Gtx 560 ti powers surges on 500w psu

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hi people i gave my mate my old apu build and he went out a bought a 560 ti for cheap he has a problem with it. when he plays things like battlefield 4 it shuts the pc down and a bios message comes up saying a power surge was detected.

he is running the following

amd A8-5600k
xms 4gb ddr3 1600mhz ram
asus f2a55 mobo
asus gtx 560 ti
unbranded 500w psu (came with the new case he bought)

guys any help would be great i have told him it might be the crappy psu but i thought the 560 ti can run on a 500w anyway.

thanks in advanced to any help given
 
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Its probably a crappy PSU.
The card might be asking for the power, and the PSU is rated to deliver it, but it might not be delivering it efficiently, causing a power imbalance and that failure.
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yh you might be right but i should have done this in the beginning i disconnect his second monitor as he was running two he does light video editing and stuff and yh the card is been running battlefield 4 for the past hour with out a problem im shocked at the fact of the gtx 560 ti is getting 40fps on medium :??:
(posted from his pc)

thanks for you help mate
 
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ok so do you think it is the second monitor because call me a noob but i didn't think it used more voltage to power two monitors i thought that would be included in minimum power usage as the second monitor wasn't in use when he played battlefield 4
 
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so could he use the two monitors when he aint playing a game and then when he does want to play a game he turns the second monitor off would it work but in the long run he would need a new psu
 
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ok so would the turning the monitor off when he wants to play a game work the same as disconnecting it or would the gpu still try to render the second monitor even know its off and not disconnected
 
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ok mate well thank you for your help i have told him to get say 650w psu maybe the evga supernova as its on sale at the moment do you think a 650w would be ok to run the two monitors on
 
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