AMD - Display driver stopped working and has recovered

The secondary cores will kick in automatically once you have a good load on the cpu itself. Generally unlocking a cpu is mainly overclocking it!

I didn't go directly to Antec to see if there any higher wattage model in that series but knew it wouldn't be likely being their lower line. The TPs are their higher powered series going upto 850w. For the most part however you want to see just what your total requirements will be as well as picking out one with good amps seen on the rails and known as a stable brand to see one with good regulation.

When creating a new array you need two or more identical drives depending on the type of array to start with. Just because you have two or more drives installed doesn't mean "You Must Have" an array! Whoever told you that is way off base!

The most widely used purpose at this time for arrays in general is typically server or storage. But they can be fragile in the home user situation as well. One reason I run two storage drives is for backing up one with the other in part as well as some difference in the files being stored between them.

As for using different makes or even different model series by the same manufacturer that would never be advised for any array being planned. Having different makes and models as individuals however shouldn't make any difference except for having a good supply to cover the extras you install.

When you start looking at which make and model supply you will need you may want total up all of the hardwares and run the calc seen at the Antec page posted earlier to get an idea on the actual size of the supply you should run.

When first seeing a 587w total running 5 HDs on the last build I was relieved and knew that was covered by one of the better makes running the 700w model. For the new build counting one less drive I bought the same while considering the larger 1gb video card replacing a 512mb card on the old build plus the Phenom II X4 quad core cpu replacing the old 6000+ X2 dual core on the other case.

Well that seemed to balance things out plus leave just a little extra available. Note that a good supply for a mid to high end build will typically see at least 18amps on the 12v rails upwards to 25a on the best supplies if not higher.

For arrays you have to consider the different types of them since a mirrored array is typically a Raid 0 with one drive mirroring the other of the pair used. There's also Raid 5 and Raid 10 stripped arrays as well as the option for spanned volumes over multiple identical drives.

Whether identical or mismatched you can have each drive for individual applications like seeing two OSs one for each drive in a pair and each drive seeing a stand alone drive and bootable by unplugging the other during that particular installation. Some opt to have one single OS drive with several small storage drives one to backup another in case one fails.

All this would depend mainly on what best suits your own needs. You first want to plan things out ahead of time depending on how OSs you are planning to run as well as what each drive will see on it. Here there's one main OS drive with a second to allow for custom installs or eventually testing the next version of Windows when that time comes. The last two are strictly for storage and backup purposes there but still see separate drive letters assigned.

check inside for stopped or slow fans...evict all alien lifeforms with canned air....check power supply wattage/age/brand.....

Kaarel that is one fix to stabilize the overdrive

Ussually when you have a driver quit etc meaning the driver never installed correctly to begin with - the way the driver is behaving suggest uninstalling

use driversweeper re install last driver you used it should fix the issue

I doubt the card is overheating you would get unwanted pixels and wierd reactions during mediocre task or even on start up

#1 uninstall driver
#2 Sweep it with driver sweeper
#3Reinstall last known good driver

Also if you feel that it is still heat related take a good can of air maybe 2 and take a few Q-tips as well and start a sturn cleaning of fans vents hdds cd/dvd roms video card cpu cooler etc

This will insure best performance