Power Surge detected

Juandisimo · Oct 3, 2013

I've have had this build for a month now with no issues then all of a sudden I started experience issues with my computer restarting by itself. On boot up I get the error message
"Power Supply Surges detected during the previous power on. ASUS Anti-Surge was triggered to protect system from unstable power supply unit!"
My Specs:
i5 3570k 3.4Ghz
ASUS P8z77-VLK
Corsair CX600 PSU Bronze
8 GB RAM G.Skill
Sapphire HD Radeon 7950
1TB Seagate Barracuda

I have researched this problem but most of them where because of bad PSU brands but I have a Corsair PSU which is drawing me a blank. Of course even good PSU's have issues so I'm wondering if my PSU is at fault, is it other components such as my GPU or am I completely wrong on these assumptions?

Help would greatly be appreciated as I didn't expect to be running into issues so early in this new rigs life.

WarWolverineWarrior · Oct 3, 2013

Insufficient power. Get a bigget PSU. I had that problem and I got 1000W.

Juandisimo · Oct 3, 2013

WarWolverineWarrior :

600W is not enough power? The GPU itself requires 500W. I would see a reason to get a bigger PSU for a crossfire set-up but 600W should be sufficient for this set up.

ko888 · Oct 3, 2013

For a system using a single AMD reference design Radeon HD 7950 graphics card AMD specifies a minimum of a 500 Watt or greater system power supply. The power supply should also have a maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of 30 Amps or greater and have at least two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors.

Total Power Supply Wattage is NOT the crucial factor in power supply selection!!! Sufficient Total Combined Continuous Power/Current Available on the +12V Rail(s) rated at 45°C - 50°C ambient temperature, is the most critical factor.

Overclocking of the CPU and/or GPU(s) may require an additional increase to the maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current ratings, recommended above, to meet the increase in power required for the overclock. The additional amount required will depend on the magnitude of the overclock being attempted.

The Corsair CX600 is a budget power supply unit based on the old group regulated circuit design. Fine for office computers. Its primary capacitor is too low in electrical storage capacity so this PSU doesn't even meet ATX12V holdup time specs. This is bad if you have this PSU plugged into a UPS (i.e. Uninterruptible Power Supply) since the holdup time is too short to allow the UPS to switch over to battery backup mode. Its +3.3V rail voltage regulation doesn't respond quick enough to load changes so it will drop below spec. The memory modules are usually powered by the +3.3V rail.

Skimping on the quality of the PSU will come back to bite you.

Juandisimo · Oct 3, 2013

ko888 :

For a system using a single AMD reference design Radeon HD 7950 graphics card AMD specifies a minimum of a 500 Watt or greater system power supply. The power supply should also have a maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of 30 Amps or greater and have at least two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors.

Total Power Supply Wattage is NOT the crucial factor in power supply selection!!! Sufficient Total Combined Continuous Power/Current Available on the +12V Rail(s) rated at 45°C - 50°C ambient temperature, is the most critical factor.

Overclocking of the CPU and/or GPU(s) may require an additional increase to the maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current ratings, recommended above, to meet the increase in power required for the overclock. The additional amount required will depend on the magnitude of the overclock being attempted.

The Corsair CX600 is a budget power supply unit based on the old group regulated circuit design. Fine for office computers. Its primary capacitor is too low in electrical storage capacity so this PSU doesn't even meet ATX12V holdup time specs. This is bad if you have this PSU plugged into a UPS (i.e. Uninterruptible Power Supply) since the holdup time is too short to allow the UPS to switch over to battery backup mode. Its +3.3V rail voltage regulation doesn't respond quick enough to load changes so it will drop below spec. The memory modules are usually powered by the +3.3V rail.

Skimping on the quality of the PSU will come back to bite you.

Well I'm new to this whole PC Building so the above information was a shock to me as I didn't think of the factors that played in support of the GPU.
So in the end my PSU is at fault? Well I can't refund it since its been a month already. So ultimately I have no choice but to buy a new greater PSU that supports this system?

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