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Power supply voltage

Apr 2, 2019 12:14PM PDT

Hey recently been having issues with pc turning off during games so I was searching to try and find something similar and found that the 12v power going to the cpu could be my issue. I monitored it yesterday and it wasn’t hitting the 12v mark I believe 11.9 was highest and lowest being 11.808.

Is this strictly just a power supply problem? I originally thought it was the motherboard but if that’s not to blame and it’s the psu it will make my life a lot easier. It’s not the cpu overheating either i haven’t seen it go past 58c and everything is at there base clocks. Cheers

System specs
Ryzen 2700x
Cooler master 240mm AIO
Asus crosshair vll hero x470
G skill flare x 16gb 3200mhz
1 ssd 1 m.2 drive 500gb
Msi 2080ti
Thermaltake 750w 80+ gold
(Have 6 fans running if that makes a difference)

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Actually that's close enough.
Apr 2, 2019 2:35PM PDT
https://www.google.com/search?q=12+volt+tolerance+psu+pc&gl=US finds the usual +/- 5% tolerance so 11.808 is fine. I've seen this out by 10% and no issues.

I worry about the dual +12V rail ( https://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-TOUGHPOWER-Modular-Supply-PS-TPD-0750MPCGUS-1/dp/B00IUQRPQS ) but there is a single rail and even with a dual rail unless there's a dozen HDDs I think this gets a pass.

BE SURE the BIOS is current and google that model motherboard like this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Asus+crosshair+vii+hero+x470+shuts+off&gl=US

Seems like this board has a lot of complaints about random shut offs. See if anyone has fixed it.
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Thanks for the help
Apr 4, 2019 12:48PM PDT

It was the motherboard causing the trouble ended up just swapping it out and putting my old b350 board in now everything works as it should. For some reason they said some apps conflict with the asus apps and cause the shutdowns I deleted every app and still same problem so had enough after that and gave up on it. Didn’t think spending that much on a board could turn into such headache... my first asus part and that’ll be my last after that

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Just so you know.
Apr 4, 2019 4:40PM PDT

I've fielded other x470 board questions and something seems off on those regardless of the maker.

Keep an eye on PCMR and the boards they use for Ryzens at https://www.reddit.com/r/PCMasterRace/wiki/builds (Spoiler, they are listing x450 boards right now.)

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Okay will do
Apr 4, 2019 6:48PM PDT

I’ll place the x470 back into my other pc I’m building (needs ram and psu still) see if I can get it working but will stick with b350 board till next ryzen’s comes out in my main pc. Don’t see the point in getting new board now unless my b350 isn’t up to the task (which it seems like it is atm ??)