Asus m5a97 r2.0 and amd fx 8350 problem

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Purchased a Barebone kit from tigerdirect
Asus M5A97 LE 2.0
AMD FX 8350
12gb DDR3
Radeon R7290X (Existing previous Card)
650W PSU
1TB Seagate HDD
256GB Seagate HDD

I have been having numerous problems with this rig setup. Temperatures want to reach above 65 Celc. When playing any games such as Starcraft2, Diablo III, Evil Within, System will power down and would have to manually reset. All settings for bios are on Auto.
 
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Yes, for sure try it with the Corsair. Neither are great power supplies, but I'd still take the Corsair over the SolidGear - FYI, the solid gear one reports ~500W on the 12V rail, which in theory should be enough, but sometimes manufacturers just lie, unfortunately. I can't find any half-decent review of that model so it has me suspicious. The fact that you're talking about a 260X is a big difference though. That's a LOT less load on a power supply.

FYI, given that you're just testing the power supply, I wouldn't even remove it from your case or re-route any cables. I'd just set up the Corsair on a solid (non-conductive) surface next to the PC and plug the things you need in. It'll look horrible, but if you have the same issue...
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What's the make and model of you power supply? Both the 8350 and (i assume you mean) R9 290X are seriously power hungry. A good quality 650W PSU will power them fine, but a cheap one will not and will cause exactly the kind of issues you're seeing.

BTW, your temps are fine, 65 degrees under load is actually pretty good for stock coolers.
 
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rhysiam

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Yes, for sure try it with the Corsair. Neither are great power supplies, but I'd still take the Corsair over the SolidGear - FYI, the solid gear one reports ~500W on the 12V rail, which in theory should be enough, but sometimes manufacturers just lie, unfortunately. I can't find any half-decent review of that model so it has me suspicious. The fact that you're talking about a 260X is a big difference though. That's a LOT less load on a power supply.

FYI, given that you're just testing the power supply, I wouldn't even remove it from your case or re-route any cables. I'd just set up the Corsair on a solid (non-conductive) surface next to the PC and plug the things you need in. It'll look horrible, but if you have the same issue then you've eliminated the power supply as a problem and it saves you all the work of re-routing cables, which can take a while.

Good luck with the Corsair. Pretty good chance it'll run just fine off that unit... given the complete black-out you're getting under load, that's got power supply issue written all over it. Still, we won't know for sure until you test it, so it's handy that you've got another unit there.
 
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