J4CKO

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My sons pc wont start, if I remove some cables, specifically the HD power it will then fire up without, put it back in and it still starts, apparently it occasionally conks out, without the cables being removed it wont do anything, is that a Power Supply issue ?

GC8

Sounds like the PSU is on its last legs, doesnt it?

J4CKO

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Yep, will order one, any recommendations ?

GC8

Aria is easier and local. Scan is further but with a better choice and quality for similar money.

Id be looking at about £10-£15 - would spending more be worthwhile?

Rob_Impreza99

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Try and make sure its at least 80 Plus Bronze rated if you can, personally i'd go for a full modular PSU, whats your budget ?

It just depends what your running in your PC and how much power the components need as to what PSU you choose.

J4CKO

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Its a low to mid spec gaming pc, it has a Corsair PSU in it, will go for something beefier, suspect it may have been on the edge of ok and over time it has killed it, The video card failed so was replaced with something a bit better.

This is the original spec

Case: Xigmatek Asgard
Power Supply: Corsair 500CX 500W
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 840 3.2GHz
Overclocking: None
Processor Cooler: Stock Manufacturer Heatsink and fan
RAM: 4GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3 1600Mhz/PC12800
Motherboard: ASUS M4A87TD USB3
Graphics card: Nvidia GTX 460 768MB SE
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 500GB Hard Drive 7200rpm 16MB Cache
2nd Hard Drive: None
3rd Hard Drive: None
RAID: None
Sound card: Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Optical Drive: Sony 24x DVD/CD ± Re-Writer Black
2nd Optical Drive: None
Network card: Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps
2nd Network Card: None
Memory Card Reader: None
TV Tuner: None
Extra USB Ports: None
Firewire Ports: None
eSATA Ports: None

Rob_Impreza99

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I'd go for something like this, thats plenty enough for the components you have, its silent and is semi modular so you can just plug in what you need. Only the 24 pin and 4 pin power leads are hard wired, you'd never need to unplug them anyway, everything else is modular.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CA-166-CM