New PSU = GTX 780 Ti Dead

[Swinbag]

Good morning all,

As the title suggests, I purchased a new Seasonic Focus Plus 550w PSU last week - my 8 y/o Corsair unit was buzzing horribly so decided it was time for a change - rest of the PC is in my sig.

I also moved everything over into a new case at the same time - all went without issue but when it was time to power up the PC, it started for a second then turned straight off again.

Thought it was a bit weird so I unplugged the power cable, cycled power & plugged it back in - PC booted fine this time but there was nothing on the display, checked inside & the fans on my GPU weren't spinning...

Managed to try the 780 in another system this morning & it's doing the same thing, so it looks like the card is dead

I guess I'm after some reassurance more than anything; do you think I've "killed" the card by using too small a PSU or is it just bad luck? I did a lot of reading around & seems like the power draw on the 780 Ti's is generally less than claimed/ recommended by Nvidia, so I thought a 550w would do the trick - now I'm not so sure...

The second question is where do I go from here? Leaning towards a used 980 Ti at the moment - budget is £300 max really.

Cheers!

 

[Swinbag]

Thanks for the replies guys - @Caracus2k good shout on a used 1070, will keep my eyes open.

 

[Swinbag]

Update:

I RMA'd my 780 Ti to Gigabyte, even though it's out of warranty by over a year - they agreed to take a look for me.

They've just emailed to advise that the card is completely dead, so they'll be replacing it with a GTX 970... pretty blown away to be honest! I really wasn't expecting anything, let alone a replacement card free of charge - fantastic support!!

I've not had any experience with the 9XX series, read many articles regarding gimped memory on the 970's though - should it be about in-line with a 780 Ti performance-wise?

 

[Swinbag]

Cheers for the replies guys, it's as I thought really - I'm very happy with the result & Gigabytes support.

Given the current GPU prices, it looks like this 970 is going to be my card for the foreseeable future!

 

[Swinbag]

I honestly don't know how it hasn't blown up, I've just got myself a 850w now but was generally running twin 980tis with a 550w psu with no overclock and it didn't whine or get hot or anything lol.

Good lord