So around 8 months ago I purchased a small form factor PC from iBuyPower called the "Revolt". I am absolutely horrendous with swapping parts in small form factor PC's (I tend to break something new every time I try).
Basically, while I play games like League of Legends, even on all of the lowest settings possible, my graphics card is constantly crashing. The games lock up, sound starts stuttering rapidly, and I usually have to wait it out until the graphics card reboots. Around once a day the computer will completely lock up and I will have to shut it down and turn it back on. Around once a week I will receive a blue screen.
I have great suspicion the problem is linked to my PSU, as it is a measly 350w (pre-built -_-). Here are the specs this thing is trying to power.
OS: Windows 7
Motherboard: ASRock: B75M-ITX
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1 GB
Ram: 8GB DDR3 (G.SKILL Ripjaws)
Intel Core fan
Hard drive is 500 GB
Case: Revolt Chassis
So, I think it's safe to assume the problem is likely my PSU, although I'm welcome to enlightenment here. Small form factor PSU's have been extremely difficult to locate, and even in the event that I did locate one, I doubt I would be able to properly install it given the space I have in this case (still, a good PSU suggestion would be thankfully accepted).
My question is this; is there any way I can reduce the load on my PSU while playing League of Legends so that I can avoid this frequent lock ups, gpu crashes, blue screens, etc. that I have been getting? I've been dealing with this issue for such a long time now and an RMA really won't help me (besides, I don't want to be without a computer as I take most of my work home to do on here). I can't afford to buy a new PC and this one cost me around $800.
Please help me out.
I cannot deal with these crashes anymore. They are affecting my performance in games and it's become a really depressing problem.
Thank you.
Basically, while I play games like League of Legends, even on all of the lowest settings possible, my graphics card is constantly crashing. The games lock up, sound starts stuttering rapidly, and I usually have to wait it out until the graphics card reboots. Around once a day the computer will completely lock up and I will have to shut it down and turn it back on. Around once a week I will receive a blue screen.
I have great suspicion the problem is linked to my PSU, as it is a measly 350w (pre-built -_-). Here are the specs this thing is trying to power.
OS: Windows 7
Motherboard: ASRock: B75M-ITX
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1 GB
Ram: 8GB DDR3 (G.SKILL Ripjaws)
Intel Core fan
Hard drive is 500 GB
Case: Revolt Chassis
So, I think it's safe to assume the problem is likely my PSU, although I'm welcome to enlightenment here. Small form factor PSU's have been extremely difficult to locate, and even in the event that I did locate one, I doubt I would be able to properly install it given the space I have in this case (still, a good PSU suggestion would be thankfully accepted).
My question is this; is there any way I can reduce the load on my PSU while playing League of Legends so that I can avoid this frequent lock ups, gpu crashes, blue screens, etc. that I have been getting? I've been dealing with this issue for such a long time now and an RMA really won't help me (besides, I don't want to be without a computer as I take most of my work home to do on here). I can't afford to buy a new PC and this one cost me around $800.
Please help me out.
I cannot deal with these crashes anymore. They are affecting my performance in games and it's become a really depressing problem.Thank you.
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