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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > Haus of Tech Support > PC overheating?
 
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Snakes in a can
May 14, 2014

 Could be an issue with the 12v rail on the PSU, it would be odd to see video drivers cause a systems to hard crash nowadays.

GPU temps should be fine if they are under 80C (under load)
CPU should be fine if they are under 70C (under load)

The 550 G2 has adequate 12v rail output


and MSI state that their 970's require 28a


How old is the PSU? The caps can age and as a result reduce the output of the psu.

Run a Furmark GPU load test and see if the system crashes exactly as you describe, if it does my money would be on the PSU being sus.

http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/


Ularg posted:


Unsure whether it's a safe thing to do or not. If I need to be grounded and using anti-static wristband while doing it.

i would not be grounding myself if the PC is connected to the mains.

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