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    Question Seasonic Focus GX-1000 ATX 3.0 or MSI MPG A1000G PCIE5

    Hello, i would like to buy PSU for new build, it will have RTX graphic card, i am considering RTX 4090 or i will wait for 5080 / 5090 once it come out. What PSU would you reccomand? MSI MPG A1000G PCIE5 for 120€ or Seasonic Focus GX-1000 ATX 3.0 for 160€ Msi has only 3 years...
  2. KosmoLMAO

    Question Help!

    A friend of mine wich I sold an Aqirys Pulsar LS 650w 80+Bronze want s to put it in an old pc with an i7 4790k a 1050ti gpu and 32gb of ram, but on his motherboard(Idk the model, but old ish) the cpu socket only has 4 pins, and the Aqirys powersupply has 8 pins wich can be divided in two, each...
  3. Aditya Singh Rawat

    Question psu for 14600k

    building a pc for i5-14600k and rtx 3060 motherboard msi mag b760 mortar ddr5, will 650w enough i dont plan to game on it no overclocking as such. also I'm using a air cooler dual tower
  4. N

    Question Could my PSU have damaged my motherboard?

    Hey all! So a few months ago my PC started stuttering/hitching seemingly out of nowhere. I tried everything I could find online but nothing fixed it. I have switched every component in my PC, including switching my old drives to new ones, and trying OS with 2 new drives. I also changed my...
  5. C

    Question PC randomly shuts off and restarts

    In the last few months my PC has started to randomly shut off and restart. This started after water was spilt on the PC and bricked the MOBO. I bought a new one and installed it along with windows 11. Then a few weeks later it started. Its essentially like someone is just cutting the power...
  6. E

    Question My computer doesn't work anymore after installing new PSU ?

    I have a PC I built myself and today I got a new MasterBox Q300L case and Thermaltake 600w PSU. I tried the power supply earlier and the PC would turn on but no display, I was hoping that after I moved everything that it’d fix itself, but no, It still showing no display. After searching up a...
  7. anshul2028

    Question Random, single "Pop/Click" sound from PC ?

    My PC SPECS => Mother Board: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Gaming Motherboard => CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.1 GHz 19MB Cache AM4 => CPU cooler: DEEPCOOL GAMMAXX 400 V2 Blue LED air CPU Cooler => Graphics Card: ASUS pci_e_x4 Dual GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition 8GB GDDR6 RAM...
  8. soyko

    Question Bought a new power supply and it doesn't work with my chinese motherboard

    as the title says I tried the "Beast Power Z" power supply on an AM4 gigabyte a520 motherboard and it worked but when I tried it on my PC that has a Chinese motherboard x99 (it is called "ZSUS X99-P4" it spins the fan of the CPU and its fan for one second then stops my pc configuration: intel...
  9. ClickMeFish

    Question PC Turning Off (Possibly Overheating)

    Over the past week my PC has been randomly turning off, this doesn't only happen when underload sometimes it happens when I am just watching youtube. Looking at my temps my GPU is normally staying below 40c when not under load and below 70c when under load, cpu is normally below 50c when idle...
  10. M

    Question PC doesn't shut down completely; fans keep spinning and lights remain on

    Hello. As of yesterday, I am experiencing an issue where my PC doesn't fully shut down. The fans keep spinning, and my RGB lighting remains on and all I've got left is to hold power button for like 7-10 secs to definitely power it off. I'm using Z690 UD DDR4 motherboard, paired with i7-12700k...
  11. Petar27

    Question Why is my PC not turning on?

    Hey, guys! About 2 days ago I slept my pc and then disconnected it from the power cable to move it. (Although I did first switch the PSU off and then disconnect the power cable, I feel like this might have been an issue since PC wasn't fully turned off) After that it wouldn't turn on. At first I...
  12. N

    Question Could a faulty PSU start causing stutter?

    Hey all! So a few months ago my PC started stuttering/hitching seemingly out of nowhere. I tried everything I could find online but nothing fixed it. I have switched every component in my PC excluding an SSD. I also changed my motherboard which seemed to fix the issue. Later it started...
  13. JelkoBG

    Question Low 12v voltage under load

    I need some help. Recently looked at HWinfo voltage readings and the 12v readings were very bad, 12v on the motherboard normally is 12.4v but under load it drops to 11.5v. On the GPU side it's even worse. The minimum voltage on the 8pin cable drops to 11.2v under load but normally is 12.4v. The...
  14. F

    Question Losing display during gaming (sometimes), maybe a PSU issue?

