to worry about it, since he is also giving me input. :)
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If the game dies and dumps back to the OS with everything else running smoothly, it would likely be driver/config based and solved by either driver updates or a patch for the game. If the game dies and takes the computer down with it, it can still be driver related, but would hint that there could also be a physical hardware problem as well.

Too many variables to say without knowing any more details. Do you know if it happens with any/every 3D-type game or just a particular one?
 
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3074326;1233792; said:
All games, not sure about other programs. It doesn't take the computer with it. Just goes back to Vista and everything is fine (aside from the game being gone completely).
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In that case I would look at the video drivers and a DirectX re-installation.
 
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3074326;1233792; said:
All games, not sure about other programs. It doesn't take the computer with it. Just goes back to Vista and everything is fine (aside from the game being gone completely).
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Any type of artifacting (odd colors) or tears across the screen before this happens?
 
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