ASUS anti-surge, cannot use graphics card?

[Sophie4518]

Would appreciate some help please. The asus anti-surge keeps triggering whenever I run games

When I first built the pc, this issue was not present. It was only after a year or so that it became more regular. Eventually I disabled the asus anti-surge, but the pc would just shut down during games instead, especially more intensive ones.

When I removed the graphics card and used only the integrated card, the anti-surge no longer triggered and the pc doesn't crash however the integrated graphics card doesn't play games well.

Here are my components:

Asus GeForce GTX660 TI-DC2-2GD5 Nvidia Graphics Card

Corsair CX750 Builder Series CX 750W ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze PSU

Asus P8Z77-V LX Motherboard

Intel 3rd Generation Core i5-3570K CPU


Thanks

 

[Lutfij]

The integrated GPU doesn't take that much power to run. It may be possible that your power supply unit may be defective since the GPU taxes your PSU quite a bit(not alot but a bit) when it is in the system. The other culprit can be your GPU though you'll need to rule that bit out by borrowing a GPU of similar TDP and if possible getting a PSU that is about 550W(you don't need 750W for your system) and is known to be stable under load. Further reading.

The CX units have been known to be bad units and some consider them to be paperweight. You can look at this as a reference point with a grain of salt.

 

[makkem]

Hi
This is almost certainly the PSU becoming unstable with the extra load of the GPU,you need to think about replacing it in case it fails and takes other components with it.