Cyberpower pc questions

There's a power issue. The PSU you listed is not recommended by most folk here. We stick to single rail models to avoid rail balance and overload issues. The symptoms and your test points to a poor PSU.

sorry I must have got something mixed up in that last post with the cyberpower pc it has the same power problem whether you are using the Nvidia video card or the on board video in the motherboard I was referring to my gateway running properly on a 400 watt power supply

ok bob I will try that and see if it helps

If the computer is trying to pull too much power can you guys please recommend a good video card that will work with this motherboard and Psu that has an hdmi port

thank you again

ok with the equipment I listed in my first post to start this thread can anyone help me with figuring out 1 of 2 things

1. A good replacement motherboard that has hdmi on the board

2. A video card that has hdmi that doesn't require so much power to run so I can continue to use the 430 watt psu

That's the last thing you want to change.

Since the power issue happens with and without the gpu I would not suspect the gpu.

You did not say if you did the cleaning/fan check and the cover off test.
While your in there verify the cpu hsf is firmly attached.

I am in the processs of breaking this thing all the way down to nothing have pulled everything out of the case and thourally cleaning it all realized last night that the cpu was installed under the heatsink whit no thermal compound. (asked owner if he had ever disassembled it and said no) so I am guessing it was shipped to him this way I don't know how it hasn't fried the cpu already but picking up some compound for it today for reassembly and testing I will let you know the results.

can you though please explain to me what is so cheap about this psu unit I am a true believer in taking no short cuts and the guy at the computer shop where it was purchased assured me that it would fit my needs and was of good quality so please help me understand why this was a bad decision to purchase it

As to the PSU, the +12V rails are pretty low powered. Now the total Watts looks fine but the split rail means that we can't be sure if we are pushing a rail too hard. While this PSU might do, the troubles point to a faulting or overtaxed PSU.

I guess I could write more but hope your compound heatsink work helps.

Why the PSU was a bad decision is that a single rail would have removed the need to know what's on each rail, moving parts from one rail to the next. That sort of work is for engineers. I don't know your electronics skill level. Here that would take me marking which plugs have which rail then using a current loop meter to see how much each connection is pulling. All that goes onto paper so I can think over how to reduce the higher load on one rail.

Most owners are not into that work or don't understand what I wrote because well, why would folk know about Amperes, Rails and Watts?

I was wondering when I was installing the Psu why all the plugs were marked with different designations I can write down the numbers on the plugs and post them when I get home and that might help I do know for sure at this point that 1 cable goes to the dvd and the other goes to the hdd because that is all that is installed in this pc at this point the only other connections are the two motherboard connections

It would have been better to have a single rail unit just to keep life simple.
However in your case I doubt it matters.

Let's say everything is connected to rail #1.

Rough numbers.
Rail #1.....215w

The load.
Cpu...................100w
Gpu....................25w
Hdd/cd/fans.....30w
Looks like 155w.

If that psu can deliver on the rated specs your not close to overload.
Looks to be about 70%.

And found many to fail close to the ratings. The PSU is suspect but what's next is even more time and money. Motherboard and other parts.

I start with a good PSU so I never worry. This one if on my PC would be gone.

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who gave me advice on this situation. I went through this computer from front to back, cleaned everything reapplied thermal compound to the Cpu, made a few changes to the bios, and did a fresh install of Windows 10 it is now on its 2nd day of my test running since yesterday with no shut downs.

Cpu Temp. 42° C
GPU Temp. 45° C

Just a quick note this tr2 psu seems to be fine with this system The AMD fx6300 is 3.5 ghz and it is clocking right now at roughly 3.8 with these Temps if everything stays the way they are till tomorrow gonna start running some gaming scenarios on it and see what happens.

I think the biggest factor in it shutting down before I did this work on it was the Cpu Temp due to no thermal compound on it.