Just bought an overclocked bundle from scan, selected the CPU, Motherboard, RAM, GPU and PSU in the bundle.
Only the CPU, MB and RAM are stress tested before they ship.
So I've build the system, got windows installed, all the drivers... EXCEPT THE GPU DRIVERS.
(Currently running the standard drivers that windows auto installs).
So, as soon as I install AMD Catalyst control centre and/or graphics driver (tried installing them both separately and its the driver).
I can boot up and all looks fine, but I get the occasional screen flicker and lines, then as soon as I open chrome or any other apps, the flickering gets worse and eventually the screen will just go plain grey, or grey and white lines.
I did manage to run a furmark burn test whilst the drivers were installed and it didn't crash whilst that was running, but did very shortly after.
Like I say, everything seems super stable with the windows auto installed drivers.
I've done a power draw calculation and it calculated my system to be running at about 580W-590W and I have a 600W PSU. So I'm thinking I need more PSU headroom...? Its only an 80+ Bronze too.
Specs:
Windows 8.1
i5 1150 4690k @ 4.6Ghz (cooling is not the problem, I have a more than sufficient cooler and temps are fine).
Asus Z97-K Mother board
8GB corsair vengance @ 2133Mhz
XFX R9 280X (stock clocks)
Corsair CX600M
500GB SATA3 HDD
Generic DVD CD RW combo
5x 120 fans.
Please let me know if this is just an easly fix, or if it is as I suspect the PSU?
Thanks a lot for any help! New to the forums thing so looking forward to getting some feedback!
Only the CPU, MB and RAM are stress tested before they ship.
So I've build the system, got windows installed, all the drivers... EXCEPT THE GPU DRIVERS.
(Currently running the standard drivers that windows auto installs).
So, as soon as I install AMD Catalyst control centre and/or graphics driver (tried installing them both separately and its the driver).
I can boot up and all looks fine, but I get the occasional screen flicker and lines, then as soon as I open chrome or any other apps, the flickering gets worse and eventually the screen will just go plain grey, or grey and white lines.
I did manage to run a furmark burn test whilst the drivers were installed and it didn't crash whilst that was running, but did very shortly after.
Like I say, everything seems super stable with the windows auto installed drivers.
I've done a power draw calculation and it calculated my system to be running at about 580W-590W and I have a 600W PSU. So I'm thinking I need more PSU headroom...? Its only an 80+ Bronze too.
Specs:
Windows 8.1
i5 1150 4690k @ 4.6Ghz (cooling is not the problem, I have a more than sufficient cooler and temps are fine).
Asus Z97-K Mother board
8GB corsair vengance @ 2133Mhz
XFX R9 280X (stock clocks)
Corsair CX600M
500GB SATA3 HDD
Generic DVD CD RW combo
5x 120 fans.
Please let me know if this is just an easly fix, or if it is as I suspect the PSU?
Thanks a lot for any help! New to the forums thing so looking forward to getting some feedback!
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