Question Season Prime Ultra Titanium Tx-1000 shutdown issue gaming

[moheban79]

Hi,

Couple weeks ago all of a sudden my system which has been stable and not overclocked shut itself down playing Fallout 4 after an hour. This happened three times so far. I ran gpu-z and see that my Evga 3080 ti FTW3 gpu utilization hit 99 percent at max 406 watts board power draw. So I immediately suspect the psu is dying and after google searching I find out that the Seasonic Prime Ultra Tx1000 has issues with overclocked 3080 cards like mine that has three eight pin power plugs. So I had to take the psu out to take photo for rma and put it in upsidedown so fan pulls in cooler air. According to other forum the problem is that the gpu power 12v feed becomes unsteady at high power draws. In anycase worried it will take out the whole system. Seasonic offered me some other 1200 watt model PX something but not a efficient psu. Told them I want a replacement but they said no stock. What to do?

Thanks

 

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Seasonic offered me some other 1200 watt model PX something but not a efficient psu.

Better a 1200w Platinum that keeps running than a 1000w Titanium that shuts down.

What to do?

Never buy Seasonic again altough the latest ATX3.x units are a lot better.

 

[moheban79]

Yeah thats what I want. The 1300 titanium atx 3.0 model. Anyhow loosing faith in the brand. Its not like I went over 800 watts. The PSU just caunt handle three 8 pin power connectors.

 

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The PSU just caunt handle three 8 pin power connectors

That's not what cause the PSU to shut down.

 

[moheban79]

That's not what cause the PSU to shut down.

I'm confused about the actual cause. Thought it was because of sudden current pull from gpu?

 

[geofelt]

Jump on the exchange.
You will be getting a atx3.0 capable psu with a 12 year warranty.

 

[moheban79]

Jump on the exchange.
You will be getting a atx3.0 capable psu with a 12 year warranty.

Well they offered me the Vertex 1200 px but I passed waiting for another Prime Titanium if ever come in stock.

 

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I'm confused about the actual cause. Thought it was because of sudden current pull from gpu?

This is what happens https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...h-rtx-3090-ocp-shutdown.3742396/post-22564080

 

[moheban79]

Thanks for the link. I think I understand whats going on. It was weird though how it all went down being that I noticed that my fans possibly from the gpu started to rev up more than usual and there was a lot more fan noise than normal. Started up monitoring apps like gpuz and noticed gpu temps were sky rocketing and gpu power utilization up to crazy 400+ watts. Think because I got a new oled monitor and set dldsr resolution to 4k upscale. Cpu utilization though wasnt crazy. Temps never went over 60 degrees. Cooled with an Corsair H100 AIO water cooler. Contacted Seasonic and opted for the Vertex 1200. Efficiency not as good but should provide more head room. Thanks.