Whenever I'm playing more demanding games at times my surge protctor will start to beep nonstop almost like a siren. Why?

[PopTartTimeMachine]

I just finished my first PC build and I was testing out Bioshock Infinite, it was running perfectly fine on everything at Ultra until I came to one point in which my surge protector started going crazy and the visuals on my screen in a very small area looked a little strange. Could this be that the surge protector can't support my system correctly? It supports up to 260W but while running most games my PC puts out at least 300-350W, should I just get a new surge protector with a higher supported wattage and everything will be okay or is there something else I should do?

Specs:
AMD FX-8350
MSI GTX 960 Gaming 4G
MSI ATX Gaming 970 Motherboard
Corsair CX430 PSU
G.Skill 2x4GB DDR3 RAM

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

The PSU is seriously less than stellar and really should be changed. It is below the 970s minimum with that CPU. C series PSU's are crap. Invest in a SeaSonic, Antec, XFX or EVGA, GS/G2/B2. This GS is the cheapest one and one of the highest quality PSU's you can get today. Never cheap out on the PSU as you put your entire system at risk. If you keep running with that CX PSU you are risking damage your parts with or without a surge protector.

Here is a PSU that you will be running smooth with:

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Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
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[westom]

... until I came to one point in which my surge protector started going crazy and the visuals on my screen in a very small area looked a little strange. Could this be that the surge protector can't support my system correctly? It supports up to 260W but while running most games my PC puts out at least 300-350W,

Why ignore numbers? If a computer consumes 350 watts and a UPS can only provide 280 watts, then you have a problem. It is that simple.

Second, how do you know that system consumes 300+ watts. If no measured, then nobody can say.

Third, a UPS is typically made so cheaply that its battery will degrade in three years. To still provide sufficient power many years later (and for other technical reasons), a 350 watt computer needs a 500 watt UPS.

Fourth, a UPS is not a surge protector. A surge protector is a completely different device. Well, UPS manufacturers know so many consumers are dumb - ignore numbers. Surges can be hundreds of thousands of joules. So tens or hundreds of joules are in a UPS. That near zero number is sufficient to call it 100% surge protection ... when one ignores numbers. Those who want to be scammed only think subjectively - ignore spec numbers.

It is a UPS. Its only purpose is temporary and 'dirty' power during a blackout ... so that unsaved data can be saved. It does nothing and does not even claim to protect hardware. Hardware protection must be done elsewhere by something completely different - called a surge protector.