Anyone know why CloD makes my PC reboot itself whereas RoF does not?

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Russkly

Thx, Swiss.

Yup, it's the PSU then.

Tried Furmark twice at the default test settings (1280x1024, 0xAA, full screen) and the PC rebooted itself during the test, just like while playing CloD.

Ho hum, another €130 on top of a new GPU...

R

Which one you wanna get?

[Russkly]

Originally Posted by swiss

Which one you wanna get?

PSU = This one: COOLER MASTER SILENT PRO 80PLUS Gold 135,70€

65A on a single 12V rail. Should keep things adequately and quietly fed for a while, and it's got a 5-year warranty.

GPU = This one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zotac-GeForc...3235131&sr=8-1

GTX580 @ €100 less than I can get it Spain for! Was going to go for a 570 from here, but for the extra €60, it seems to make sense to go for the 580. Most other manufacturers (even via Amazon) still want €500+ for the 580, so good on Zotac for screwing market pricing to the benefit of the consumer!

The 2Gb RAM on the 6970 was tempting, but it's not all about CloD; especially the state it's in now. I'm an off-line player predominantly, and, whilst I foresee a couple of months of patches, settings optimisation/testing, once that's over I'm not sure how much there is in the game right now for off-liners.

Any comments about GPU choice would be welcome, but the Amazon offer is too good to miss, isn't it?

[Retaliator]

Just got a CORSAIR HX1000W...
40A for 2 12V channels total of 80A... should be enough even for a future 3 x GTX580 SLI (when ClOD will support it) and some room for o/c .
Will let you know my findings tonight.

Russkly, I think that the important thing is the 580 nvidia processor... Don't bother about the brand as soon as you don't o/c.
If I were you I'd go for a 1000+ W PSU to have some room for future upgrades...

[Russkly]

Originally Posted by Retaliator

Just got a CORSAIR HX1000W...
40A for 2 12V channels total of 80A... should be enough even for a future 3 x GTX580 SLI (when ClOD will support it) and some room for o/c .
Will let you know my findings tonight.

Russkly, I think that the important thing is the 580 nvidia processor... Don't bother about the brand as soon as you don't o/c.
If I were you I'd go for a 1000+ W PSU to have some room for future upgrades...

Thx for the advice, Retaliator, and let me know if it solves the reboot problem for you. Furmark causes the same problem, so it's 100% a PSU issue.

Be aware that 40A on each 12V rail doesn't necessarily mean you have 80A available - see this thread on another forum:

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r220...0A-on-12V-Rail

Still, you have plenty of amperage.

As you recommend, I'd like to go for more than 700W (the one I listed below is 700W, not 800W as I thought), but it's a question of what's on offer now. This one's got 62A on the 12V rail, so it's beefy, and I can't see myself going for SLI - RoF doesn't need it (at least not yet) and CloD doesn't deserve it (again, not yet!!!).

As for the GPU, I might hold fire until I see how CloD shapes up in terms of performance and playability for off-line users. At the moment spending €400 just for CloD does not seem worth it, and my other games (RoF, Arma 2, Combat Mission series, etc.) all run well with my current GPU.

If I do though, don't worry, I'll happily go with the cheapest manufacturer, especially since they're currently almost €100 cheaper than the others!

Cheers and good luck.

R

[Retaliator]

Got a new PSU (Corsair HX1000W) and the reboots are gone... I'm happy now !!