Greetings all! I have a bizarre question that I am wondering if it is valid or not.
When I first bought my gaming PC approximately two years ago, I had an issue that I can't exactly recall the details, but it came down to swapping out my surge protector. Come to find out after extensive troubleshooting, once I removed the surge protector and plugged it into the wall directly, all went away. I bought a more expensive surge protector from Best Buy (Rocketfish) that mounts in the outlet itself. All has been well.
Today, I swapped the surge protector to another Rocketfish but a floor rectangular surge. Plugged into it are my gaming PC, my Macbook Pro, my Dell work laptop, Nintendo Switch, speakers, monitor and cell phone charger. While on the PC afterwards, I noticed that my core load and temperatures began fluctuating all over the place, going from 43c to 68c and everywhere in between, all in the span of about five to ten seconds repeatedly. I noticed because my fans ramped up like crazy, then went down. CPU load was fluctuating from 2% to 16%.
I shut it down and plugged it straight into the wall. I used the outlet immediately adjacent to the surge protector, which still has all the other items plugged in, on the SAME outlet plate. After booting back up, my CPU is now about 7c cooler and fluctuations and load are VERY minor.
Is it possible that a surge protector is not providing enough, or restricting power, or the way in which the power is delivered, causing these issues? Is there something I should be looking for with this? I am just over-drawing the single outlet?
Appreciate any guidance and ideas you may have here!
CPU: Intel Core i7 10700k
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Powerstrip: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/rocket...surge-protector-black/6543541.p?skuId=6543541
When I first bought my gaming PC approximately two years ago, I had an issue that I can't exactly recall the details, but it came down to swapping out my surge protector. Come to find out after extensive troubleshooting, once I removed the surge protector and plugged it into the wall directly, all went away. I bought a more expensive surge protector from Best Buy (Rocketfish) that mounts in the outlet itself. All has been well.
Today, I swapped the surge protector to another Rocketfish but a floor rectangular surge. Plugged into it are my gaming PC, my Macbook Pro, my Dell work laptop, Nintendo Switch, speakers, monitor and cell phone charger. While on the PC afterwards, I noticed that my core load and temperatures began fluctuating all over the place, going from 43c to 68c and everywhere in between, all in the span of about five to ten seconds repeatedly. I noticed because my fans ramped up like crazy, then went down. CPU load was fluctuating from 2% to 16%.
I shut it down and plugged it straight into the wall. I used the outlet immediately adjacent to the surge protector, which still has all the other items plugged in, on the SAME outlet plate. After booting back up, my CPU is now about 7c cooler and fluctuations and load are VERY minor.
Is it possible that a surge protector is not providing enough, or restricting power, or the way in which the power is delivered, causing these issues? Is there something I should be looking for with this? I am just over-drawing the single outlet?
Appreciate any guidance and ideas you may have here!
CPU: Intel Core i7 10700k
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Powerstrip: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/rocket...surge-protector-black/6543541.p?skuId=6543541
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