Ok first time posting here, but I've used the site for help with a variety of things in the past so I just wanted to say thanks and I appreciate all the knowledge and insight I've gained from here.
So i just got done building my first gaming rig last night and I'm all excited and then inevitably I ran into a problem. It turned on, installed windows and everything was working fine but then i went to start up dayz and I only got to the menu screen when i heard the computer start buzzing and crackling and then the it restarted itself. I think I know whats wrong, but I'm trying to make sure before i do anything else or buy anything. I'm guessing is the psu is shorting out because I have this older logisys 480w psu that only has a 4 pin 12v connector and the m5a99fx pro mobo has a 8 pin socket. I did my research before i turned it on and heard it was ok to use the 4 pin if your not doing anything heavy, but I'm guessing dayz overloaded it right? Also im wondering if the psu is even good enough to use for that setup? I figured it would be because its 480 watts when pc part picker said the system would only use 334w and plus my friend who sold it to me used it in his rig with the same fx 4100 and gtx 660. The only major difference i can think of between our setups is I have an ATX, he has a miniATX and I have 5 fan controls (only using 4) on my case that use 20 watts each which would bring it up to 414 watts. So I'm not sure if any of that stuff is pushing it too hard. What do you guys think is goin on?
Here's my set up http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2POv4
And by the way, i do have a cpu cooler on there, i just couldn't find it on pc part picker.
So i just got done building my first gaming rig last night and I'm all excited and then inevitably I ran into a problem. It turned on, installed windows and everything was working fine but then i went to start up dayz and I only got to the menu screen when i heard the computer start buzzing and crackling and then the it restarted itself. I think I know whats wrong, but I'm trying to make sure before i do anything else or buy anything. I'm guessing is the psu is shorting out because I have this older logisys 480w psu that only has a 4 pin 12v connector and the m5a99fx pro mobo has a 8 pin socket. I did my research before i turned it on and heard it was ok to use the 4 pin if your not doing anything heavy, but I'm guessing dayz overloaded it right? Also im wondering if the psu is even good enough to use for that setup? I figured it would be because its 480 watts when pc part picker said the system would only use 334w and plus my friend who sold it to me used it in his rig with the same fx 4100 and gtx 660. The only major difference i can think of between our setups is I have an ATX, he has a miniATX and I have 5 fan controls (only using 4) on my case that use 20 watts each which would bring it up to 414 watts. So I'm not sure if any of that stuff is pushing it too hard. What do you guys think is goin on?
Here's my set up http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2POv4
And by the way, i do have a cpu cooler on there, i just couldn't find it on pc part picker.
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