Overclocking Causing UPS Alerts?

[Emagdnim]

So, I think it may be a Power supply issue, but I wanted to ask here first before I ran out and bought one.

Im running a

GTX 670
Amd Phenom ii x6 1100t (6 core 3.3 amd cpu)
8 GB 1600 mhz Ram
600w PSU

And I've recently learned enough about overclocking to do it myself, However I got a little overzealous.

I took a look at some other peoples stable overclocks instead of inching up myself, and decided to just run them. They are stable, for the most part, they run benchmarks fine and perform amazingly compared to before.

[Now, I went a little ham as gamers would say. I copied an OC line for line of someone who overclocked my same setup's cpu to 4.1. I copied voltage and everything]

But as I was doing my last round of insurance tests for stability, during the 4th or 5th test using the latest 3DMark. My UPS started alarming. And it lasted until I forced the test to cancel.

And upon reviewing the benchmark itself. Whal my CPUid on my second moniter was registering the 4.1 ghz the test itself seems to have not.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1366880


Also, is it just me, or is my video card underclocked? >.>

Edit- The UPS apparently is maxed out at sending 600v similar to the power supply. But it was deffinetly sounding off the overload alert. Meaning 110% power consumpiton, and it would have shut off had I not stopped the test. I'm completely uncertain however if that is a danger to my PSU were I to plug it into a power strip and let it go.

The increased power consumption comes from MSI afterburner allowing the video card to go above 110% power to perform what it's supposed to do. Not sure if I should leave it and plug the computer in to somethign else or stop it and see what it does to performance or if that causes instability or something.

 

[Rustyy117]

Hi,

I believe 3DMark detects your components stock speed, not overclocked, though I could be wrong.
Does CPU-Z detect the correct speed?

Do you know what make and model the PSU is?

 

[manofchalk]

Wouldnt be concerned about it, chances are 3DMark grabbed your cards clock-speed while it was still in an idle state. I have a couple of bench's that show my card running at 500Mhz.
As long as the performance is in line with what your expecting and real-time sources (MSI Afterburner or something similar) put the frequency right, then its properly overclocked.

As for the UPS alert, my guess is that through overclocking your drawing more power than it is intended to provide. Look at your manual for it, that will be more help than we are given the info.

 

[Emagdnim]

Unnecessary post, editing the OP.