Bought a new graphics card and now my pc shuts off at random

nick_155

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I just bought an Asus ROG strix rx 470 4gb and now when I am playing games my computer will suddenly shut off . Also my pc worked just fine with my hd 7770 just a few days ago


My specs are a thermaltake 650w psu, asrock g41c gs mobo , core 2 quad q6600 ( yes I know there is a bottleneck but I am planning to upgrade), and 8gb of ddr3 537mhz ( and yes my CPU won't support any higher than that), and a zalman t2 plus micro atx case

I'm thinking it's either the psu or the parts are overheating in the case but I was hoping someone could shed some more light on what it could be
 

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3v rail 3.5v
5v rail 5.2v
12v rail 12.2v

CPU at idle is 50C
GPU at idle is 51C
MOBO at idle is 39C

I will try wattman later as I am busy right now but I will be back to tell you if it works
 

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I have fixed it for now at least
Basically what I did was I opened up ASUS gpu tweak mostly because it opens up when I start windows and clicked on the gaming preset and noticed that my gpu voltage went down
So I'm thinking It was set too high I don't know why it was because I don't recall ever changing it

Anyways I opened up FarCry 4 and cranked it to the Ultra Preset just to push my system
and earlier my PC would've shutdown like 5 mins into the game but I lasted about 6 times that
so I'm pretty sure it's working now, Thanks to the man who recommended radeon wattman
 

nick_155

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Never mind I ran doom 2016 and while running my pc shut down again
I am pretty sure it's thermals because while running I was edging 60 C on my CPU and gpu
As of now I don't know what else I can try besides buying a new case because I have barely any fan spaces and my gpu is very cramped in my case

please help I am very short on money right now and I Just want to play some games
also I'm pretty new to all of this