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I guess the depends on what you mean by "personal" use. Many folks have been running servers in their homes for years. Newegg has more than 50 dual processor boards, and 4 or 5 quads. And some hard core gamers may use them for LAN parties, or just braggin' rights. Looks like the cheapest at Newegg is the Tyan S2696A2NRF (SATA) Dual 771 for $380USD. Or if budget is not in your vocabulary, you can go for the Tyan - S4881G2NR Quad 940 for a mere $1787.99USD - must be in high demand, I see they are currently out of stock.I never really imagined that those types of motherboards were on the market for personal use.
Of course then you have to add CPUs - lets see, the Opteron 890 Egypt 2.8G Dual-Core will be nice - and it is on sale for only $1,169! Oh, yeah, times 4 - for $4,676! Then there's RAM - 16 slots!***
If your current supply is still good (just underpowered) then probably no additional damage was done. Usually, a stressed power supply will simply cause unexplained reboots, crashes, or graphics problems. It is rare for a power supply to cause additional damage, but it does happen. In fact, we must remember, anything that plugs into the wall can kill!
If not, pick a different PSU. Why buy a new PSU that does not meet your current or foreseeable needs? The two PSUs you selected do.Also, most of the PSU's that I bring up don't have two 6-pin PCIe connectors,
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When I turned my computer back on, the desktop loaded up almost as fast as it had when I first got it. Some of the desktop icons didn't load up at the same time as the others. I restarted my computer and the loading time was just as fast. So, I've shaved off at least 3-4 seconds worth of loading time for my desktop. I'll have to set my fans back to high to see if it changes anything.
Although, my CD drive is still having some problems. I looked it up on Newegg.com this past Monday and checked the reviews for LG drives. Mostly all of them were terrible. The reviews described problems that I have been having with my own LG CD drive. I ordered a Samsung drive that same day. It should be coming in today. My Corsair PSU should also be coming in today. So, as soon as I can check the Corsair with the PSU tester and install everything, I'll give ya'll another post.
BTW: I have NOT had another red screen occur, yet. Weird 
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I just tested my PSU and installed both the new PSU and new CD drive. I decided, what the heck, I'll go ahead and jack up the fans to high. I got enough power.
When my desktop loaded this time with the new PSU and CD drive, I was disappointed because it loaded as slow as before. Also, the CD drive acts up again when I stick a CD in it (no autoplay and freezes when I try to open in My Computer). My next guess is CPU or HDD? I don't want to end up buying myself a whole new rig. Although, I did need a new PSU. Not sure now if I needed a new CD drive (even though this one has LightScribe and is quieter).
What do you think, Digerati?
I was browsing through What the Tech forums and found something about WD Diag and Memory tests (for RAM sticks). I might try those. Any suggestions for checking CPU?
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