Strange Issue regarding Hard Drives, Need Advice

[QuickSilver402]

Hey guys,

So I overclocked my CPU and GPU almost 2 years ago, when I bought my desktop computer. It was a stable overclock and everything was working well.

Up until last night.

I bought 2 WD blue HDDs and put them in my tower last night and now the GPU seems to fail every time the graphics step up just a bit. The PSU I got was meant to be enough for XFire'd GPUs so I don't see why this is happening right now, with the addition of the HDDs.

Second, even when I turn off the overclock I've noticed the GPU chugging a bit in game in games that it really shouldn't.

Any advice? Did I break something maybe?

GPU: Asus factory overclocked ATI 7950
CPU: Intel i5 overclocked to 4.5ghz
Mobo: Asus P8Z68-V/GEN3

 

[COLGeek]

What are your idle and loaded CPU and GPU temperatures? Could be that adding the 2 new HDDs added enough heat to your rig to cause some degree of throttling to occur.