Moved into a new house, pc trips breaker...

Feb 17, 2015
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Recently made a new Ryzen build with the following:

SeaSonic M12II 620 Bronze 620W
MSI X370 Pro Carbon Mobo
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Intel SSD 600p Series (PCIe SSD)
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 2400
GTX 660 SC 2GB

I built it a few weeks ago and I worked fine in my last apartment. I even ran it through a 240W surge protector with battery and only started beeping when I ran GPU stress tests while my PS4 was also plugged in and powered on. Then I moved and plugged it into the surge protector/battery and the circuit breaker tripped.

The breaker that tripped has the "test" button on it and also works for the front half of the top floor. I know a good solution would be just moving the pc to another room (hard to do since I do my work in my room.) I'm wondering if there's a solution that doesn't require me to move the pc. Can I change the breaker or "fix" the outlet?
 
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The only safe and reliable solution is to power the PC from a different circuit. I would use an extension cord if faced with that situation, and I could not remove anything from the circuit or otherwise reduce the circuit's load.

Circuit breakers exist to protect the wiring of your building. If you replace the circuit breaker with one that has a higher rating, you risk starting a fire. This is especially true if you're already loading the circuit enough to trip the breaker. After all, if you gradually load the circuit, the breaker normally won't trip until you're about 20-60% over it's rated cutoff.
The only safe and reliable solution is to power the PC from a different circuit. I would use an extension cord if faced with that situation, and I could not remove anything from the circuit or otherwise reduce the circuit's load.

Circuit breakers exist to protect the wiring of your building. If you replace the circuit breaker with one that has a higher rating, you risk starting a fire. This is especially true if you're already loading the circuit enough to trip the breaker. After all, if you gradually load the circuit, the breaker normally won't trip until you're about 20-60% over it's rated cutoff.
 
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