New Graphics Card games make computer crash.

[Sven Dysthe]

Hi i just joined this community. I am relatively new to the building my own computer schene. So, recently i got a new graphics card (Radeon R9 Sapphire 290). I put it in into my Asrock 970 Extreme3 Motherboard. I first got rid of all the driver from my previous GPU and download the latest drivers for the 290. After all that was done i decided to test out the graphics inside Planet side 2. The computer instantly shut down and wouldn't turn on again after 2 minutes. I then thought it must be my power supply but i did all the math and my 680 Watt power supply should be able to handle my motherboard, GPU, and Processor (coming around a 642 watts of usage when running games). The weird thing is that i can run League of legends and it won't crash its just when i run games like CS GO or planetside 2 it crashes. Could there be a reason for that, that i am not aware of? Thanks for all of the replies that are posted

 

[Suztera]

No i doubt it is actually 680 watts.
List your completed build and what is your psu 's brand and model?

 

[ThatVietGuy]

While your PSU might have enough watts, the quality may be lacking.

 

[1LiquidPC]

What are your temps for your 290, as they're know to run hot. Also, try running 3dMmark or Furmark to stress the GPU to see what happens. If your temps look ok, but your still shutting down, I'd suspect the PSU being not up to par with the new card, as they're also power hungry.

 

[sizzling]

What exact PSU, many cheap psu's lie about their rating

 

[Sven Dysthe]

http://www.amazon.com/KENTEK-Color-Power-Supply-EXPRESS/dp/B006XK25NQ Power Supply
MotherBoard= 970 Extreme3
memory (2) 8G corsair Ms3
Graphics card= Radeon R9 Sapphire 290
Processor= AMD Phenom II X4 965

 

[Suztera]

http://www.amazon.com/KENTEK-Color-Power-Supply-EXPRESS/dp/B006XK25NQ Power Supply
MotherBoard= 970 Extreme3
memory (2) 8G corsair Ms3
Graphics card= Radeon R9 Sapphire 290
Processor= AMD Phenom II X4 965

I would say you have a dodgy psu that is causing the problem.
Get a proper psu Tier 1 or 2 from this list: 650W would be ideal

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

Review from amazon:
By Ernest Achuba on September 23, 2014

Spoiler

The cables are too short for a mid/XL tower case. Works as expected but not at it's rated wattage. I bought an R9 290 video card and needed atleast a 650 watt power supply to be able to take on it's load. I spent a lot of money on the video card, so I decided to skimp out on paying more money for a reliable power supply. I saw this power supply for 26 dollars and free shipping so I bought it. Finally arrived and I installed it. Apparently the power supply was able to sustain the card, but not under full load. On graphically demanding games, my PC would shut down in the beginning stages of launching. I found out that the power supply could fully sustain the card while under less load when running less graphically demanding games so I decided to only play the lower tier games until my next salary day comes and I could upgrade to a more reliable power supply. By running the less demanding games, the power supply didn't even last a full week, and has died on me, I assume because of the duress. I will salvage atleast 1 star for this product because it seems like it could sustain a casual consumers needs, but for gaming enthusiasts, this is a no-no. I should have listened when someone told me "don't be cheap on the power supply, or you will just end up buying, twice"... Lesson learned.

 

[Sven Dysthe]

@1LiquidPc Hey my GPU is running normally at 53C or 127.4 F I will do what you said.

 

[ThatVietGuy]

http://www.amazon.com/KENTEK-Color-Power-Supply-EXPRESS/dp/B006XK25NQ Power Supply
MotherBoard= 970 Extreme3
memory (2) 8G corsair Ms3
Graphics card= Radeon R9 Sapphire 290
Processor= AMD Phenom II X4 965

I definitely doubt that PSU is good enough to run an R9 290.

 

[1LiquidPC]

After looking at the link provided for your PSU, It's probably 99% chance thats going to be the problem. Your going to want to replace it with a much better unit for a 290.

 

[Sven Dysthe]

Hey thanks everyone i am going to order a new PSU ASAP and see how it is . Thank you for the quick responses.

 

[sora]

http://www.amazon.com/KENTEK-Color-Power-Supply-EXPRESS/dp/B006XK25NQ Power Supply
MotherBoard= 970 Extreme3
memory (2) 8G corsair Ms3
Graphics card= Radeon R9 Sapphire 290
Processor= AMD Phenom II X4 965

Get a power supply manufactured by XFX or Seasonic and check out what happens!