PSU question

ANDARIAL

ANDARIAL

ANDARIAL

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I have a corsair TX 850 running a 3700x am4 not OC
power color 6700XT fighter gfx,currently standard no OC max temps seen were 90oC @junction
Plenty of air flow in case

Been getting a few crashes to Desk,psu must be well over 10 years old now only happens on Destiny 2.ALL other games and benchmarks/stress test ALWAYS have passed
Game files have been tested and passed as has SSD games are on
NOW i have a backup psu which is a EVGA 600W 80 plus,BUT this is quite old too at least 6 years i reckon but has not seen more than50 hours powered on MAX
Would this psu run my gaming rig?even as a trial.don`t want to remove old psu and try this one if no good
opinions please or should i buy a new psu?what one if so at around £100 if possible :)
 
A crash to desktop with a power warning in the driver? Just wondering why you think it is the PSU?

This wouldn't usually be a symptom I'd connect with power, because typically the system would just shut down or reset, if it was tripping.
 
I think I worded it wrong
It shuts down the game and goes to steam menu
Weirdly I only seems to go with destiny no other game or stress trips it shut .was thinking of trying the 600 watt PSU to see if that stops it .will have a look at the error logs later :)
 
PSU's do degrade over time. I'm not certain that a 10 year old 850Watt PSU would degrade by 200 watts though, as a 6700XT specs a 650 watter. Your rig should play that game without issue so have a search to see if there are any issues playing that game on Steam.

Replacing said PSU on a like for like basis for your budget will be tricky. If you stepped down to a 750 watter then I suggest this at its offer price of 95 notes.

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £105.49 (includes delivery: £10.50)​



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Well i just finished a 2 hour session and no crashes
Damn thing is sooo intermittent,can go weeks without a problem then bamm a couple of times a day.As it is only this one game it all points to it being a game issue but did not find any issues reported online:confused:
Tetras said:
I'm happy to be proved wrong, but that really doesn't sound like a psu problem to me.
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Yeah cannot find where i got the psu from or how old but has got to be over 10 years,i got it to run 2x r270 back in the day i think i remember
 
Blutaked a 80mm fan to the psu inside the main case,`seems`to fix it fingers crossed
Air from psu during gaming feels quite hot to me but psu fan is working properly,psu is drawing cooler air from bottom of case as well....weird
 
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