Power needed!

Last week I got a new Radeon HD 5750, 1gig DDR5. I was quite sad to see that there was not much difference in gameplay. The fan was making a strange sound. I though maybe it was because of 'Catalyst' software or the new DirectX 11. Since I'm runing on a Windows 7 Ultimate 64x I think, at least, I got the best OS possible. I am running it for close to 3 years now (windows 7 Ultimate beta). It's full of programs, games, codec for anything possible and impossible. I don't wanna format my computer. NO WAY!!! I have combination of codec that works with Sony Vegas and Virtualdub that are very particular. I though maybe it's slow because I run a Web Serveur on my PC.

But after all those reflection... who are, like always, too complicated for nothing, I came to a easy conclusion. I may need more powers. Graphic card need 'juice'. It suck a lot on the power supply. Since I have also 3HD that also suck on it.... and 350wtt power supply.... WHAT!!! 350wtt!!!!
I though I changed it last time I got the new board and processor. OMG!!!! So I ran to a computer store to get a new one. Those power supply are much expensive those days. My 350wtt Antec was 40$ 4 years ago. Now It's Termaltake 500wtt for 60$. It's a good brand.

After changing it and restart... ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! My computer rebooted soooooooo smootly!!! No more sound from fans. Everything is now perfect! Next step to change in this computer will be board, processor and memory (DDR3). I have a dual core 2.4/2.4 and 6 gig of ram (DDR2) for now. When I will change that I will need more than 600$ to get something acceptable. And I will have to format. Soooooooooo... it's not for today. Maybe in 1-2 years.

I lovesssssss computer!! It's my best friend. I can't live without one or without internet. It's my biggest passion!