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I am having troubles getting my upgraded rig to work properly. It powers off without a bluescreen when im playing games like Dota2 and CS:GO. I also tested it with non multiplayer titles and it seems to work just fine. Only on multiplayer titles i am getting problems.

My Rig:
GPU: Zotac 970 GTX OC (Not the AMP! version) (former RADEON XFX5850 Black Edition)
CPU: Intel i7 920 (vcore 1.25 bclk 180mhz)
PSU: Corsair WX550VR (80+ but 4,5 Years old!!!)
RAM: 3 x DDR3 2GB Sticks
HDD: 2 x WDC WD20EARX
Mainboard: ASUS P6TD Deluxe
USB Devices: 5-6 plugged in

I tested the heatproduction of my rig and it seems just fine. Under Prime95 i get a CPU temperature of 80°C and on furmark i get 73°C for the GPU.

But now im wondering if my PSU has enough Power.

Thanks for solutions beforehand:)
(Sorry for my english its not the best)
 
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It could be the PSU, I'm not 100% certain but I would probably try another PSU if you can. If you think you're just gonna go buy one, get a 650w EVGA Supernova G1 if you can afford it. They have a 10 year warrenty. It definately won't hurt getting one even if you don't need it.
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The Mainboard has a LGA1336 Socket so i have 6 slots to put ram in. Adding one more would make the system even more unstable:D but i should have written that in the description.
 
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550W should be more than enough for that system.

The temperature on your CPU is more likely the problem; 80C is way above normal for that generation of i7s.

Does the system power off and stay powered off for a few moments (e.g., you're temporarily unable to restart it)? That would be a dead giveaway that it's overheating.

What are you temperatures like at idle? And is the CPU overclocked at all?

 
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Its restarting immediately after it powers off. My idle temperature is about 42°C
 
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yeah i used the AMD cleanuninstall utility that should be fine. And sorry i forgot to write that the PSU is 4 years old right now..

 
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It could be the PSU, I'm not 100% certain but I would probably try another PSU if you can. If you think you're just gonna go buy one, get a 650w EVGA Supernova G1 if you can afford it. They have a 10 year warrenty. It definately won't hurt getting one even if you don't need it.
 
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Thanks for the advice im gonna try it:) i also thought about upgrading the psu because its kinda old ^^

 
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Thanks for the tip but i live in germany;) the only thing that grinds my gears is that when im playing really resource hungry games like shadow of mordor i dont seem to have the problem described above. its only in multiplayer games :/
 
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