New build, fallout 4 crashes after 5 mins

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Limpnoodle

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Ok need some help guys for my bro, after 5 mins of playing fallout 4 the computer just crashes then nothing, here are the specs afaik.

r9 390
and fx-4100
asus socket 492 not sure which one, bought from maplin and has core unlocker written on it

and a g7 power extreme 680w psu

I think its the psu as it would almost burn you to the touch, but the cpu's heatsink can get pretty toasty aswell.

Is that psu really that bad? and if it is what psu would you recommend from maplin.

oh as a side note it was running lotr online just fine before the 390 upgrade (from a 5850)

Many thanks
 
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Like on the side of the psu, was hotter than the cpu heatsink, the green light on the mobo doesn't light up anymore computer is dead at the moment

cpu temps were around 60c i think

Im gonna try another psu on the system and report back
 
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Get a quality PSU.
That pile of <insert word of choice> is highly likely to take out your system if hasn't already.
 
Oh crap thats scary, could you recommend me a suitable psu from maplin, as we need it same day
I was thinking something like this
 
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dont link competitors, you'll get suspended, suggest you remove it, but yes, to answer your question corsair are one of the better brands for PSU
 
Maplins are outrageously overpriced on almost everything they sell. Unless its emergency electronic components you need, id stay away.
 
Yeah get that awful PSU out of your system. Any gold+ rated from the above or even corsair which some people hate on here will do. I always use Corsair, have a hx850 now running my setup 5960x 980ti build. But yeah that PSU you have is terrible, bin it. Suprised you can run the game with that old CPU tbh.
 
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I think it was 2 problems one the psu and two the cpu fan rpm sensor, in the bios the rpm reading would jump from 600rpm to 30000 then back again.
I swapped out the old psu for a new 750 watt one (old one is in the bin), swapped out the cpu fan and all seems fine.

One thing that done my head in was i couldn't find a 4 pin mobo connector then i realized there's 2 4 pin connectors stuck together.
But yeah everythings up and running.
Fallout 4 runs fine on that cpu, probably gonna look to get a better one soon.
Thanks for the advice guys
 
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Limpnoodle said:
I think it was 2 problems one the psu and two the cpu fan rpm sensor, in the bios the rpm reading would jump from 600rpm to 30000 then back again.
I swapped out the old psu for a new 750 watt one (old one is in the bin), swapped out the cpu fan and all seems fine.

One thing that done my head in was i couldn't find a 4 pin mobo connector then i realized there's 2 4 pin connectors stuck together.
But yeah everythings up and running.
Fallout 4 runs fine on that cpu, probably gonna look to get a better one soon.
Thanks for the advice guys
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I'm amazed nobody here bothered to tell you that this power supply has three +12V rails (the ones which supply power to all the major components, including the graphics card) that are each rated at 18A.
To get the power it is capable of delivering, you multiply the 18 by 12, and you get 216W.
The R9 390 graphics card has a 275W TDP; I haven't checked reviews but I'm sure it can draw close to that in real world use.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with that power unit - you were just asking it to do something it wasn't designed to do, and your PC crashed whenever it tried to draw more power than it was capable of doing on a single +12V rail to the graphics card. Stick something like a GTX 1080 in there, rated for 180W and it would be absolutely fine.

Just posting this in case someone is thinking of buying the power supply and gets put off... it's not an A* unit, but it's perfectly capable if used correctly.
 
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