Constant BF3/GPU Crashes.

baraka784

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Hey guys, this is my first post, but here you have it. I built myself my first gaming desktop. Here is my hardware:

  • i5-3570k liquid cooled no overclock
    GTX 680 EVGA 2gb (also tried 660)
    2x 8gb corsair memory
    Asrock z77m
    Windows 8 PRO 64bit
    COOLERMAX modular power supply 600watts
The problem: When i play BF3 and other 3D intensive games i crash (any settings above very LOW). My computer just turns off. makes a loud brrrrrrrrr noise (sometimes) and the GPU fan goes to 100% then it reboots. If i play on LOW SETTINGS i do not crash. If i raise it anything about the very lowest bf3 settings it immediately crashes.

What I have tried:

  • I have replaced motherboard. At first I had a Asus motherboard. It did not change anything (it did fix some artifact crashes, that's it)
    Tried a brand new GTX 660. Problem only got worse. The second game loaded up the comp would just turn off.
    Tried many GTX drivers. Including 306.97 314.22 320.18
    WIPED WINDOWS 3+ TIMES For the new motherboard and gpu.. Still nothing
    I have tried disabling audio driver on the motherboard. brrr noise stopped, still crashed.
    Put up fan speed to 85% (not an overheating issue)
    I have also tried turning on software rendering instead of gpu.
    IT EVEN CRASHES, while I run windows "performance test" where it gives you numbers based on computer performance (When it does graphics test)
    Lastly I put computer to high performance and nvidia control panel/game

Any suggestions/help is deeply appreciated. (Game only crashes if i put it above low on any settings.)

EDIT: TESTED RAM- ITS FINE.
 

DiaSin

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That is a VERY low end, cheap power supply. Could be power fluctuations. Also.. this may seem like a stupid question, but I have heard this before.. are you sure you are running off of the GPU and not the integrated graphics? Monitor plugged into the GPU? Power fully connected to the GPU?

Edit: I would blame the PSU. I just looked it up, its VERY poorly reviewed on newegg and its not even 80+ rated. Ideally you should have a PSU that is at least 80+ gold rated, preferably XFX, SeaSonic, SilverStone or Antec. My guess is that the PSU is not putting out nearly enough power and its overloading with that GPU. The PSU is the one place in your computer that you DO NOT want to go cheap. If it were to fully fail it could fry your entire system. Any PSU that has a voltage selector switch is NOT GOOD. A decent PSU will automatically detect the voltage coming in and adjust output accordingly.
 

baraka784

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Monitor is plugged into gpu. Im not sure how to make sure bf3 is running off gpu. but when i put to ultra its at like 100+ fps for like a min then crashes. Also, games like league of legends doesnt crash. I think it may be somthing 3d/directx related? not sure.
 

DiaSin

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In case you missed the edit to my post..

I would blame the PSU. I just looked it up, its VERY poorly reviewed on newegg and its not even 80+ rated. Ideally you should have a PSU that is at least 80+ gold rated, preferably XFX, SeaSonic, SilverStone or Antec. My guess is that the PSU is not putting out nearly enough power and its overloading with that GPU. The PSU is the one place in your computer that you DO NOT want to go cheap. If it were to fully fail it could fry your entire system. Any PSU that has a voltage selector switch is NOT GOOD. A decent PSU will automatically detect the voltage coming in and adjust output accordingly.

Also.. how do you have the power connected to the GPU? That PSU only has 1 6pin PCIE connector. That GPU will require either a 6pin and an 8 pin or two 8 pins, depending on which EVGA 680 it is.

A high-quality 600w PSU is the minimum for that card, and your PSU is FAR from high quality.
 

DiaSin

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My main point in that post is really the fact that his PSU does not even have the connectors to fully power the GPU even if the PSU did put out enough juice.




Thats not good. Thats not the right connectors. Your PSU does not put out enough power, and does not have the right outputs. If there are 2 6pins I am not sure where the second one came from, that model only comes with one. The minimum connectors on ANY EVGA 680 is One 6 pin and One 8 pin. Some of them require two 8 pins. Im sorry, but your friend didn't know what he was doing.
 

DiaSin

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Thats even worse. You have in essence less than half the power the GPU needs, less actually considering the power supply itself. You just BADLY need a new power supply, and install it yourself this time. Look at this as a bare minimum. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020


As for testing it? There is nothing to test. It is a HORRIBLE psu. It will not put out anywhere near the 600w it says, and does not have the connectors you need for your GPU. In essence you have a single 6 pin connector connected to it, and at least one of the connectors on that GPU should be 8 pin.
 

DiaSin

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Will you please just listen to us and replace the PSU before it frys your system? One cable splitting into two is still the same amount of power as the one original cable also. So as I said, even if the PSU wasnt garbage, thats not nearly enough power to the card, and not even the right connectors.
 

baraka784

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im going to replace it. but i just looked closer and this "split" is actually doubling the amount of cables in the 6 pin. theres like a bunch of extra cables going into it. its not a normal 6 pin connector. i think theres like 8-12 little cables going into this 6 pin
 

DiaSin

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Splitting the cable splits the power as well. It is not a true 2x6 pin connector, and even if it was, the card needs more than two 6 pins. I will tell you what I told someone else. Think about it as a garden hose. When you put a splitter on the spigot, you get two streams, but the amount of water going into the hoses is still the same as a single hose.