power supply

is a 750 watt power supply enough to power

q6600 cpu OC to 3.1
4gb ocz sli memory
4 samsung dvd drives
6 fans
gtx 260 black editon.


or should i buy a stronger one.

 

750 watt is more than enough for your specs. In fact, your wasting money buying a psu with that much wattage. Something like 550watt should be enough. Maybe 450 watt, but i think thats cutting a little close.

 

thanks then it has to be a different issue with my system. might as well just replace the memory.

 

Depends which 750W. If it's a good 750W such as Corsair, it's ridiculous overkill, your PC currently only requires around 350-375W when burning with all 4 DVD drives at once. However, if it's a cheapo tacky unit, you want it replaced immediately, as almost all cheap no-name brand units will fail before 300W.

 

its an ultra 750 watt power supply

 

Which type? A lot of Ultra units are dodgy.

 

i dont remember. ive had it for almost 2 years. i was just a bit concerned.

 

I would test simpler stuff first, but don't discount the issue being power related, Ultra units are far from high-quality PSUs.

 

well i RMA my card. so far they say that they havent had any problems with the card testing it in two rigs. i found a video that best explains what my card does when i play games.

 

Which is? You haven't provided a link to it

 

hxxp://video.aol.com/video-detail/xfx-gtx-260-black-edition-black-screen/2317613528

its what happens to me when i play a game.

he is benchmarking but it happens to me while in an actul game.

 

Does your screen simply go black or does your monitor also enter powersave mode?

 

it goes black or turns green or checkered with the sound looping. it depends on the on the game. i have ran memtest86 all night last night as thats what the xfx guy said to test. it had no errors at all.

 

Sounds like either dodgy drivers, bad card, or a PSU problem.

 

i guess i have to wait a few more days.

 

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>63</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-03-30T23:16:13.236000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>1946</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Honest-PC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="BugcheckCode">59</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0xc0000046</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0xfffff80002abc7f8</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0xfffff88008163870</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="SleepInProgress">false</Data>
<Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

I got this on my event log.


<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog" Guid="{fc65ddd8-d6ef-4962-83d5-6e5cfe9ce148}" />
<EventID>1101</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>101</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x4020000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-03-30T23:16:25.185600000Z" />
<EventRecordID>630</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="976" ThreadID="1220" />
<Channel>Security</Channel>
<Computer>Honest-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
- <UserData>
- <AuditEventsDropped xmlns:auto-ns3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events" xmlns="http://manifests.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/windows/eventlog">
<Reason>0</Reason>
</AuditEventsDropped>
</UserData>
</Event>