    Hey all! So, as the title leads, I'm having issues where, sometimes, when I play, I lose display, but can still hear audio and my PC is still running and all. To get display signal I have to restart my PC (either quick restart or hard restart). After doing some searching, I found that it could...
  15. C

    Question Dell T7810 with standard power supply mod ?

    I have a Dell T7810 workstation motherboard and I want to use a standard power supply but as I found online that the pinouts of the 24 pin cable are different from the standard power supply pins I have tried many times to get it working but it never worked anyone can help me out? I found some...
  16. A

    Question OCCT Crashes on PSU or CPU tests.

    So as the title says, Memory tests shows no errors, AVG Driver Updater found no drivers in need of an update. My immediate suspicion went to there being a problem with my PSU, as i had a 650w Argus, and was having blue screens with intensive games. i looked up someone having a similar issue...
  17. F

    Question PSU for nzxt h1 v1 - ASUS ROG Loki 850w or another

    I've been using the 650w PSU that came with the tower, but it wasn't enough to run a 13600k and a 4070 super (the machine kept freezing under high load), so now I am looking at buying a new one. NZXT h1 v1 requires a SFX-L but by designing a new bracket it can support normal SFXs. Been looking...
  18. hyperix

    Question PC Death - Mobo or PSU failure?

    So, about yesterday, I was running Terragen which is a heavily cpu dependant 3D rendering software, was playing around with the render settings and stuff and didn't notice how hot the CPU was getting during all the viewport rendering process. I don't have particularly good cooling solution for...
  19. Hisoka95

    Question Laptop charger/adapter causes game to freeze ?

    Hey guys, I discovered that when using charger brick the game freezed/crashed unlike removing it and using only battery the game no crashing anymore. Is there any solution I can do?
  20. R

    Question Bad motherboard voltage readings ?

    Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite There readings aren't actually yellow, I edited the screenshot to highlight them in yellow. Are those readings normal? Screenshot: https://ibb.co/ZSs6MvL
  21. A

    Question weird noise from my pc

    Good evening, I need your precious help to find the origin of a noise I've been having since last night on my tower and which is starting to drive me crazy. I have the impression that it could be a fan slightly unscrewed on the PSU (to the ear it sounds like the noise is coming from below) but...
  22. G

    Question CORSAIR CX-F Series CX550F RGB 550W for RTX4070?

    I can grab this psu for decent price rn, it will be paired with asus dual rtx4070 and probably ryzen 5 7600, 32gb ram, 2 1tb ssds? It will be used for 3d modelling and animation For 20 bucks more i can grab seasonic focus gx550, but id like to avoid that as it is highly above my budget
  23. Mihari

    Question Is it possible to replace PSU without unscrewing my mobo

    kinda newbie in this, but is it possible to replace my psu without laying the motherboard on a table My specs - mobo: Asrock B550M pro4 - cpu: Ryzen 5 3600 - cpu cooler: deepcool gammaxx something - ram: 16GB(2x8GB T-force delta) DDR4 3600 - GPU: MSI RTX 3060TI Gaming X(The dual fan one) - PSU...
  24. rich002

    Question Is 500w enough for RX 6600 XT ?

    Hi guys, So, i find a good deal on RX 6600 XT, but my psu currently is corsair vs 450, and i want to replace that. i find be quiet u9 500w for 35$ in marketplace, but it's a used psu for about a year, and am little worried about that. Or should i get a Gamemax VP 700w for 37$, or FSP HV PRO 85+...
  25. RobertWenger

    Question What would cause a computer to suddenly stop turning on completely?

    I've been troubleshooting my computer that will no longer turn on, and I need the opinions of others who are smarter than me. It does nothing when pushing the power button, and I have no idea why. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Where the problems started: I recently needed to...
  26. Rasty

    Question 1st time building PC, need help with PSU cables

    Hey guys, i'm finally gonna build my pc however i'm kinda scared i'm gonna ruin it with the PSU. I bought an XPG Core reactor gold 750w which is modular but i'm confused because the cables don't say which end goes to the PSU and which to the PC. View: https://imgur.com/a/gRxsah3 I was...
  27. gmenezes

    Question My PC boot only when unplugged for several hours

    I just assembled a new computer with the following components: Ryzen 7800X3D ASUS TUF Gaming X670E-Plus Lian Li Galahad Trinity II RTX 4070 SUPER Kingston Fury 6000MHz 990 PRO 2TB MSI MAG 850W NZXT H9 FLOW Currently, my PC is mounted on a bench outside the case. The first time I tried to turn...
  28. migania

    Question 1060 6GB and PSU pin issue

    Hey, today I was asked to swap a graphics card from 1050 ti to 1060 6gb by a friend. As I did that I noticed that the PSU doesn't have any 6 pin PCI-E for the GPU, or so I think. The PSU is TACMARS-MPII750, which says on the specs that it doesn't have a 6 or 8 pin but has 2x6+2 pin, which I...
  29. Dexxly_uk

    Question What caused my blown psu?

