N1TR0 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 I have a fairly decent pc imo....NVIDIA 9400 gt4gb of RAMAMD Athlon Duel Core processor 5200+ 2.7GHz500w PSU Everytime i open runescape my computer sounds like its going to blow up, its realy bad. Im not extremly computer literate, but i do know that the graphics card draws power from the PSU. From my understanding i have a half decent graphics card so it should be able to run it fine :S. Is it my pile of **** PSU? Tbh i have no idea, hoping someone can help. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will H Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Woah, you have nearly exactly the same specs as me, that's weird. I can run RSHD at max setting fine with it, so you should too. Righto, first thing to do is make sure you have the latest drivers for your graphics card and motherboard chipset. ~ W ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1TR0 Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 Im pretty sure they are up to date.... Is it worth buying a silent PSU? How many watts would i need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldJoe Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Your card uses around 30ish watts. Not a problem with your PSU unless it's components has degraded unusually fast. I assume you're meaning you hear a fan winding up, my guess is the CPU fan. I wouldn't bother looking into changing your cpu cooling unless the sound makes you want to nuke it. J'adore aussi le sexe et les snuff moviesJe trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vieJe ne me reconnais plus dans les gensJe suis juste un cas désespérantEt comme personne ne viendra me réclamerJe terminerai comme un objet retrouvé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1TR0 Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 I assure you its not the cpu fan i have replaced that before and even removed it for a few seconds and the noise is still there, im betting the psu fan is faulty then :/ . anyone guide me to a nice 500+ watt psu? and willing to spend like £40-50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldJoe Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Put your ear near to the psu and check if it's the one producing sound. Or if you have a case fan, it could be that or it could be the graphic card fan.Don't spend money until you know what the problem is. And 500w isn't needed for you system, max usage would be around 150w. Run a stress test of the gpu and then one of the cpu, so you can exclude both. Since you seem so adamant about the psu, got a link to it's product page? J'adore aussi le sexe et les snuff moviesJe trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vieJe ne me reconnais plus dans les gensJe suis juste un cas désespérantEt comme personne ne viendra me réclamerJe terminerai comme un objet retrouvé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Yeah, looks like it's the heat making the fan go up in speed, you should check if there's a lot of dust in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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