is this overheating?

Crawlerz

Crawlerz

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hey fellow eGOs! how are yoU? hope the new year finds u well.

i have a tech problem. i have this stock dell 410xps with 2.6GHz core 2 duo, 2GB RAM, nVidia 8800GTX video, running vista (before i had xp but reinstalled - wanted to get with the times since SP1 is already out...) i play games on this modest rig and some are really graphics' oriented. i have never asked vista to calculate my performance score. (actually once i did and after had oodles of problems because it turned the aero on). some time ago i wanted to turn aero on again but just it, without the vista score calculator. i did. transparency ran ok. BUT by the end of the day i started getting the "video driver stopped responding and has recovered" error every second. especially while playing pacific fighters. i turned off transparency and still had the error sometimes. i turned aero off altogether - no more probs. what does it all mean? is overheating a factor? the back of the tower faces the wall and gets pretty hot. and, yes, i know aero is a "female dog" on resourses. - from the very beginning i remember this error being often (factory installed vista with performance score)... later i installed xp (some of my games/progs weren't running) and had no probs of any kind. - 4 months ago i installed vista and i cannot touch the performance score as it will kill my pc with unreasonable crap!
 
I think the Power supply may be your culprit. I would never recommend running an 8800 GTX on a 375-watt PSU. That just doesn't sound like it's enough to run your entire system. I would recommend nothing less than a decent brand 500-watt PSU with at least 40 amps to run that GPU on any system.

How long have you had that video card installed and running on your current system?
 
madpistol said:
I think the Power supply may be your culprit. I would never recommend running an 8800 GTX on a 375-watt PSU. That just doesn't sound like it's enough to run your entire system. I would recommend nothing less than a decent brand 500-watt PSU with at least 40 amps to run that GPU on any system.

How long have you had that video card installed and running on your current system?
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i had this card stock with my pc from the very beginning when i bought it over 2 years ago.maybe ur right. i build my dream alienware online they always suggest a huge power supply.
 
Yeah power supply seems the issue. Get some great deals from newegg. $30-$40 for a decent 500watt plus shipping.
 
TipsyHitman said:
Yeah power supply seems the issue. Get some great deals from newegg. $30-$40 for a decent 500watt plus shipping.
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u know the thing is ... without aero i work fine - no errors. and i think in the future ill buy a pc (give this one to my dad maybe he'll use it) and take care of all that. i want several items to be taken care of: cooling, sound dampening (the cd/dvds and the fans are very loud), power supply, vista compatible network card, and maybe an even better video, etc.
 
Crawlerz said:
u know the thing is ... without aero i work fine - no errors. and i think in the future ill buy a pc (give this one to my dad maybe he'll use it) and take care of all that. i want several items to be taken care of: cooling, sound dampening (the cd/dvds and the fans are very loud), power supply, vista compatible network card, and maybe an even better video, etc.
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Sounds like you're going through what I went through about 4 years ago. My computer that I had before my current one was a Dell dimension 8300. It was my "dream" machine in just about every aspect... except for the Power Supply. It came with a measly 250-watt PSU. I upgraded that sucker twice before I finally turned the system off for good.

Because of this, I will never buy a dell desktop again. Their laptops are wonderful, but their desktops are not designed with hardcore gamers in mind. Their power supplies are a direct example of this. Whenever I want a desktop now, I build my own. I can customize my computer the way I want it down to the speed it runs, and it is much more satisfying than a Dell could ever be.

BTW, I don't know if Dell still uses proprietary PSU's or not, but if they do, you may have to mod your case to get a standard ATX one to fit.
 
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u know i never gave a though to power supplies before. i mean a bought stock pc's and never really gave any thought to it. just chose the components. (most were dell - here was no powah supply choice.) alienware (my dream pc) actually points out - with this video card u have to buy the 500watt powah supply. -- i guess.
 
sometimes it shows up as (pacific fighters crash) openGL encountered an error and must close this app. error 14.

should i buy a new powah supply? can u recommend any particular ones? what should i look for in one?
 
guy - i wish to add something something... i have this cables-to-go USB hub (additional 7 holes - ran out with all my accessories) and it's not plugged in to an AC adapter. does it make a difference - does it use any significant resourses from the pc itself? cuz i have no more holes in the wall either! as it is i have a 6-to-2 surge protector and all of that is taken. what do i do? still buy a power supply?
 
madpistol said:
Sounds like you're going through what I went through about 4 years ago. My computer that I had before my current one was a Dell dimension 8300. It was my "dream" machine in just about every aspect... except for the Power Supply. It came with a measly 250-watt PSU. I upgraded that sucker twice before I finally turned the system off for good.

