MSI 970 Gaming Motherboard Voltage?

[Davonte Young]

Lately my computer has been acting weird... I did a few test to see if I had failing hardware.
I believe it could be my GPU, Motherboard, or PSU

My rig is:
AMD FX- 6350
8GB 1333mhz ram
MSI 970 Gaming
1TB HDD
EVGA GTX 750 Ti Superclock edition.

Random times when ever i turn my computer on i have to reset my BIOS many times before i can get my computer up and going normally.

I play league of legends, but when i 1st built my computer i would stay at 60 FPS +. Now months later its 45FPS and below. I've tried my old graphics card a HD 6670 to see if its a failing GPU and the numbers on FPS is about the same.

Now get this... I did a fresh clean windows 8.1 64-bit reinstall. Meaning i put in the drivers everything! And i get the same issue. Today i downloaded CPU-z and HWMonitor to look at the voltage and it didnt match up with AMD overdrive at all.

CPU Core is at .904 V
VIN2: 2.992
VIN3: 1.411
+5: 5.802
+12: 13.200
VIN6: 2.384
VSB3V: 3.344V
VBAT: 3.312

My computer is watercooled however. HWM Reads
TMPIN0(17C) 62F
TMPIN1(44C) 111F
TMPIN2(31C) 87F
on AMD Overdrive it reads only the Processor temp. Its at 58C

Could this be a Faulty PSU/Motherboard/GPU? What could it be. My computer also Hangs/Freeze on heavy loads. It will also makes studdering noises on Youtube videos.

 

[rolli59]

Make and model PSU?
It looks like a motherboard problem but may have been caused by the PSU. The most reliable reading you get of the PSU voltages is in BIOS/UEFI but 13.2 volts is way to high for +12 volts but that reading may be wrong.

 

[Davonte Young]

Thermaltake Tr2 W0070Ru-04 430W

So best bet is to get a new PSU and RMA the Motherboard and see what happens?

 

[Davonte Young]

Make and model PSU?
It looks like a motherboard problem but may have been caused by the PSU. The most reliable reading you get of the PSU voltages is in BIOS/UEFI but 13.2 volts is way to high for +12 volts but that reading may be wrong.

If PSU and Motherboard is fault, what type of PSU do you recommend? I am planning to run x2 SLI MSI GTX 970 and a AMD FX-8370 Also with CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB 1866mhz RAM. Or would you recommend me having a intel build. I am honestly planning to switch over to INTEL. Due to the fact I've always had problems with AMD processors/motherboards.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Very poor PSU paired with the FX chip is a problem waiting to happen.

 

[rolli59]

Make and model PSU?
It looks like a motherboard problem but may have been caused by the PSU. The most reliable reading you get of the PSU voltages is in BIOS/UEFI but 13.2 volts is way to high for +12 volts but that reading may be wrong.

If PSU and Motherboard is fault, what type of PSU do you recommend? I am planning to run x2 SLI MSI GTX 970 and a AMD FX-8370 Also with CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB 1866mhz RAM. Or would you recommend me having a intel build. I am honestly planning to switch over to INTEL. Due to the fact I've always had problems with AMD processors/motherboards.

If your voltage reading were right it is very likely that the board got damaged. To run SLI with those cards you will need a quality 700-750 watts and I would recommend the EVGA G2 750watt PSU. RMA on the board anyway but there is no question Intel I5 or I7 will give you more performance.