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Having problems with crashing at ultra setting. Is it my gpu or psu ?

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September 4, 2014 8:08:20 AM

Hello, so i have this problem for about 1 month. I bought new psu (corsair cs650m) and a new gpu (MSI r9 280x), and i keep getting random driver display stopped responding and has recovered errors. And it is totally random sometimes when i’m watching a movie it freezes for a few seconds and shows that error, but when i shut down computer and psu, and turn on computer again it is playing normal. With games are a little bit diffrent, i can’t play games like bf3, need for speed rivals, crysis, but i can play games like fifa world, LOL,WOW.
Today i ran some stress tests with Valley Benchmark 1.0 and OCCT: results
Valley Benchmark 1.0:
settings: LOW !,no anti-aliasing, 1920x1080 fullscreen
results: it passes with average of 85 FPS. Temps under 60 C -fan speed 60%

settings: ULTRA, no anti-aliasing, 1920x1080 fullscreen
results: FAIL, it crashes at around 110seconds. min FPS:30, max FPS: 115, temps: from 60 to 63.
sometimes it gave me error: display driver has stopped.... and sometimes BSOD !
Picture of graph from afterburner : http://prntscr.com/4jllpu it crashes when it goes from 99% gpu usage to 0%

OCCT test: gpu test 200 fps, it runs for about 35 sec then crashes,
CPU test: no errors !

My spec: PSU: corsair cs650m---new
gpu: MSI r9 280x ---new
CPU: i5 2400 sandy bridge 3.10ghz
mobo: h61m/u3s3---old with latest bios
memory: 4gigs of ram
I have latest gpu drivers (14.4), i tryed beta drivers and it was the same, and i reinstal them multiple times (correct way with driver sweeper and everything)
All cables are seated correctly. I tried all software solutions, so i doubt it is software failure. What is most likely to be? PSU or GPU?

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a c 2488 ) Power supply
September 4, 2014 10:52:11 AM

You have a great GPU , but a poor PSU , so it's hard to tell.
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September 4, 2014 11:14:03 AM

Do you know how many amps your PSU has on the +12V rail?
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September 4, 2014 11:23:43 AM

Actually I'm sorry. I don't know why I asked instead of looking it up myself.
Your PSU supplies 51Amps on the +12V rail. The R9 280X needs 30amps to be safe...
So your 51Amps should be more then enough, even figuring the rest of the system into account. My i7 2600k takes just under 10Amps overclocked, so your i5 should be good.

It may be a bad card, maybe consider RMA.
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a c 2488 ) Power supply
September 4, 2014 11:25:52 AM

A Radeon R9-280X needs 30 amps on the 12v + rail and a 550 watt power supply , so it's not a power issue , is this BIOS at default settings?

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September 4, 2014 11:54:52 AM

it depends on what the game utilizes (CPU or GPU usage). its probably an overclocked component overheating. try upping the speed on the GPU or CPU fan (whatever you're running the overclock on).
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