Can't play a single game without my PC crashing and rebooting with r9 280 (No overheating)

[MintFuzionz]

I have had my custom built PC for about 6 months now and suddenly I have been having problems with my PC constantly rebooting whether I am in-game, benchmarking (mainly with furmark), or simply leaving it idle. What happens is that it first starts glitching out into multi colored lines and then replays the same sound effect over and over again. Only once have I gotten a blue screen (which said it was a video tdr failure, which gives me the idea that it may be the GPU, but I want to be sure as I have also heard it may be the psu), every other time has always been an instant reboot. I would greatly appreciate it if someone out there can lend me a hand and help me find out what is going on
PC Specs
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor
GPU: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 500w
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Mobo:MSI 760GMA-P34(FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard
RAM: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

 

[CircuitDaemon]

It's most likely the PSU. I'd suggest you try with another one first. I doubt it's the GPU as it would crash the OS with some error or behave a little bit different. When having sudden shutdowns and irregular behavior that doesn't show a BSOD or similar, it's usually a power related issue.

 

[CTurbo]

Your psu is not very good and is almost certainly your problem.

Try removing your R9 280 and see if it will boot into windows stably.

 

[MintFuzionz]

Thanks guys, it does make sense that it would be the psu. Let me remove the gpu right now just to be absolutely certain. I'll check back in a few minutes.

 

[MintFuzionz]

Alright well it is gonna be about an hour before can borrow a VGA cord to test it so in the meantime I just wanted to bring up that though when I bought the GPU it recommended a 600w psu, I was still able to use a 500w psu for 6 months. Does anyone know why?

 

[CTurbo]

The power rating is always overstated. Your psu is low quality though so this would have happened even if you had the 700w version.

 

[MintFuzionz]

So what do you suggest I do?

 

[CTurbo]

I suggest you verify the problem before trying to solve it

 

[MintFuzionz]

Well I actually was able to boot into Windows stably just now without the 280. What is this a sign of?

 

[CTurbo]

psu = garbage

 

[MintFuzionz]

 

[CTurbo]

Better but still just mediocre. Here are four much better options


http://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/vbjWGX,fZyFf7,vRmLrH,2tckcf/

 

[MintFuzionz]

Ok thank you very much, I'll probably go with the seasonic but it is about 20 dollars out of my price range. I might just go with the one I gave first because I am fine with mediocre because it costs less. Thank you for all of your help!

 

[CTurbo]

I might just go with the one I gave first because I am fine with mediocre because it costs less. Thank you for all of your help!

lol I don't recommend that route. It will break too and then you'd be buying a 3rd psu. That sounds expensive. Correct the problem now for good.

 

[MintFuzionz]

Aight, your persuasive skills have aided in my decision to go with the seasonic. Also, is it fine that it is 520w and not 600w?

 

[urbanj]

Ya, don't cheap out on a PSU. It's the heart of your PC. If it sucks, you end up providing ALL of your components with unstable, dirty power. This will lead to all kinds of problems and shorter lifespans of your component's.

 

[CTurbo]

If it will make you feel better, this is just a little more

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Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $64.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[MintFuzionz]

Alright, thanks for all of the help

 

[wildcard1978]

also depends how long you had the power supply man capacitos age over time and lose max wattage capacity . example some psu usint can last 8 to 10 years based on amount of use whether it was on 24/7 ect .. if it had good enough cooling to keep the capacitors cool can make it last longer but capacitors age over time.

in a case lets just say ya got a really decent to excellent 1000 wat that lasted that long but ya ran it 24/7.

well in realtity if ya had it that long would lose over 25 percent of it max stated wattage youed only get 7 too 800 wats top out of it .

 

[wildcard1978]

not best typist bad hand from years of welding but ya get the gist of it

 

[MintFuzionz]

Alright, also just to let u know I have had this PC in working condition for 6 months and it may have been because the intake for the psu is taking all the heat from inside the case.

 

[wildcard1978]

but wouldn't rul out a power supply just got to test it one piece of hardware at a time to track down issues sometimes

 

[CTurbo]

What case do you have? The psu fan should be facing down and drawing air from outside the case.

 

[Epicness937]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
r9 280 is a card that recommends 600w i think

 

[wildcard1978]

Alright, also just to let u know I have had this PC in working condition for 6 months and it may have been because the intake for the psu is taking all the heat from inside the case.

it take a whole hell of a lot of heat to do that man .
if it is your psu more likely hada defect didn't pop up till now . one bad capacitor and rest being good.