Good evening people, i'm having a strange issue with my pc at the moment and i'm having trouble working out what it is.
Spec is,
i5 2500k (stock)
Asus P8 z68-v pro motherboard
16 gb 4x4gb corsair vengence PC3200 (iirc)
2 x Gigabyte radeon hd7950 windforce (stock)
OCZ zx series 1000w psu.
The issue is that randomly when under load the output from the GFX card just stops and my monitor goes into power saving mode, sometimes to computer keeps on running happily in the background as i can still do things, but most times it causes the pc to crash, and to get the output back from the gfx i have to turn it off at the PSu and wait a bit, then turn it back on and its fine.
I've tried both GFX cards individually and get the same issue as when running them in xfire, i've tried both gfx cards in a gigabyte mobo i had spare, same issue.
Therefore im thinking that the PSU must be the issue, but i'm unsure if a dodgy psu would cause this issue, and at 1000W it really should be kicking out more than enough power to power 2 gfx cards, let alone 1, but i'm stumped as to what else it might be, unless i've somehow managed to get 2 dodgy radeon's or a dodgy asus and gigabyte motherboard.
I don't have a spare PSU so i cant swap that, so was just wondering before i go and spend a lump of cash on a new PSU am i likely to be barking up the right tree so to speak and if so, any suggestions as to what PSU i want to be looking at that will solve the issue ?
any help would be much appreciated.
Spec is,
i5 2500k (stock)
Asus P8 z68-v pro motherboard
16 gb 4x4gb corsair vengence PC3200 (iirc)
2 x Gigabyte radeon hd7950 windforce (stock)
OCZ zx series 1000w psu.
The issue is that randomly when under load the output from the GFX card just stops and my monitor goes into power saving mode, sometimes to computer keeps on running happily in the background as i can still do things, but most times it causes the pc to crash, and to get the output back from the gfx i have to turn it off at the PSu and wait a bit, then turn it back on and its fine.
I've tried both GFX cards individually and get the same issue as when running them in xfire, i've tried both gfx cards in a gigabyte mobo i had spare, same issue.
Therefore im thinking that the PSU must be the issue, but i'm unsure if a dodgy psu would cause this issue, and at 1000W it really should be kicking out more than enough power to power 2 gfx cards, let alone 1, but i'm stumped as to what else it might be, unless i've somehow managed to get 2 dodgy radeon's or a dodgy asus and gigabyte motherboard.
I don't have a spare PSU so i cant swap that, so was just wondering before i go and spend a lump of cash on a new PSU am i likely to be barking up the right tree so to speak and if so, any suggestions as to what PSU i want to be looking at that will solve the issue ?
any help would be much appreciated.