Because of this, I will never buy a dell desktop again. Their laptops are wonderful, but their desktops are not designed with hardcore gamers in mind. Their power supplies are a direct example of this. Whenever I want a desktop now, I build my own. I can customize my computer the way I want it down to the speed it runs, and it is much more satisfying than a Dell could ever be.

BTW, I don't know if Dell still uses proprietary PSU's or not, but if they do, you may have to mod your case to get a standard ATX one to fit.
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well i can tell ya this man, i will not build my own pc, most i will do is customize an alienware. (this machine im running isnt that bad. except the PSU). i dont know enough to build a pc and researching every little component will take years. so.... no thnx. by the time i "build" it, it'll be outdated 20 times.

plz guys recommentd a PSU - ill buy from newegg (i have before - a camera and xD chips and a sound card)
 
If you can put together a model of any kind you can build a computer.my 10 year old daughter can build a computer and has.
she just build a deulcore 4 gigs of ram and a 9600gt took her 4 hours.you dont have to research anything.you pick amd or intel and go from there.
And ailenware are over priced dells,you know they are dells right.
 
bigbaddabooma said:
If you can put together a model of any kind you can build a computer.my 10 year old daughter can build a computer and has.
she just build a deulcore 4 gigs of ram and a 9600gt took her 4 hours.you dont have to research anything.you pick amd or intel and go from there.
And ailenware are over priced dells,you know they are dells right.
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yes i suppose (and not only because i've built models)
 
bigbaddabooma said:
power supply all day...now it depends on how much u want to spend
I have put these in many a build like yours,have 1 in my office server hasent been off in about a year.and i have there 630 watt in my gaming rig..that never gets shut off...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152028
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yes i was looking at this exact product! but wait - something just hit me like a ton of bricks - is this *^$#er built-in? i mean can i replace the original dell PSU or am i gonna have to buy a new tower and thus everything?
 
no u can put it in.BUt you might need a pair of tin snips to make adjustments to case.dell psus are smaller than a average psu.
 
ok guys - here i go - taking the plunge - (in the very near future) new everything except the monitor (bigbaddabooma thanks for all your help) - tower case tornaido raidx what ever blue, 650w psu, this AMD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103228 (before i was stricktly a intel guy - we'll see) and this MOBO http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131339 - u think it's good? about the AMD - one, the reviews of terrible overheating scare me (although i plan to buy a CPU "freezer" http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185125), and two, they arent too thrilled about that AMD... im running 2.6GHz so if im gonna bey a new one i want an improvement. at least 3.0GHz. the i7 is obviously out of my reach and so are most phenoms. the ones that aren't are below 2.6GHz. help a guy out?
thnx

*edit* before (being an intel guy) i always bought prefab DELLs (without a monitor once and with twice) and they cost me goshdarn 3 times as much!!! the extortion is just unbeleivable! and thatnk u, bigbaddabooma and all u guys. thanx alot!
*another edit* this AMD seems to be nearly as good and a lot more 5star reviews http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103272 i you guys have any experience or something - please shout at me.
 
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i personally just bought my first AMD processor (its actually my first processor i bought, period) but its the cheaper one (2.9 GHz, for $30 less, and will easily OC to 3.2)

I personally think that the differences between Intel and AMD are very small, and unless you work with overclocking, you will not notice a big difference between the 2
 
Arn0t said:
i personally just bought my first AMD processor (its actually my first processor i bought, period) but its the cheaper one (2.9 GHz, for $30 less, and will easily OC to 3.2)

I personally think that the differences between Intel and AMD are very small, and unless you work with overclocking, you will not notice a big difference between the 2
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yeah , see the intels 8500 is stock at 3.16 and can be overclocked 4.3 so maybe thats the way to go? although it is like 100more expensive.
 
i did my first build on AMD and i love it. I have AMD Phenomx4 9600 Agena BE( Black edition) stock 2.3ghz and i overclocked it to 2.6ghz cause im stock heat sink
but i love it :D
 
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