Is it the psu ? pc restarts randomly with no warning while playing games(fortnite actually)

paz.ido121 · Jul 16, 2018

Ive seen a lot of threads like mine but i have to make one to make sure..
Im using the hyper 600w psu
Nvidia Geforce gtx 970
i5 6500 skylake
Gigabyte H110M-S2H-CF
Kingston 8 gigabyte ram(DDR4)

logainofhades · Jul 16, 2018

I would probably blame the PSU. Swap it out for a higher quality unit.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/y88H99/evga-supernova-g3-650w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-220-g3-0650

paz.ido121 · Jul 16, 2018

logainofhades :

Im using the fsp hyper 600w for 2 years are u sure its the psu ?

RobbeyRobert · Jul 16, 2018

Kinda silly question, even more when you say that you've seen similar to yours..

Anyway, here's your answer, it MIGHT be, a quick search on your graphics card manufacturer website revealed that your Nvidia GRAPHICS card consumes a lot of power
- 145W - is the amount of power it usually might use.
- and the recommended System Power is 500W - Not sure how efficient that PSU is, but it's almost always better to have a little extra power.

But i really doubt that that game uses your GPU at the max LOL

What you need to check out, are your GPU temperatures, the unit might get too HOT and that would explain your random restarts.

paz.ido121 · Jul 16, 2018

RobbeyRobert :

Kinda silly question, even more when you say that you've seen similar to yours..

Anyway, here's your answer, it MIGHT be, a quick search on your graphics card manufacturer website revealed that your Nvidia GRAPHICS card consumes a lot of power
- 145W - is the amount of power it usually might use.
- and the recommended System Power is 500W - Not sure how efficient that PSU is, but it's almost always better to have a little extra power.

But i really doubt that that game uses your GPU at the max LOL

What you need to check out, are your GPU temperatures, the unit might get too HOT and that would explain your random restarts.

so my max heat temp is 74-75 when playing fortnite

RobbeyRobert · Jul 16, 2018

paz.ido121 :

Those are acceptable temps, nothing wrong.
When you play "Fortnite" how much time would you estimate it takes to get a random restart ?? is totally random, like it restarts instantly and sometimes over 10-30 minutes.

Also make a individual stress test to each part of your machine with a free software called "AIDA64"
That is - CPU - RAM - GPU - and than altogether (even HDD optional) and monitor temps.
this might take some time but it's definitely worth it, just to exclude hardware errors.
i'll check back to you later.

paz.ido121 · Jul 16, 2018

RobbeyRobert :

paz.ido121 :

Those are acceptable temps, nothing wrong.
When you play "Fortnite" how much time would you estimate it takes to get a random restart ?? is totally random, like it restarts instantly and sometimes over 10-30 minutes.

Also make a individual stress test to each part of your machine with a free software called "AIDA64"
That is - CPU - RAM - GPU - and than altogether (even HDD optional) and monitor temps.
this might take some time but it's definitely worth it, just to exclude hardware errors.
i'll check back to you later.

Exactly, sometimes its right in the first 5-10 min and sometimes after 30 min

mdd1963 · Jul 16, 2018

The PSU is the obvious first suspect...

Swap it with a known good unit of sufficient wattage, and then you will know.

Most PSUs generally worked fine in the past, but, the fact that 'it worked fine for 2 years' does not make it fine now.

paz.ido121 · Jul 16, 2018

mdd1963 :

Do you know something about my PSU (hyper 600w)?

logainofhades · Jul 16, 2018

FSP quality is very hit and miss. I wouldn't trust them.

paz.ido121 · Jul 16, 2018

logainofhades :

Ok got it thank you very much!
im looking for cheap good psu to fit in with no problems, any suggestions?

logainofhades · Jul 16, 2018

Good and cheap don't always go hand in hand, but Amazon is selling a corsair cx550m for like $50 today only, for prime day.

paz.ido121 · Jul 16, 2018

logainofhades :

Not the cheapest but not too expensive

RobbeyRobert · Jul 16, 2018

paz.ido121 :

mdd1963 :

Try and STRESS test your machine, with "AIDA64" the free version will do, it's a very useful software, after u finish installing, run it, click on "Tools" and select "Stability stress test" select which components you'd like to stress but try first each component individually how long the test should be is up to you, i recommend at least 10 or 15 minutes for each. basically if your game can crash your PC while under load so can this software, so if one fails during test, you've most likely found the culprit.
When finished with the individual tests, combine all components in the software and stress them for another 10 minutes at least and while doing that, at the left side of the software, there's the menu bar, click on "COMPUTER" and look for "SENSOR", if your machine's PSU supports that option, you'd be able to see how much wattage/voltage is being used while under load, if you can, make a screenshot or take a picture of that list and post it in here.

Besides this, you haven't done any Overclocking/undervolting on your system and have forgot about or anything, right ?

RobbeyRobert · Jul 16, 2018

I suspect the PSU too, but wouldn't rush just now and get a new one if it isn't necessary, especially if you're low on money and can't spend it for whatever reason. But it's your choice after all.

paz.ido121 · Jul 16, 2018

RobbeyRobert :

paz.ido121 :

mdd1963 :

Try and STRESS test your machine, with "AIDA64" the free version will do, it's a very useful software, after u finish installing, run it, click on "Tools" and select "Stability stress test" select which components you'd like to stress but try first each component individually how long the test should be is up to you, i recommend at least 10 or 15 minutes for each. basically if your game can crash your PC while under load so can this software, so if one fails during test, you've most likely found the culprit.
When finished with the individual tests, combine all components in the software and stress them for another 10 minutes at least and while doing that, at the left side of the software, there's the menu bar, click on "COMPUTER" and look for "SENSOR", if your machine's PSU supports that option, you'd be able to see how much wattage/voltage is being used while under load, if you can, make a screenshot or take a picture of that list and post it in here.

Besides this, you haven't done any Overclocking/undervolting on your system and have forgot about or anything, right ?

I did an overclock in nvidia inspector i lowered the precentage of the power and temp target to 90% from 100%

paz.ido121 · Jul 16, 2018

tbh i just ordered the corsair cx550m from amazon theres a sale so i went on it, i really need new psu after 2 years of that hyper 600w psu that most of the people says its trash

RobbeyRobert · Jul 17, 2018

paz.ido121 :

Okay, hopefully it will work out for ya. I also have a trash PSU too (seriously) and it's running flawlessly since 6 years.

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