PSU,Games and Power Efficiency

[TheKerangMan]

I know there's already many question on these matter BUT i'm still in doubt on my latest experienced.. I just bought myself a GTX 970 Gigabyte which prefer 500W on the box(550W from the manufacture website) and i had a Huntkey 500W 80+.. I guessed yeah it doesn't meet the standard BUT WHY is it i got message 'anti-surge detected an unstable psu' from Asus(crashed and hanged at startup bios) after playing these 2 games for a minute - Dying Light and Rust! There's no problem with other games like Battlefield 4 and few other good graphic title formore than half an hours.. really appreciate for some lesson and info's..thanks in advance!
FX6300
8GB DDR3 1333MHz
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970
Intel 160GB SSD
WD 500GB HDD
WD Black 1TB
Huntkey 500W 80+
Asus M5A88 M Motherboard

 

[heavyartillary9]

i would invest in a decent quality psu as fast as possible!

 

[TheKerangMan]

i would invest in a decent quality psu as fast as possible!

really appriciate it man but why these happened only on those 2 games..?

 

[heavyartillary9]

it may have to do with the dx version it uses, different cards react differently, but i always recommend a quality psu anytime you put a good system on it, they dont even have to be expensive, here is a list of psus that is super handy
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

 

[gooberm]

i would invest in a decent quality psu as fast as possible!

really appriciate it man but why these happened only on those 2 games..?

Some games push your hardware more than others. BF is more GPU intensive while Dying Light will push your CPU hard as well which equals more power draw. I would definitely grab a new PSU like was said before.

 

[TheKerangMan]

it may have to do with the dx version it uses, different cards react differently, but i always recommend a quality psu anytime you put a good system on it, they dont even have to be expensive, here is a list of psus that is super handy
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

thanks u have lighten me up a bit but is it safe for me to play the 'other games' while i'll get my self a new psu..?

 

[heavyartillary9]

yes and no, i have never heard of huntkey, if it was me i wouldnt, i would hate to fry a brand new gpu cause of a crappy psu

 

[k1114]

With the mobo giving those power alerts, you should change it. That unstable power will start killing components if you keep running it like this. Huntkey is one of those fireworks brands to stay away from.

 

[TheKerangMan]

With the mobo giving those power alerts, you should change it. That unstable power will start killing components if you keep running it like this. Huntkey is one of those fireworks brands to stay away from.

i hate to take out the gpu back..will it does any damage if i just use my pc for facebook and youtubes at the moment before i get a new one..?

 

[k1114]

If it's not giving those errors, I'd say it's ok for a short time. The mobo only gives errors when it's getting unstable power. The gpu has it's own cable from the psu so there's no telling how bad that is.

 

[TheKerangMan]

yes and no, i have never heard of huntkey, if it was me i wouldnt, i would hate to fry a brand new gpu cause of a crappy psu

Excuse me,this will be my last question.. Can i just down clock my base clock speed to normal 970's standard which is 1050MHz boost up to 1178..? Mine is clocked at 1178MHz and boost up to 1329MHz in Gaming Mode by default..

 

[gooberm]

I wouldn't recommend running your PC with a PSU that close to maxing out but I suppose if you HAVE to, you can downclock your 970 and CPU to a lower voltage and clock. This should definitely be as temporary as possible. Make sure to disable the boost on both just to be safe.

 

[TheKerangMan]

I wouldn't recommend running your PC with a PSU that close to maxing out but I suppose if you HAVE to, you can downclock your 970 and CPU to a lower voltage and clock. This should definitely be as temporary as possible. Make sure to disable the boost on both just to be safe.

Thanks,definitely for a temporary purpose..(damned i have nothing in my wallet right now before someone buy my previous psu,i've put it in the ads tho'..)