Hello,
Last week I upgraded my graphics card from a Nvidia 660ti to a Radeon MSI 290x, a huge increase in power draw, tried it with my old TX 650 corsair and had my first ever instant shutdown of pc, so I looked around and did not have a huge amount of funds so I went with an EVGA 750 supernova the reviews seemed okay for it.
Both items bought from Overclockers
Any intensive game play and I still get an instant shutdown (not a graphics card crash or blue screen just instant no power) so I am assuming I need a better higher W psu.
A lot of the power calculators out there do not really cover what I have on my system some say a 650 is fine others go as high as 800w.
So here is my system, let me know if you think I am going the right way thinking of getting a seasonic or corsair 850.
Note** the only error report I get is after the shutdown asus volt protection kicks in telling my I have an unstable PSU.
i5 2500k intel cpu
Asus P8z77-V LX2
8gb DDR3
Seagate hybrid 1tb drive
Seagate 1.5 tb sata
MSI 290x twin fozzer 4gb
Custom liquid cooling system including
Laing DDC-1 12v
360cm Radiator
3 120cm Sharkoon fans (radiator)
1 120cm Sharkoon fan case
Scythe digital temp and fan speed read out
Internal Blu-ray drive
USB internal 3.0 card powered by psu
Logitech g600 mouse
USB keyboard
Logitech G13 gamepad
Razor megalodon headset (I know this has quite a draw)
I did a 24 hour prime95 test incase it was a cpu issue no problems and cpu never went above 32c
The signs do seem to point towards a psu issue and an OCCT psu direct x 11 test shut my pc down in 15 seconds.
Advice on psu is also appreciated.
Last week I upgraded my graphics card from a Nvidia 660ti to a Radeon MSI 290x, a huge increase in power draw, tried it with my old TX 650 corsair and had my first ever instant shutdown of pc, so I looked around and did not have a huge amount of funds so I went with an EVGA 750 supernova the reviews seemed okay for it.
Both items bought from Overclockers
Any intensive game play and I still get an instant shutdown (not a graphics card crash or blue screen just instant no power) so I am assuming I need a better higher W psu.
A lot of the power calculators out there do not really cover what I have on my system some say a 650 is fine others go as high as 800w.
So here is my system, let me know if you think I am going the right way thinking of getting a seasonic or corsair 850.
Note** the only error report I get is after the shutdown asus volt protection kicks in telling my I have an unstable PSU.
i5 2500k intel cpu
Asus P8z77-V LX2
8gb DDR3
Seagate hybrid 1tb drive
Seagate 1.5 tb sata
MSI 290x twin fozzer 4gb
Custom liquid cooling system including
Laing DDC-1 12v
360cm Radiator
3 120cm Sharkoon fans (radiator)
1 120cm Sharkoon fan case
Scythe digital temp and fan speed read out
Internal Blu-ray drive
USB internal 3.0 card powered by psu
Logitech g600 mouse
USB keyboard
Logitech G13 gamepad
Razor megalodon headset (I know this has quite a draw)
I did a 24 hour prime95 test incase it was a cpu issue no problems and cpu never went above 32c
The signs do seem to point towards a psu issue and an OCCT psu direct x 11 test shut my pc down in 15 seconds.
Advice on psu is also appreciated.