Odd PC Starting Issue!!!

[Aidan B]

Hello! My name is Aidan, and I have a really odd question about the health of my PC. To give you guys some context on it's hardware and software, it's running Windows 8.1 (whatever the latest 8 version is). GPU- MSI 750ti, CPU- AMD FX-6300 (clocked @ 3.8 GHz), MoBo- Unknown, RAM- 8gb DDR3, Storage- 2 1TB WD Blue's 7200 RPM HDDs, PSU- Unknown, and no water cooling. My issue is this: when starting up, it shows the "MSI quality main board blah blah" screen (I'm not sure if it shows anything else), and the monitor(s) go idle (I have 2). I cannot hardshut it down, and I cannot use the restart button to restart it. So I resort to turning off the power strip it's plugged into, and then it works just fine. I really need to know if something critically wrong is going on with my PC, because I do not have the money to replace it at the moment. Thank you!

 

[hang-the-9]

Probably a power supply issue, people tend to treat those like they don't matter at all (you said Unkown for example without bothering to check it) and most people just leave it out of the specs totally, but it's the first component you need to have working properly for a stable system.

Whats your PSU brand and model? Test it with a known good power supply, test system with onboard graphics if your system has that, remove the 750 Ti. The lessened load on the system may help.

From your specs and the fact that you don't know your motherboard of power supply, you have a pre-built system right? Those tend to have cheap and poor quality power supplies.

 

[Aidan B]

Probably a power supply issue, people tend to treat those like they don't matter at all (you said Unkown for example without bothering to check it) and most people just leave it out of the specs totally, but it's the first component you need to have working properly for a stable system.

Whats your PSU brand and model? Test it with a known good power supply, test system with onboard graphics if your system has that, remove the 750 Ti. The lessened load on the system may help.

From your specs and the fact that you don't know your motherboard of power supply, you have a pre-built system right? Those tend to have cheap and poor quality power supplies.

It likes to do it once a day, and today it didn't. I'll let you know if it continues to turn on normally or freezes. Soon I'm planning on getting an EVGA SuperNova 1000w PSU, so maybe that will help, but I may also do some maintenance and clean up soon too, as I have a corner desk with somewhat terrible ventilation.

 

[hang-the-9]

A 1,000 watt PSU is more than double what your computer needs. Unless you are planning on running dual high end video cards, you are fine with a 600 watt unit, even if you plan on upgrading the system and moving the power supply to it.

You also need to make sure the temps are OK, if you are are overclocking anything it needs to be at stock settings for testing.

 

[Aidan B]

A 1,000 watt PSU is more than double what your computer needs. Unless you are planning on running dual high end video cards, you are fine with a 600 watt unit, even if you plan on upgrading the system and moving the power supply to it.

You also need to make sure the temps are OK, if you are are overclocking anything it needs to be at stock settings for testing.

I'm OCing my CPU but it's been working fine for the past 11-12 months like that. And I'm planning on getting a windowed NZXT H360 and an EVGA GTX 1070 SC. So I'll need more space and more power.

 

[hang-the-9]

A 1,000 watt PSU is more than double what your computer needs. Unless you are planning on running dual high end video cards, you are fine with a 600 watt unit, even if you plan on upgrading the system and moving the power supply to it.

You also need to make sure the temps are OK, if you are are overclocking anything it needs to be at stock settings for testing.

I'm OCing my CPU but it's been working fine for the past 11-12 months like that. And I'm planning on getting a windowed NZXT H360 and an EVGA GTX 1070 SC. So I'll need more space and more power.

It does not matter how the system used to work with an overclocked CPU, how is it working now? Without stock speeds any tests are starting off with bad data. Even with a 1070 a 1,000 watt power supply is well over what you need.

 

[Aidan B]

A 1,000 watt PSU is more than double what your computer needs. Unless you are planning on running dual high end video cards, you are fine with a 600 watt unit, even if you plan on upgrading the system and moving the power supply to it.

You also need to make sure the temps are OK, if you are are overclocking anything it needs to be at stock settings for testing.

I'm OCing my CPU but it's been working fine for the past 11-12 months like that. And I'm planning on getting a windowed NZXT H360 and an EVGA GTX 1070 SC. So I'll need more space and more power.

It does not matter how the system used to work with an overclocked CPU, how is it working now? Without stock speeds any tests are starting off with bad data. Even with a 1070 a 1,000 watt power supply is well over what you need.

Now my PC seems to have stopped doing whatever it was doing, and is now booting fine, but soon I'm going to run over to a parts store and just grab a 650w or something, something higher than what I already have. Thank you for your help!