    Recently, I've been encountering troubling issues with my PC. Initially, it began with a startling static or electric noise whenever I plugged something into a socket near it. After a few days, this noise escalated, occurring even when I was playing games, which became quite alarming...
  30. Vollkornbrot

    Question Strange power outage

    Hi, recently I havea strange problem occuring for the second time today. When it happens I can hear the fans of my Pc switch off for a split second and the screen freezes. Immediately after that the PC fans are starting again (Sounds like when I turn on the PC). After 10 seconds it unfreezes...
  31. E

    Question plz suggest some good 750w PSUs

    Hi, my current psu is- corsair cs650m. I think i need a new 750w psu cause of my Asrock AMD rx 7800xt challenger oc gpu and r5 7600 cpu. But i wanna buy a psu which will b future proof, cause after several years i would like to upgrade my cpu to last best am5 cpu for gaming. which one would be...
  32. N

    Question Do I have enough PSU overhead for a CPU upgrade?

    So I'm looking to upgrade from my i5-13400F to either an i5-14500, an i5-13600KF, or an i7-12700KF (still haven't figured out which to go with) in order to relieve a CPU bottleneck with my RTX 4070 Super, but I'm not sure if my 650 Watt PSU has enough overhead to safely upgrade the CPU. My...
  33. buffetbuster

    Question 4090 and power cables

    I recently built a new pc with tuf gaming 4090 oc edition and I cant close the case with that 1 to 4 pin psu connector. I'm looking to buy Corsair Premium 600W PCIe 5.0 / Gen 5 12VHPWR PSU Cable - Fits Type-4 PSUs via Dual 8-pin PCIe - 12+4pin to go into a evga supernova 1000w g+ psu. With only...
  34. Rasty

    Question I just got a new 750w PSU, what capacity AVR should I get ?

    Currently I have a Koblenz RS-1410 700w AVR because I had a 450w PSU, but now I have a 750w PSU should I upgrade the AVR to an 800w-900w one ?
  35. SakakiKomachi

    Question I left my PC off for 2 weeks then tried to power it on, but it wouldn't turn on, just flashing lights ?

    I left my PC for 2 weeks because I went to my hometown because it's Eid Mubarak. Today I went back to my home and turned my PC on. It was just flashing (my PC lights), and it wouldn't turn on. When I try to switch to another PC, it still won't turn on why's that?
  36. aryopppp_

    Question my brother give me RTX 3070ti, is it fine using PSU 750w multi rail?

    so yeah like my question, I just get gifted RTX 3070 TI, I'm looking for PSU, but my money like "not today son" I'm looking tier list PSU, and I found enermax revolution df 750W multi rail, it was cheap, and its a A tier list multi rail my question is, is it fine to running RTX 3070 TI with...
  37. N

    Discussion System requiring heat to boot up and then system booted itself after half an hour.

    Specs : Motherboard : Asus Ex A320M Gaming CPU : Ryzen 5 3500 PSU : Circle CG Raw Power 550W 80Plus White GPU : Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti RAM : Corsair Vengence 2*8GB There was a problem I was already encountering with the system. So here's a recap of previous events. My computer was off for a week...
  38. ArmourSuit

    Info Dell Pre-Built PC can't work with NVIDIA GPU

    I post this because if anyone need help they certainly look at this web site so for an easy access to answer, I want to write the solution from my experince. I hope no one has to deal with this problem in the future, but if it happens, let me tell you the problem. Long story short, its "power...
  39. P

    Question Need to know if my psu can handle all this

    Hello everyone. I have this pc: CPU: intel xeon e3 1270 v3 3,5ghz RAM: 1X8GB ddr3 1600mhz 1x4GB ddr3 1600mhz GPU: Geforce 1060 GTX 6gb (edited) STORAGE: SSD kingston 500 gb MOTHERBOARD: asus h81m-k PSU: SENTEY 600W 80 PLUS BRONZE HBP600-GS...
  40. Mxshii

    Question Choosing psu for replacement

    Hello i just want want to know if Thermaltake Smart SE SPS-630AH3CCB 630W Power Supply Is good? Because recently my psu died and i need to change it and my budget is pretty low keep in mind i can't order from the Internet as the shipping is wayy too expensive for my country so i have to go to...