Serra
10-07-2007, 01:21 PM
Hi. I purchased a 700w GameXtreme about a year ago or so for the following system:
CPU: Opteron 170
MB: DFI Lanparty NF4-SLI-D
HDD: 3+, various sizes, 2+ in RAID-0 at any one time
Mem: 2x 1GB PC4000 Mushkin
+Water cooling, fans
and recently built the system in my sig. When I put the video card in however, it seems that it died. It displayed erratic behavior (ie. only displaying out of second port), so I RMA'd it. I received back a tested EVGA 7900GTO today, but when I turn on the computer I receive a message that my video card is not receiving sufficient power and its quality will be reduced.
I double-checked, and do have the extra power connector firmly stuck into the video card. This message is not displayed every time I turn on the computer, but if I stay on long enough it seems to pop up eventually. The only other thing I have to mention is that I currently do not have an OC of any sort, all parts are at stock.
So, my issue is that I don't believe my system could possibly use 700w (especially when not overclocked)... any official OCZ comments/suggestions? I'd really like to avoid an RMA, but if it's necessary I will of course do so.
CPU: Opteron 170
MB: DFI Lanparty NF4-SLI-D
HDD: 3+, various sizes, 2+ in RAID-0 at any one time
Mem: 2x 1GB PC4000 Mushkin
+Water cooling, fans
and recently built the system in my sig. When I put the video card in however, it seems that it died. It displayed erratic behavior (ie. only displaying out of second port), so I RMA'd it. I received back a tested EVGA 7900GTO today, but when I turn on the computer I receive a message that my video card is not receiving sufficient power and its quality will be reduced.
I double-checked, and do have the extra power connector firmly stuck into the video card. This message is not displayed every time I turn on the computer, but if I stay on long enough it seems to pop up eventually. The only other thing I have to mention is that I currently do not have an OC of any sort, all parts are at stock.
So, my issue is that I don't believe my system could possibly use 700w (especially when not overclocked)... any official OCZ comments/suggestions? I'd really like to avoid an RMA, but if it's necessary I will of course do so.