Okay so I had this problem a while back and now it has gotten worse this week. It happens randomly. Sometimes I can game for hours without a crash and sometimes it crashes just while browsing and no gaming. The screen will just go black and the music keeps playing for maybe 5-10 seconds and the GPU fan just starts going crazy, up and down from loud to quiet then the sound finally freezes and I have to reboot. It's happened in games before and then other times just while browsing or even while nothing was running and I was in the other room.
Specs:
Case: Silverstone RVZ01
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe WD
CPU: Intel i5 3570k (Undervolted @ 3.4 GHz)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2x4GB)
GPU: Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 (Stock Settings)
PSU: Silverstone SFX 450W Gold
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS 8900 Quiet
I built it a few months back when the RVZ01 was released. Online calculators have said 450W would be enough power and people I've talked to have reported less than 400W on rigs running 290X cards so I thought I should be fine with this 450W. What is happening? I ran Display Driver Uninstaller and updated to 14.6 and uninstalled MSI Afterburner but it didn't help. I've tried undervolting and downclocking in AB but it still gets the crashes, and it seems to be completely random. I can't figure it out.
Specs:
Case: Silverstone RVZ01
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe WD
CPU: Intel i5 3570k (Undervolted @ 3.4 GHz)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2x4GB)
GPU: Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 (Stock Settings)
PSU: Silverstone SFX 450W Gold
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS 8900 Quiet
I built it a few months back when the RVZ01 was released. Online calculators have said 450W would be enough power and people I've talked to have reported less than 400W on rigs running 290X cards so I thought I should be fine with this 450W. What is happening? I ran Display Driver Uninstaller and updated to 14.6 and uninstalled MSI Afterburner but it didn't help. I've tried undervolting and downclocking in AB but it still gets the crashes, and it seems to be completely random. I can't figure it out.