Poll of the Day > What PSU and HDD should I switch to?

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My computer has been crashing recently and it seems to be on the memory side of things. I plan on replacing my PSU and HDD (and adding a SDD) when I get back from spring break.

Really irritating too because it only crashes when I'm playing a game, the thing I do most on this computer.

Here's my rig for reference.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MRZCI25/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

For HDD, either Western Digital or Seagate. Never had a problem with either of them. In fact I have a 10 year old Seagate hard drive that I still use today (granted, I have it backed up because I fully expect it to fail any time now).

I can't really talk much about PSU, because I WAAAAY overspent on my first one, and it has powered 2 computers as a result. Like it is literally the last surviving component of the first computer I built once I could afford to build my own computers. I don't even know if they still make this brand but I have a Xclio 1200W (I think Gold). DO NOT GET ANYTHING THAT POWERFUL UNLESS YOU ARE RUNNING A FUCKING GOD MACHINE!!! Most builds only need about half that much power.
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i would imagine crashing would be due to GPU or RAM issues, not hard drives or power supply.

likehelly posted...

i would imagine crashing would be due to GPU or RAM issues, not hard drives or power supply.

I never thought about that. Shit.

I had a psu that was fucking my whole machine up before. Kept having minor power failures that caused my hdd to mess up writes, so I thought my hdd was jacked up, so I bought a second one and it happened on there too. Eventually that psu popped and thankfully died on its own, but I replaced the mobo I had at the time anyway.
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Phantasy Star Universe
I kinda miss that game. I wish the servers were never shut down.
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