Power Supply problems

[LrnzpKiller]

So, my power supply decided to die so I took the power supply from my last pc a couple months ago. But I can't find anything of the brand.

A week ago I upgraded my GPU.. since then the pc randomly shut down and the GPU has terrible performance and its a GTX 970. (When i had my GTX 295 it also shut down sometimes).

Does anyone know something about this because I don't know if it's just a terrible power supply or if it just doesn't have enough power. I was planning on getting a new one anyway since I don't know if i can trust the brand.

Here's a picture of the PSU: http://i.imgur.com/PFGLuHx.jpg

 

[PapaWood]

Did that power supply come with the case do you recall? If so, what is the brand/model of the case, maybe able to find the PSU info from that.

I can take a guess as to the power supply being insufficient but I want more info and we can recommend a replacement or troubleshoot any other causes.

Can you provide a full list of your components please?

PS: You should clean all that dust out of your case 😀

 

[KenGrinsven]

Ew, I wouldn't trust that thing in my PC haha.
There's a good chance it doesn't have enough power, or is terrible.

I would say, get a new one.

 

[LrnzpKiller]

Did that power supply come with the case do you recall? If so, what is the brand/model of the case, maybe able to find the PSU info from that.

I can take a guess as to the power supply being insufficient but I want more info and we can recommend a replacement or troubleshoot any other causes.

Can you provide a full list of your components please?

PS: You should clean all that dust out of your case 😀

Well sh*t, clicked on solution on accident XD

But i have no clue from where the psu come from since some shop build my last pc.
But the list of components:

CPU: Intel core i7-4770K
HDD: 1 TB HDD 7200rpm
SSD: 256 GB Samsung SSD
RAM: 16 GB DDR3 RAM
Motherboard: MSI Z97-45 Gaming

 

[Saberus]

It almost looks like the logo's on a hard drive voice coil magnet. From a search on the name, I'm getting a Raidmax case that has an optional PSU. It's not a PSU, it's a Wan Hong Lo stamped metal case with wires, hopes and dreams that just happens to supply something resembling power.

 

[PapaWood]

Yeah it seems like the right way to be going on this is a new PSU.

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

is a list of PSU that are ranked in a Tier system of 1 to 5. 1 Being awesome reliable, well built. 5 being, Get it out ASAP and get something better.

You can get away with a Tier 2 for sure, or Tier 3 if you don't overclock.

Seems like 550W should do the trick or bigger if you plan on making changes down the road.

 

[LrnzpKiller]

Yeah it seems like the right way to be going on this is a new PSU.

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

is a list of PSU that are ranked in a Tier system of 1 to 5. 1 Being awesome reliable, well built. 5 being, Get it out ASAP and get something better.

You can get away with a Tier 2 for sure, or Tier 3 if you don't overclock.

Seems like 550W should do the trick or bigger if you plan on making changes down the road.

Thanks for the information
But also, can this PSU be the cause of my low fps on high end games (for example: BF 4, GTA V)?

 

[PapaWood]

GTA V is kinda screwy for a huuuuuuge population of people, a patch may help that out, but typically your GPU needs more power when its under load, I would assume hte PC would reboot or something if its not getting enough power, but maybe it is effecting your performance. Seems likely.

 

[LrnzpKiller]

GTA V is kinda screwy for a huuuuuuge population of people, a patch may help that out, but typically your GPU needs more power when its under load, I would assume hte PC would reboot or something if its not getting enough power, but maybe it is effecting your performance. Seems likely.

Ok thank you

 

[PapaWood]

You are most welcome