AMD FX-8350 and Gigabyte GA-970A overheating

[susan72]

Hi Everyone,
I had some really good advice the first time I ever posted on this site and am hoping to again-)
Short story purchased a PC build last year but when I needed warranty the company had shut down so I decided to try and upgrade my pc as I could not afford a new one and received some great advice on this forum about that procedure.

Due to budgeting I went with
AMD FX-8350 processor
The Gigabytes GA-970 motherboard I upgraded my NVidia 650Ti to the GeForce 770 and added Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO – SSD
The techie putting my pc back together said my power supply was good enough
EZCOOL PS-1000800W 80PLUS 12v rail PSU
We kept the same pc case an EZCOOL NA-705B ATX CASE
My 8GB ram was fine so I stayed with that for now.


Everything was running fine for around 8 days until I started to play the Sims 3 game with base game and all 9 other expansion packs reinstalled then suddenly the pc started to shut down within 5 minutes of playing.

I contacted my techie who said he thought the motherboard could be overclocking wrongly and presumed it must be a heat problem so I ordered the Antec P280 Case and the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (120mm) in the hope it will help but I will have to wait until he has time before my PC is able to do much under any load.

I started to try and understand about temperatures and found my way into the BIOS where it stated CPU 48oc BCLK 2001.00MHz Vcore 1.320V Dram voltage 1.476V and this is with nothing else running I wonder is this a high temp when hardly using the PC?

I was trying to find the graphics card temp, the motherboard and processor all separately but I think I am misunderstanding how to read it and know what it means I just know that most people say it’s a temperature problem when a PC shuts down?

Could anyone explain to me exactly what I need to be looking at as I prefer to have some knowledge than just rely on someone else to do everything or will the case/fan I have just bought solve the problem?

Could it be a faulty part and if so how can I check that?

All answers gratefully received as always

 

[Alec Mowat]

Why are you overclocking?

Don't overclock your chip, and you won't have these kinds of problems. It's not properly cooled and it's not a particularly good motherboard for overclocking on.

 

[bignastyid]

The PSU is low quality garbage. Its a good possibility its supplying dirty power and causing the problems. Install HWmonitor and check your temps and voltages in windows.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

 

[susan72]

Hi Alec,

apologies if I did not make it clear it is not overclocked the techie just said he thought it may be overclocking by itself and that may be causing the PC to shutdown.

 

[Calvin7]

Gigabytes GA-970 motherboard is not a valid part number. In addition to knowing the model number, you should know the Revision number that is printed on the lower left corner of the motherboard.

 

[Alec Mowat]

Motherboards don't overclock themselves.... That is bizarre advice.

I am voting for bad PSU as well. That PSU is not good.

 

[susan72]

Hi Bignastyid

thanks for the advice I have downloaded the monitor so could you please tell me what I need to be looking at as there are many temp readings,

under Gigabyte 1.344V under value
I think there are 3 fans temps
AMD 64 C
samsung SSD 34C
Nvidia card 29C, Fans 1110 RPM, fans PWN 32%
there are also voltage charts that I have no idea what they mean so can anyone tell me if these temps are too high and what I may be able to do about it?

 

[susan72]

Hi Alec,

could you tell me what brand and voltage a decent PSU would be so I could go and look for one that is compatable with the parts I already have.

 

[bignastyid]

If Hwmonitor shows a 12v under voltages whats its min and max? Here's a link to a good PSU.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

 

[bignastyid]

64°C is a bit high for idle how high does it get under load?

 

[susan72]

Hi bignastyid

thanks for the link to the psu I am going to order one tommorow just to be safe as hell Ive just about replaced eveything else-) I am presuming it will fit with my other PC parts and Antec p280 case, also is 550W big enought these days?

there are loads of voltage fiqures if the following stats mean anything re your question

CPU 1.332 value, min 0. 840V max 1.416

voltage under graphics card vino value 0.875 min same, max 0.900V

Under load when I try to play a game The PC shuts down but I read that BIOS can be altered regards this but I am very unsure what to change or how to do it to see if it makes any difference.