Hi guys,
So I just built a new(old) PC,,,,
~~SPECS~~
CPU - i7 2600k
Cooler - Coolermaster Hyper 212X
MOBO - Gigabyte Z68XP-UD5 (Rev 1.0)
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8GB kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B)(1.5v - ver.8.16)
RAM - Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB kit (PXD38G1866ELK)(1.65v)
(note: currently patriot only installed, previously corsair only, see below for more details)
HDD #1: Kingston SHFS37A 120gb Hyper X Fury SSD
HDD #2: 1TB WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS
HDD #3: 2TB WD Caviar Green WD20EARX
GFX Card - SAPPHIRE RADEON 7970
PSU - ANTEC EDGE 650w
O/S - Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (fully updated I think)
,,, and everything went fine with the build / install of software and drivers etc..
My brother and I played Company of Heroes (Steam) and the game loads fine, we've completed a couple of skirmishes ok, however, after 1-1.5 hrs of playing, the PC just reboot itself.
I checked BIOS and cpu wasn't overheated.
Video card didn't feel hot. Fans weren't going loud.. everything seemed fine. I brushed it off.
Using the PC throughout the day, so far haven't had any issues. Emails, google, youtube.. all seem to run out.
Played a little of PAYDAY 2 (steam game), so far, no issue.. maybe I didn;t play long enough.
Last night, played comp[any of heroes 2 again... game was running fine.. then bam, pc reboot.. so that's when I decided to look into it.. as my previous PC I upgraded from was having power issues similar to new one.
Did windows ram test, guessing it was ok as when I finished it reset (normal reset) back into windows.
Ran Prime95 1hr before stopping, said no errors.
Ran 3dMark11 benchmark, completed without issue.
Think at some point during testing, I thought it might have been the RAM, so I removed the corsair and installed the patriot.. doesn't seem to have made a difference.
but.. 2x issues I encountered (which brings me to TomsHardware),
Came across a post suggested the use of a program called OCCT that has a built in PSU tester.. Loaded it up, leaving settings on default and starting the PSU test.. after the 1minute countdown.. bam, PC rebooted... After loading back into windows.. tried again.. nope, PC rebooted.. I think I tried a 3rd time and happened again.. so skipped that test..
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqPjTECOFIU&feature=youtu.be"][/video]
[EDIT] Tried running OCCT again tonight, seems to start in non-full screen mode, but reboots shortly after.
Tried running Furmark.. loaded ok, let it run, GFX temp got up to around 80c.. no problem until I hit [ESC] to stop.. bam, PC reboot... odd.. I loaded back into windows and loaded furmark again, [ESC] after 10sec.. bam, PC reboot.
[EDIT] Ran Furmark again tonight, 1080p, no AA, full screen.. it ran for about 10min before rebooting itself. temp seemed to steady at 80-82c... one thing I noticed with it, it says "crossfire mode enabled" and picks up the GPU in the CPU (didn't know it had one built in). Not sure if its worth it, or if it'll work.. but running furmark, occt and/or Company of heroes with just the onboard GPU (no 7970 installed)... thoughts ?
The reason why I 'think' it's the PSU is I had it in my previous system.. though at first everything was fine then I started having power issues... replaced it with another PSU (test psu) and all ok. Swapped back to Antec Edge, all was good.. playing games.. then started power issues (monitor turning off, dont think PC reboot though). Only way to restart PC was turn off at back of PSU (power button hold didnt work).. swapped back to other test PSU.. was still getting the same issue.. though I 'think' i Un-installed 2 bits of software (garmin and some hp printer software).. then I think it started working.. not knowing whether it was hardware or software, I came across a sale post for the upgrade parts (wanted to get/play Battlefield 1.. other pc was several years old)
So as it stands, the only parts from other PC in the new one are the HDD's and PSU.
I'm really not sure what to try next. I didn't want to contact ANTEC for warranty as not sure if PSU is issue, being sort of random, didnt want to send to them and they say "all works" which will probably cost more money.
Any thoughts.. I'm stumped and would very much appreciate suggestions. Is there any software that can record system status / power usage etc.. and alert if there happens to be a spike/drop/error etc.. within the system (software or hardware) ?
Sorry for long post.. I wanted to include as much info as I could remember.
