Evga Z97 classified 80oC shut down

McManny

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So I lashed out this week and dropped 2 grand on two new GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards.

Waited like a child waiting for Santa for them to arrive. BINGO express post your guy's rock!

Installed them, loaded the driver booted no worries in all of its 4K goodness.

Ran my benchmark of 3DMark (Fires Strike Ultra 4k) ran no worries got a score of 11000 something. Ran the stress test nil issues got 97%, great my new toy is a success.

Waited a few hours and ran it again, then it all went wrong. On the combined test (the last one that testes CPU and GPU together) the system would shut down and restart.

Checked everything, all seated properly, all fans running no weird noises.

Ran it again same problem same point in the combined test, bang shutdown restart.

At first, I thought it was a PSU overload but after crunching the numbers on the Cooler Master calculator my 850w is more than enough for this rig.

Started watching the system whilst I ran the test and noticed that when the CPU reached 80oC it would shut down.

Pulled out one of the cards ran it again, nil issues CPU maxed at 75oC.

Put the second card back in same problem, 80oC CPU temp then shut down.

Checked the heatsink and fan no problem there correctly seated.

So my question is: Is there some way I can set the shutdown temp in BIOS higher? I'm not talking nuts levels here just another 5oC or so to prevent the shutdown.

Checked the manual and I could not find anything about that.

Nothing is Over Clocked either, I don’t mess with that stuff.

Any suggestions?

Specs:
EVGA Z97 Classified MoBo
i7 4790k
2x Galax NVidia GTX 1080 Ti cards
Samsung EVO 250gb SSD (OS drive)
Cooler Master V850w Gold PSU
Running several fans there is excellent airflow across and out all fans are in the correct directions.
 
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An 850W psu is absolutely NOT enough for two 1080ti GPUs. They can eat upwards of 400W each.

Consider that your gold rated psu is only 90% efficient which gives you under 800W.

Add 88W from your CPU (assuming you're not even overclocking), a few watts for your mobo, ram and disk.

I'm building a dual 1080ti machine right now and using a 1200W platinum to be safe. I built one with 4 x 1080ti cards (it's not for gaming....) with an EVGA 1600W platinum and when loading all four GPUs she's pulling a little over 1300W at times.

marko55

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An 850W psu is absolutely NOT enough for two 1080ti GPUs. They can eat upwards of 400W each.

Consider that your gold rated psu is only 90% efficient which gives you under 800W.

Add 88W from your CPU (assuming you're not even overclocking), a few watts for your mobo, ram and disk.

I'm building a dual 1080ti machine right now and using a 1200W platinum to be safe. I built one with 4 x 1080ti cards (it's not for gaming....) with an EVGA 1600W platinum and when loading all four GPUs she's pulling a little over 1300W at times.
 
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