- Jul 12, 2012
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Hello,
I did almost a complete upgrade to my old Desktop two days ago and everything was fantastic, until I started having some problem which I THINK are associated with the Wattage Power being inssuficient for my current computer:
CPU:::::::::::::::::: Intel Core i5 3550
Motherboard:::: MSI Z77A-G43
Graphics:::::::::: EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE 1GB
RAM::::::::::::::::: G.Skill DDR3 2x2GB 1600Mhz PC3-12800 RipjawsX
Hard Drive:::::::: Seagate Barracuda 250GB Sata2 7200rpm
Hard Drive:::::::: Samsung F1 320GB Sata2 7200rpm
Optical Drive:::: Samsung Super WriteMaster SH-S223
Cooling::::::::::::: Thermaltake 120mm Blue LED Fan (x4)
Power Supply:: Antec 520W Neo Eco 520C 80PLUS
Case:::::::::::::::: Thermaltake Commander MS-I Snow Edition
OS:::::::::::::::::::: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Monitor::::::::::::: Sony Bravia LED 32EX525
Keyboard::::::::: Maxell LED Retroilluminated Keyboard
Mouse:::::::::::::: A4Tech X7-F3
Aditionally I have connected a "Front Panel Media Card Reader", a "Bluetooth Adapter" and a "Razer Onza XBox Controller", which may draw some power from the PSU...
I'll explain the problem now; When I first started the PC after building it, everything went fine and I set the BIOS to defaults, I didn't OC anything yet... Later that day, I decided to change the Multiplier to x37 instead of the original x33, because the motherboard allows me to and well, why not OC a little... I checked my temps and the processor didn't get past 50ºC on full load, so that was perfect for me, so I wanted to OC up to 4.00GHz just by raising the Multiplier to x40... Before I did this, I noticed my computer would reboot by itself when I was gaming or surfing the internet, it was a "soft reboot", which means, windows logged off and shut down normally but when I didn't command it to do so... Then I tried several times to turn ON the computer but it had difficulties booting up, sometimes it wouldn't load the OS and it was even tough to access the BIOS (after several retries and reboots I could), so when I managed to get access to the BIOS I did an "Underclock" and set the Multiplier to x30, and then the OS booted perfectly fine and it didn't reboot alone again (or until now xD)... I also had OC'ed my GPU with "EVGA Precision" when the computer rebooted by itself, I know it's another relevant factor if the PSU would be the problem here... So right now, I have my processor in 3.00GHz and the GPU with its normal clocks and voltages, to be safe and not have any more problems again...
I called the store where I bought the PSU and they told me I could get the "Antec 620W Neo Eco" for a low price if I returned the 520, of course, so what should I do? I haven't changed to the 620 yet because I'm not sure if it really is the problem, any suggestions or personal experiences or something you could tell me to help?
THANKS!
EDIT: I forgot to mention that I did OC to 4.00GHz with the Multiplier x40, but as soon as I saved my settings and rebooted, the first message I got was "Overclocking settings have failed, the default settings have been set" (or something like that). I think it's strange because my temperatures where NEVER over 60ºC, so it's not a temperature problem, which makes me think even more that the problem is the Power Supply...
I did almost a complete upgrade to my old Desktop two days ago and everything was fantastic, until I started having some problem which I THINK are associated with the Wattage Power being inssuficient for my current computer:
CPU:::::::::::::::::: Intel Core i5 3550
Motherboard:::: MSI Z77A-G43
Graphics:::::::::: EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE 1GB
RAM::::::::::::::::: G.Skill DDR3 2x2GB 1600Mhz PC3-12800 RipjawsX
Hard Drive:::::::: Seagate Barracuda 250GB Sata2 7200rpm
Hard Drive:::::::: Samsung F1 320GB Sata2 7200rpm
Optical Drive:::: Samsung Super WriteMaster SH-S223
Cooling::::::::::::: Thermaltake 120mm Blue LED Fan (x4)
Power Supply:: Antec 520W Neo Eco 520C 80PLUS
Case:::::::::::::::: Thermaltake Commander MS-I Snow Edition
OS:::::::::::::::::::: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Monitor::::::::::::: Sony Bravia LED 32EX525
Keyboard::::::::: Maxell LED Retroilluminated Keyboard
Mouse:::::::::::::: A4Tech X7-F3
Aditionally I have connected a "Front Panel Media Card Reader", a "Bluetooth Adapter" and a "Razer Onza XBox Controller", which may draw some power from the PSU...
I'll explain the problem now; When I first started the PC after building it, everything went fine and I set the BIOS to defaults, I didn't OC anything yet... Later that day, I decided to change the Multiplier to x37 instead of the original x33, because the motherboard allows me to and well, why not OC a little... I checked my temps and the processor didn't get past 50ºC on full load, so that was perfect for me, so I wanted to OC up to 4.00GHz just by raising the Multiplier to x40... Before I did this, I noticed my computer would reboot by itself when I was gaming or surfing the internet, it was a "soft reboot", which means, windows logged off and shut down normally but when I didn't command it to do so... Then I tried several times to turn ON the computer but it had difficulties booting up, sometimes it wouldn't load the OS and it was even tough to access the BIOS (after several retries and reboots I could), so when I managed to get access to the BIOS I did an "Underclock" and set the Multiplier to x30, and then the OS booted perfectly fine and it didn't reboot alone again (or until now xD)... I also had OC'ed my GPU with "EVGA Precision" when the computer rebooted by itself, I know it's another relevant factor if the PSU would be the problem here... So right now, I have my processor in 3.00GHz and the GPU with its normal clocks and voltages, to be safe and not have any more problems again...
I called the store where I bought the PSU and they told me I could get the "Antec 620W Neo Eco" for a low price if I returned the 520, of course, so what should I do? I haven't changed to the 620 yet because I'm not sure if it really is the problem, any suggestions or personal experiences or something you could tell me to help?
THANKS!
EDIT: I forgot to mention that I did OC to 4.00GHz with the Multiplier x40, but as soon as I saved my settings and rebooted, the first message I got was "Overclocking settings have failed, the default settings have been set" (or something like that). I think it's strange because my temperatures where NEVER over 60ºC, so it's not a temperature problem, which makes me think even more that the problem is the Power Supply...
... The thing is, I went to the BIOS right now, I set the multiplier to x37 and also activated Turbo Boost, so it could reach 4.1GHz on the single core, the problem is, CPU-Z is only detecting 3.7GHz and not 4.1GHZ ... Is this a Intel Turbo boost problem? (by the way, I desactivated X.M.P. because I read somewhere it's better when OverClocking) ... Please help me! 
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