Regards,
So I just built a new(old) PC,,,,
~~SPECS~~
CPU - i7 2600k
Cooler - Coolermaster Hyper 212X
MOBO - Gigabyte Z68XP-UD5 (Rev 1.0)
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8GB kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B)(1.5v - ver.8.16)
RAM - Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB kit (PXD38G1866ELK)(1.65v)
(note: currently patriot only installed, previously corsair only, see below for more details)
HDD #1: Kingston SHFS37A 120gb Hyper X Fury SSD
HDD #2: 1TB WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS
HDD #3: 2TB WD Caviar Green WD20EARX
GFX Card - SAPPHIRE RADEON 7970
PSU - ANTEC EDGE 650w
O/S - Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (fully updated I think)
,,, and everything went fine with the build / install of software and drivers etc..
My brother and I played Company of Heroes (Steam) and the game loads fine, we've completed a couple of skirmishes ok, however, after 1-1.5 hrs of playing, the PC just reboot itself.
I checked BIOS and cpu wasn't overheated.
Video card didn't feel hot. Fans weren't going loud.. everything seemed fine. I brushed it off.
Using the PC throughout the day, so far haven't had any issues. Emails, google, youtube.. all seem to run out.
Played a little of PAYDAY 2 (steam game), so far, no issue.. maybe I didn;t play long enough.
Last night, played comp[any of heroes 2 again... game was running fine.. then bam, pc reboot.. so that's when I decided to look into it.. as my previous PC I upgraded from was having power issues similar to new one.
Did windows ram test, guessing it was ok as when I finished it reset (normal reset) back into windows.
Ran Prime95 1hr before stopping, said no errors.
Ran 3dMark11 benchmark, completed without issue.
Think at some point during testing, I thought it might have been the RAM, so I removed the corsair and installed the patriot.. doesn't seem to have made a difference.
but.. 2x issues I encountered (which brings me to TomsHardware),
Came across a post suggested the use of a program called OCCT that has a built in PSU tester.. Loaded it up, leaving settings on default and starting the PSU test.. after the 1minute countdown.. bam, PC rebooted... After loading back into windows.. tried again.. nope, PC rebooted.. I think I tried a 3rd time and happened again.. so skipped that test..
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqPjTECOFIU&feature=youtu.be"][/video]
[EDIT] Tried running OCCT again tonight, seems to start in non-full screen mode, but reboots shortly after.
Tried running Furmark.. loaded ok, let it run, GFX temp got up to around 80c.. no problem until I hit [ESC] to stop.. bam, PC reboot... odd.. I loaded back into windows and loaded furmark again, [ESC] after 10sec.. bam, PC reboot.
[EDIT] Ran Furmark again tonight, 1080p, no AA, full screen.. it ran for about 10min before rebooting itself. temp seemed to steady at 80-82c... one thing I noticed with it, it says "crossfire mode enabled" and picks up the GPU in the CPU (didn't know it had one built in). Not sure if its worth it, or if it'll work.. but running furmark, occt and/or Company of heroes with just the onboard GPU (no 7970 installed)... thoughts ?
The reason why I 'think' it's the PSU is I had it in my previous system.. though at first everything was fine then I started having power issues... replaced it with another PSU (test psu) and all ok. Swapped back to Antec Edge, all was good.. playing games.. then started power issues (monitor turning off, dont think PC reboot though). Only way to restart PC was turn off at back of PSU (power button hold didnt work).. swapped back to other test PSU.. was still getting the same issue.. though I 'think' i Un-installed 2 bits of software (garmin and some hp printer software).. then I think it started working.. not knowing whether it was hardware or software, I came across a sale post for the upgrade parts (wanted to get/play Battlefield 1.. other pc was several years old)
So as it stands, the only parts from other PC in the new one are the HDD's and PSU.
I'm really not sure what to try next. I didn't want to contact ANTEC for warranty as not sure if PSU is issue, being sort of random, didnt want to send to them and they say "all works" which will probably cost more money.
Any thoughts.. I'm stumped and would very much appreciate suggestions. Is there any software that can record system status / power usage etc.. and alert if there happens to be a spike/drop/error etc.. within the system (software or hardware) ?
Sorry for long post.. I wanted to include as much info as I could remember.
Regards,
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