PSU at it's limit

[Eugene_31]

so i've gotten myself an r9 290x and now my PSU seems to not like it too much, as my motherboard yells "power surge". Basically, playing 1 specific scene in the witcher 3 caused my surge protection to trigger all the time, the only thing to stop it was setting the GPU power via AMD wattman to 50% (didn't test any other power settings). is there any way to go around this problem without sacrificing fps until i can get a better PSU or fix this one? and if i can fix it, what do i fix? maybe i screwed cabling up somehow?

specs:
i7-6700k at stock 4ghz
ASUS b150-PRO with 3016 bios
MSI r9 290x
16g single ddr4 stick
intel p600 m.2 ssd
WD green 1tb 7.4kRPM hdd
PSU: chieftec rated 650w (bought in october 2011)

also, while i've had an r9 270 (meaning 7 hours ago) i had zero hardware problems, also never seen ANY issues with the PSU. and my system is now rated up to 587w of power, so that's what makes me think the PSU is failing to keep up

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Well your PSU is a cheap hunk of thing. So that'd be why. Get a PSU that's good.

 

[bignastyid]

I would commend that psu for lasting almost 6 years and retire it before it decides it doesn't want to die alone.

 

[Eugene_31]

okay, anything BESIDES "buy a new PSU" is greatly appreciated. hint hint, i don't have money right now

 

[bignastyid]

Pull the 290x out and run the 270 till you can get a better PSU.

 

[Eugene_31]

Pull the 290x out and run the 270 till you can get a better PSU.

guess what GPU have i exchanged to get the 290x

 

[DSzymborski]

okay, anything BESIDES "buy a new PSU" is greatly appreciated. hint hint, i don't have money right now

Sorry, the answer is the same whether you have $0 or $1,000,000,000. There's no fixing it. You survived a junk PSU for years without any obvious damage (damage can be subtle and long-term, not just explosive and fiery). Consider yourself ahead of the game.

Your other solution is to game on the integrated GPU until you have a PSU worth its weight.

 

[Eugene_31]

would you at least mind advicing on a specific brand? because all this mockery aimed at me is just a waste of time up till this point

 

[bignastyid]

Option 1 Gamble with the current gpu
Option 2 Use the igpu

 

[bignastyid]

http://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/R2mxFT,JYyFf7,nB3RsY,R7V48d/

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Nobody is mocking you, you just need to come to the understanding of the reality that your PSU is not capable of handling the load of the 290X.

First you say you have no money, then you ask to advocate on a specific brand. So better question is how much money would you be willing to put into a new PSU, and if there isnt enough you have to follow the advise given above.

There is a third option which is disable Asus Anti-surge in the BIOS. This may put other hardware at risk if the voltage regulation is bad enough but it's an option .

 

[Eugene_31]

Nobody is mocking you, you just need to come to the understanding of the reality that your PSU is not capable of handling the load of the 290X.

First you say you have no money, then you ask to advocate on a specific brand. So better question is how much money would you be willing to put into a new PSU, and if there isnt enough you have to follow the advise given above.

There is a third option which is disable Asus Anti-surge in the BIOS. This may put other hardware at risk if the voltage regulation is bad enough but it's an option .

Solved it by myself. It wasn't the psu, it was a faulty power extension dongle. And I also made a mistake, it's not 650w, it's 750w. Maybe it's not from a well recognized brand, but it still works like a swiss clock

 

[DSzymborski]

Nobody is mocking you, you just need to come to the understanding of the reality that your PSU is not capable of handling the load of the 290X.

First you say you have no money, then you ask to advocate on a specific brand. So better question is how much money would you be willing to put into a new PSU, and if there isnt enough you have to follow the advise given above.

There is a third option which is disable Asus Anti-surge in the BIOS. This may put other hardware at risk if the voltage regulation is bad enough but it's an option .

Solved it by myself. It wasn't the psu, it was a faulty power extension dongle. And I also made a mistake, it's not 650w, it's 750w. Maybe it's not from a well recognized brand, but it still works like a swiss clock

Unless you have specialized equipment like a load tester, you have no idea if this is true.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

I'd also like to point out that Chieftec has never released a good unit that met standards, at least not that I know of.