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Another thing now, I tried bitcoin gold mining on the GPU. It runs perfectly normal even at 100% load. No crashes whatsoever. I could even overclock the GPU, gaining additional 87MHz clock. The system is stable. This kinda throws away the reason to look into PSU as an issue.

I checked all the voltage rails. The Dell PSU used only 2 12V pins and one 5V stand by, no other 5V or 3.3V ones. The adapter also takes only those pins from the PSU. The GPU and CPU also use only 12V rails so the whole system is being powered by a single 12V rail in the PSU. I estimated the...

I had the exact same problem while upgrading Optiplex 7040. I installed a GTX 960, which is oversized for the case so the case lid is open. I also bought a new 635W power supply, which is laying outside the case because of lack of space. I'm also using the 24 to 8 pin adapter. The system runs...

Thanks for replying. I think you might be right. There seems to be something wrong with power delivery. Also I noticed there might be something with the 24 to 8 pin adapter. It only uses pin 8-11 and 16-18 from the 24 pin connector, which are +12V1 DC, +12V1 DC, +5VSB, PWR_OK, PS_ON#, COM, COM...

Hi. I have a Dell Optiplex 7040 upgraded using a GTX 960. The power supply was not enough for the card so I bought a new 630W power supply. Everything else is the same. The PC runs quite fine normally but when I run graphics intensive apps like games or even 3DMark for a while, it suddenly...