not enough psu power?

zolden · 24 Jul 2012 at 23:25

Hello i was wondering if my power supply not giving enough kick? I get display error like once a day when i try to live stream 1080p ... my thought is i did not get the best of psu (i have 600W).

my GPU when not going crazy goes around 30-40% usage and like 50*c temp i got the fan speed on auto but that usualy goes 40-50 but when it does goes nuts the usage till like go up to 98% usage then bk down then up then down.

But anyhow today it was at 34% usage and then just died .. it only happens when i have xsplit open but sometimes it will run fine for hours it just cuts out like today i streamed for about 4 hours then changed to 1080p output up from 1600x900 and when i started it crashed.

Specs

Operating System
MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 3770K @ 3.50GHz 48 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
32.0 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-V LX (LGA1155) 34 °C
Graphics
SAMSUNG (1920x1080@60Hz)
AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Hard Drives
466GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 (SATA)
Optical Drives
Optiarc DVD RW AD-5280S
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

Do i need a higher psu do you think? (any other info you need to know let me know ill get back to ya)

Tealc · 24 Jul 2012 at 23:41

600W good brand or 600W rubbish brand. It's pretty important.

There's a big difference between this

and a decent 600W PSU.

You specced the rest of your PC pretty well but not the thing that might be most important.

Also if it only crashes with xsplit then maybe that's your problem?

wkingsnorth · 24 Jul 2012 at 23:44

Tealc said:
600W good brand or 600W rubbish brand. It's pretty important.

There's a big difference between this

and a decent 600W PSU.

You specced the rest of your PC pretty well but not the thing that might be most important.

Yeah, the psu is the one thing you can never skimp on, it could kill your entire pc.

zolden · 25 Jul 2012 at 00:59

Tealc said:
600W good brand or 600W rubbish brand. It's pretty important.

There's a big difference between this

and a decent 600W PSU.

You specced the rest of your PC pretty well but not the thing that might be most important.

Also if it only crashes with xsplit then maybe that's your problem?

what do you mean by "your problem?"

i currently have PowerStation Gaming 600W Silent ATX2 Modular Power Supply

Doctor McNinja · 25 Jul 2012 at 03:22

zolden said:
what do you mean by "your problem?"

i currently have PowerStation Gaming 600W Silent ATX2 Modular Power Supply

I think he just means that Xsplit could be to blame. It's not the most stable software around and it's no stranger to issues.