Hi guys,
Had some issues with my PC last week (wouldn't boot at all) and I jumped the gun and bought a Super Flower 850W Platinum(kudos to overclockers for 2 day delivery to Cyprus btw) to replace my aging Silverstone 1000W PSU.
After installing I found out that it still wouldn't boot and then (retarded I know) I did my troubleshooting to find out that my ASUS 290X has shorted VRMs throwing the over voltage protection in the PSU.
Long story short installed an old 4870X2 I had and my PC booted, albeit problematically.
I had my old PSU EPS 8 pin CPU cable connected to the motherboard and was able to overclock my AMD 8320 CPU to 4.5 GHz (ASUS Crosshair V board).
The SuperFlower refuses to boot the PC with the 8 pin connected, I get power for 10 seconds (I can enter BIOS etc) and then it shuts down.
IF I connect both the 8 pin and 4 pin cables then nothing happens (no boot at all).
If I connect the 4 Pin CPU Cable (only) then I can boot the PC and it works fine.
Problem is I cannot overclock at all. It's like anything above stock is unstable as hell.
Any ideas? Is my new PSU problematic?
Had some issues with my PC last week (wouldn't boot at all) and I jumped the gun and bought a Super Flower 850W Platinum(kudos to overclockers for 2 day delivery to Cyprus btw) to replace my aging Silverstone 1000W PSU.
After installing I found out that it still wouldn't boot and then (retarded I know) I did my troubleshooting to find out that my ASUS 290X has shorted VRMs throwing the over voltage protection in the PSU.
Long story short installed an old 4870X2 I had and my PC booted, albeit problematically.
I had my old PSU EPS 8 pin CPU cable connected to the motherboard and was able to overclock my AMD 8320 CPU to 4.5 GHz (ASUS Crosshair V board).
The SuperFlower refuses to boot the PC with the 8 pin connected, I get power for 10 seconds (I can enter BIOS etc) and then it shuts down.
IF I connect both the 8 pin and 4 pin cables then nothing happens (no boot at all).
If I connect the 4 Pin CPU Cable (only) then I can boot the PC and it works fine.
Problem is I cannot overclock at all. It's like anything above stock is unstable as hell.
Any ideas? Is my new PSU problematic?
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