Hey everyone, I am new to these forums...and the new age of comptuers. I used to build comptuers, but not at the level they are at today. Anyway, it is likely the wrong time to ask this, but I just built a computer and now have a question about power supplies.
What is the result of an undersized PSU? I mean what happens when the PSU is not ample? Can it effect processor performance? I am getting a fairly low mark in PCMark05 as well as 3DMarp CPU Score and wonder if its because of the PSU, but 3DMark05 Graphics test is typical of most others I have looked at.
3DMark05:
Single Video - 7800+
Sli Video - 11100+
CPU - 4200 <----This one is the one I am concerned with.
PCMark05
CPU - 4800+ <----As well as this one.
I am pretty sure my PSU is undersized....but my question is what are signs of an undersized PSU?...:dead:
My system specs are as follows:
Athenatech A605 Case with 450 Watt PSU (27A on 12V)
MSI Diamond Plus Mobo
AMD Athlon 64 4400+ X2 @ 2409Mhz
2 GB Ram
2X 7800 GTX 256 MB Graphics
SATA hard Drive
120 MM Case Fan
92 MM Case Fan
Thanks in advance for any response.
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What is the result of an undersized PSU? I mean what happens when the PSU is not ample? Can it effect processor performance? I am getting a fairly low mark in PCMark05 as well as 3DMarp CPU Score and wonder if its because of the PSU, but 3DMark05 Graphics test is typical of most others I have looked at.
3DMark05:
Single Video - 7800+
Sli Video - 11100+
CPU - 4200 <----This one is the one I am concerned with.
PCMark05
CPU - 4800+ <----As well as this one.
I am pretty sure my PSU is undersized....but my question is what are signs of an undersized PSU?...:dead:
My system specs are as follows:
Athenatech A605 Case with 450 Watt PSU (27A on 12V)
MSI Diamond Plus Mobo
AMD Athlon 64 4400+ X2 @ 2409Mhz
2 GB Ram
2X 7800 GTX 256 MB Graphics
SATA hard Drive
120 MM Case Fan
92 MM Case Fan
Thanks in advance for any response.
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