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Resolved Question

Whats wrong with my pc

Feb 20, 2018 11:36AM PST

Hey all,

Since some weeks ive build a new pc. Everything works fine except for 1 thing.
Sometimes it turnes randomly off, most of the times while playing a game. It doesnt happen that often, but if it does its very anoying.

Some things I thought of:
Heat
Psu

Heat: I did watch the temps they are something like this:
Cpu: 20, 50 load
Gpu 40-50, 80 load
Mobo: 20-30, 50 load

Sadly I never saw the temps at the exact moment that the pc turned off, because it doesnt happen that often. Is there something like a temp logger, where I can see the temps after it turned off?

Psu: I wasnt sure if my psu was strong enough, but its a 600W psu, and I was told that that should be alright. Tell me if im wrong


Can someone help me fixing this and explain me what I did wrong.

Thank you very much and sry for my bad english

Specs:
Mb: asrock 970 gaming
Cpu: fx 8350
Gpu: msi gtx 970
Ram: 16gb ddr3 1600
Psu: zalman zm600-hp

(Need something else?)

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If this is a new build
Feb 20, 2018 12:44PM PST

Test with the side panel off.

If you still have the same problem think about that psu.

Using a quad rail unit on a gaming machine is iffy.

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Thanks for the reply
Feb 20, 2018 2:24PM PST

Hey,
I tried it some days ago without the side panel, at that day it didnt turn off. Sadly that doesnt say everything because it sometimes doesnt turn of for a couple of days.
Ill try it soon again and then for more days.

Can you explain me what a quad rail unit is, sry

Thx for the response

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Psu
Feb 20, 2018 3:12PM PST

Quad rail refers to the number of 12v rails of the psu.

If you look at the label on the psu I suspect you will see 4 12v rails.....v1,v2,v3,v4.

Now you get into how is the power split and what sort of load are you putting on each rail.

It just turns into a big headache.

The simple way out is to go to a single rail psu.

If the side panel off test fails I'd shop for a 600w single rail psu.