Psu?

is there a program out there which tells me my PSU?

 

I don't think so, but to find out what make your PSU is, just take off the side of your case and there should be a sticker on the PSU, the manufacturer's name should be on the sticker.

 

man i dont wanna pull it out, its the last thing i wanna do k?

 

Not pull it out, just take the side off your case and look, you don't have to take it out

 

i kno what u mean, i just dont wanna pull my computer box thingy out from where it is (under desk) lol

im sure theres a program, ill wait for some more to reply tho

 

dont think there is, best way to do it is to do what was suggested above..

 

aaight.

 

the PSU jsut provides power, it does not give any sort of data tot he PC that i knwo of, so there shouldn't be any real way of knwoing what psu have.

 

alrite thanks guys, i just need to so i kno how far to overclock my gfx card.

a mate told me my psu needs to be higher then the core clock, right?

 

rated PSU wattage doesn't matter, sustained wattage does. also it's the amperage derived from the 12V rail(and hence the wattage derived from that) which powers the GFX card. You said you had a dell in some thread, i know that their XPS 400 system has a 380W Dell brand/no-brand power supply which delivers 18A to the 12V rail. I am not sure as to what the quality of this PSU is, I beleive it to be about average as far as PSUs go(just a guess)so it could probably deliver about 16-17A sustained for a decent period.

all that really matters thouh is that the card gets enough juice. if you're using a nVidia card, DL coolbits, and use the autooverclock tool, then manually test to see if you can get it higher(often you can) if you have an ATi card, use ATi tool and do more or less the same. again if the PSU can't keep up it(the card) won't pass the OCing tools stress test because it's either getting voltage fluctuations and/or not enough amperage.

 

Dell?! lol perlease!

i have coolbits, but when you say;

and use the autooverclock tool, then manually test to see if you can get it higher

running it is autooverclok rite? how do i manually test to see if i can get it higher?

(+) rep for you btw

 

for a moment i somehow mistook you for magik... ehh w/e I only got like 3 horus sleep last night...

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for a moment i somehow mistook you for magik... ehh w/e I only got like 3 horus sleep last night...

 

Im sorry what is a PSU?

 

Power Supply Unit, the thing in the back of your computer which you plug into the wall so you can power the computer...