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MSI 970 keeps crashing, RMA time?

Coming back to this, crashed at 2900Mb usage last night so not really leaning towards it hitting the 970's limit (Afterburner reported 1800Mb, crashdump reported 2900Mb).

The power meter on the wall never reports over 380w so I don't think it's a PSU issue either.
 
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Getting artifacts in chrome now with no game open :(

Looks like it's time to do it. Not looking forward to onboard GPU for 2 weeks :p

i2GMw
 
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Can I just point out if it was the psu it wouldn't crash just the game but the hole pc would restart at random times..

People really need to stop blaming psu for when a game crashes.
If it was a psu issue OP would know about it because there crashing is very easy to see.
 
Little*Freak said:
To me, with the system you have it looks like it may be too much for the PSU to cope with.

I could be wrong! But it looks like you are right on the edge of total system power consumption with a good 550W when under heavy load considering that you have an Overclock + 3 PCI SSD's, a HDD and a GTX970.

I think you need at least a very good 600W PSU.
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Nonsense. If you look at reviews SLI 970's only have a total sytem power draw of 450-500w. The GTX900 series is extremely power efficient. My pc only pulls a max of 422w at the wall while gaming and that's only a single game. Most of the time it's between 280-350w. A 550w psu is more than enough for most single gpu systems.
 
Going by this, i'm surprised and confused that you'd think that SLI GTX 970's would be fine with a 550W PSU. Overclockers themselves recommend higher wattage PSU's for the GTX 970.

Real world example - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18654193

In your reply you state that you believe it would only pull 450-500W even in SLI. That leaves 50W for the rest of the system if it isn't overclocked.

The OP has an overclocked system (how many extra Watts does that pull?), which has many PCI-E drives and a HDD. With Sprite's example, an OCZ 550W might not make the grade.
 
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He doesn't have SLI 970's, he has a single card which is far more efficient than my GTX780. Try actually reading what I typed. I stated that a SLI gtx 970 system has a total system power draw of 450-500w in reviews (try reading some yourself before spouting rubbish). I did not recommend 550w for SLI 970's. If that was the case I would be recommending a 650w unit just for the extra headroom and for the psu to run cool. As for overclocked power draw, I have already stated what my overclocked system pulls at the wall and the op's will be even less than that. Even his ZS550 with only 456w on the 12v rail is more than enough for his pc.
 
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They've closed my request for some stupid reason. Am I better off doing it through OcUK?

TBMx7


Edit: Done through OcUK.
 
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Little*Freak said:
Going by this, i'm surprised and confused that you'd think that SLI GTX 970's would be fine with a 550W PSU. Overclockers themselves recommend higher wattage PSU's for the GTX 970.

Real world example - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18654193

In your reply you state that you believe it would only pull 450-500W even in SLI. That leaves 50W for the rest of the system if it isn't overclocked.

The OP has an overclocked system (how many extra Watts does that pull?), which has many PCI-E drives and a HDD. With Sprite's example, an OCZ 550W might not make the grade.
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I have a single PCI-e SSD, a single SSD and a single HDD. The power draw from the wall is never over 400w, which includes my monitors.
 
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