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Old 11-19-2008, 07:25 AM   #4 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36
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Re: Power Surge Or Poor Quality Build ?

The power supply you have (raidmax 530w Volcano Mudular) simply is not big enough or powerful enough to supply the needs of this video card which is a very power hungry card. If this were my machine, I would be putting a 750 watt power supply like one of the following in there:

Corsair 750-TX-750 watt

Thermaltake Toughpower 750 watt

PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 watt

Coolermaster Real Power Pro 750 watt

An underpowered struggling power supply can damage other computer components.
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