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Update: so far so good after a few days of a new PSU and ram.

Perhaps it was ram then! Good advice about swapping out parts, but unfortunately none of my friends or family are techy so I don't have anyone to exchange parts with :(. Ram RMA has gone through so should have new ram by the 25th. Very impressed with G Skill.

Possibly, but memtest was never a problem so I had thought it wouldn't be ram. I guess memtest isn't a 100% way to tell though? Either way, hopefully it'll be fixed but frustrating that I won't actually know if it was PSU or ram. Assuming it doesn't still crash (I really hope).

Thanks for all the feedback. I've installed a new PSU (EVGA 650W G3). Unfortunately after booting, a stick of ram seems to have died. Sent off the ram to G skill for an RMA so been without my computer for about a week. Stupidly did not send it via recorded delivery (£22!!) so here's hoping it...

Have done, will update when I've installed to how it runs. Thanks guys :)

Ok so basically now I'm just deciding between the Seasonic G Series 650W and EVGA 650W G3. The EVGA is smaller, cheaper by a few pounds, and it comes with another +2 years on the warranty, so I'm swaying towards that. Both are very highly rated in reviews. EDIT: Gone with the EVGA G3, free +...

It is but unfortunately it ships from the US, so there's another £23 shipping charge. Alternatively on amazon it's around £120. I didn't know that, is Seasonic generally considered better than EVGA, or similar? Edit: I've found this, similar price to the EVGA - 650W Seasonic G series. What's...

I think I'd be looking at the slightly higher end, like you say. The seasonic one looks good but is less available in the UK so would have to pay shipping too from the US I think. I've got a Sharkoon T9 case which isn't the largest case ever, so perhaps the G3.

PSU upgrade - EVGA G3 650W vs Seasonic 650W G series I currently have a 650W OCZ 80+ bronze PSU, looking to replace it. As I understand now, the quality of the PSU is very important, so I'm looking to get a decent one but ideally around £80 if possible. I'm currently looking at maybe: EVGA...

That's under load. I recently cleaned my computer and reinstalled the heatsink with new thermal paste.

For a long time now my computer restarts while gaming. Event viewer just shows a kernel-power, 41 ID. I don't overclock. I've tried the following to troubleshoot: Ram - I've run memtest for around 14 hours, no errors. Video - I've run heaven benchmark and furmark with no problems. Temps seem...

FIX: reinstalled Windows and that seems to have done the trick.

Hi all, So I have a couple of issues and I'm assuming they're linked, any help is much appreciated. I'm running Windows 7 The wuauserv service is often eating up about 2gb of ram. There is also over 100 updates to be downloaded and installed so I thought maybe if I install everything it'll solve...

Thanks for the reply, as you say any gaming laptops I've found are lucky to get over 4 hours of battery. I figure then I'll avoid gaming laptops then as battery life is quite important.

Hi all, Basically looking for recommendations for laptops under £900. Ideally not too big as I'll be using it for university and a half-decent battery life would be nice. I'll be using it for gaming as well as work, but I won't be video editing or anything like that. I quite like the look of...