Do I need a better psu?

josh1002 · Aug 23, 2017

I have a pentium g4400, gtx 1050, 8gb ddr4 ram, 1tb hard drive, gigabyte H110M-A motherboard, and a Evga 430w w1 80+ psu. Do i need a more power full psu. I'm also getting a red light on the top of my case and the symbol is like 3 disc stacked. And I'm getting a error that reboots my system unexpectedly. It's a event error 41 which mean a psu is bad but I just got it 4 days ago. What do you think? And if I do need a better one what brand and watts should I get?

R_1 · Aug 23, 2017

more powerful PSU. no at all, better quality maybe, but more power no way.
the light is the HDD access light, it lights up when the HDD is accessed. at boot-up it goes crazy right?
random reboots are usually PSU, RAM, or software (drivers and such)

test each in turn
1. if you can borrow/access another PSU you can swap for testing. if the reboots follow the PSU...theres the answer
2. memtest86 can be run to determine of the RAM is having issue, let it run for 3 passes, if no errors I'd say the RAM is fine
3. boot to another environment and test for stability - linux off of USB. if the system does not reboot in a clean environment the issue has to be software related.

josh1002 · Aug 23, 2017

R_1 :

more powerful PSU. no at all, better quality maybe, but more power no way.
the light is the HDD access light, it lights up when the HDD is accessed. at boot-up it goes crazy right?
random reboots are usually PSU, RAM, or software (drivers and such)

test each in turn
1. if you can borrow/access another PSU you can swap for testing. if the reboots follow the PSU...theres the answer
2. memtest86 can be run to determine of the RAM is having issue, let it run for 3 passes, if no errors I'd say the RAM is fine
3. boot to another environment and test for stability - linux off of USB. if the system does not reboot in a clean environment the issue has to be software related.

josh1002 · Aug 23, 2017

Ok, is a crossair cx750w good? I heard crossair is a better brand for psu.

hqxt1964 · Aug 23, 2017

The power supply is enough, your platform's total power: the idle power is about 59 watts, and the full load power is around 145 watts.It works in the range of 13.7% to 33.7% of the power supply。

josh1002 · Aug 23, 2017

hqxt1964 :

josh1002 · Aug 23, 2017

Ok, it's just that I've been having problems with my new psu that is 430w Evga 80+ certified. Do you think crossair is better for psu? I've also been getting unexpected reboots with the Evga psu.

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