I recently bought a Nvidia GTX 970 and when I tried gaming on it it would crash to a blank colour screen, I managed to fix this by underclocking it. After I tried playing dirt rally 2.0 on ultra settings and it performed really well but there was a burning plastic smell coming from the PSU (I could be wrong and it was coming from the GPU but I am fairly certain that it was coming from the power supply). Then the screen went black and I could still hear the game, this could just be the cable though.
the PSU is low quality and most likely the problem but I just want to confirm before I go out buying lots of computer hardware
link to PSU:
https://cpc.farnell.com/unbranded/500w-builder-black/500w-black-12cm-psu-pfc/dp/CS32144?mckv=saBqmjUHB_dc|pcrid|491022671184|kword||match||plid||slid||product|CS32144|pgrid|83089512472|ptaid|pla-781001870297|&CMP=KNC-GUK-CPC-SHOPPING&s_kwcid=AL!5616!3!491022671184!!!network}!781001870297!&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1PSDBhDbARIsAPeTqreuix6NWjtEna_XL6erSlA_MbcYipfG4IikwPW7smSYxl2Sgjp2oygaAgyOEALw_wcB
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600
HDD: Toshiba P300 2TB
Motherboard: Gygabyte a320m-s2h
RAM: 8GB DDR4
I tried using my old GPU and there was still some smell coming from the PSU
I was also using SATA to 6-pin adapters I should get a new power supply anyway
also does not crash with my old gpu
the PSU is low quality and most likely the problem but I just want to confirm before I go out buying lots of computer hardware
link to PSU:
https://cpc.farnell.com/unbranded/500w-builder-black/500w-black-12cm-psu-pfc/dp/CS32144?mckv=saBqmjUHB_dc|pcrid|491022671184|kword||match||plid||slid||product|CS32144|pgrid|83089512472|ptaid|pla-781001870297|&CMP=KNC-GUK-CPC-SHOPPING&s_kwcid=AL!5616!3!491022671184!!!network}!781001870297!&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1PSDBhDbARIsAPeTqreuix6NWjtEna_XL6erSlA_MbcYipfG4IikwPW7smSYxl2Sgjp2oygaAgyOEALw_wcB
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600
HDD: Toshiba P300 2TB
Motherboard: Gygabyte a320m-s2h
RAM: 8GB DDR4
I tried using my old GPU and there was still some smell coming from the PSU
I was also using SATA to 6-pin adapters I should get a new power supply anyway
also does not crash with my old gpu
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