I believe the problem has been solved. I installed a new PSU and have had no shutdowns. I should have always had a spare so once the RMA goes through and I get my old unit back this one will fill that role. I consider this resolved until it crashes again. Thanks for all the input! Words of wisdom fo...
Tough one. Any of the previously suggested causes could be true so I'll just stick with RAM and offer a few final recommendations in that vein. I just did a quick test to reproduce my issue by decreasing ram voltage and cpu voltage. I only managed to bsod when I decreased vcore. However, when I als...
It's an interesting problem and I know I had some fun trying to figure out my solution so don't mind me if I throw one more set of ideas at the wall ;) If you're running all stock settings, the only culprit I can think of is that your BIOS has one or two manufacturer settings that "might"...
I recently had a similar problem and I think my eventual solution will work for you too. In my case, it got so bad that my computer would not even boot. I got a new power supply and removed cpu overclocks which seemed to solve the problem for a little while. However, my computer would just shut dow...
I keep a spare power supply on-hand. When I have to use the spare, I wait for the next time that my preferred model goes on sale for $80 to re-stock. I was literally kicking myself for not saving my old cx400 from my sig as this problem started. I thought, I WONT NEED THIS ANYMORE LET ME PUT IT RI...
I'd actually get the power supply from a local source - as a test (..not the actual power supply you want to keep). That's a good idea. I actually picked this power supply because it was so highly rated, I will gladly take a replacement if I just got a bum unit. I guess I need to look into return p...
Yup I would bet a faulty or over stressed P/S. Yeah the more I play around with connections and undervolting the CPU and GPU the more stable the computer gets but still ultimately shuts down. This new card pulls at lot more juice than the 7850 does. All things considered for the hardware attached t...
Hello gerbils! I have a computer that is shutting down on me. Most of the time it shuts down while attempting to load into a game or after a few minutes in a game. Alt tabbing into or out of a running game, or occasionally on startup. I have tried to isolate the problem as best I can. It's been abou...
I currently have a similar setup with a an overclocked Athlon II x4 630. I have been running the HD7850 at 1050core1300memory up from 900core1200memory with zero issues. I have a corsair cx400w power supply that is powering all of it including a HDD, SDD, 4 fans and a DVD drive. I can't imagine you ...
I know MSI does. They call it live update 5 i believe. It does allow you to download all the files and it contacts the mother-ship, so to speak, for the newest versions available. I don't remember it installing it automaticially though. It was very easy to find it in the folder and just install it t...
http://www.toppreise.ch/prod_273618.html i5 3570k should save you some coin and will be nearly as fast as your selected processor in games. If you have other uses like encoding or something that benefits from the extra cores then the 3770k makes sense. For just gaming there is a negligible differen...
How does 800 always stretch to almost 900? EVERY TIME! Scope creep. $70 ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP The Pro4 is pretty close but all he gains is some PCI lanes which I doubt he will use and and HMDI which will be on the video card and largely irrelevant for his uses. Free shipping makes the more feature-ri...
Ordered! I bumped his power supply to the cx500 and upgraded to a 7870. Used the cheaper MSI board which after discussing what he needs for ports and usb plugs seems to be a perfect fit. We squeezed a 90gb force 3 SSD into it and between amazon and newegg got everything ordered for 928.10. 40$ worth...
I decided for a non enthusiast, less bells and whistles, name brand board would help the budget and do no harm to him. $77.55 MSI B75MA-P45 Seems like a solid board. I currently have an MSI board, in sig, and it has treated me well. It has all the new tech and none of the excess I would buy for mys...
I have talked him into an SSD most likely a 90gb force gt. He has the 1tb so it's mostly a boot and most used programs drive. I finally got time to sort through motherboards today and decided he really doesn't need the one i posted and going for a non enthusiast, less bells and whistles, name brand ...
I had considered going down to an i3 but i know he will keep this computer as long as he keeps all his other electronics, he will have it for years. The budget is loosely 800 so 50 or more over budget is fine. As it stands after price checking the components on amazon and counting the MIR before i t...
That sounds like something i would do if i were physically with him to build it and he were more competent with computers. It's his first build and he is 800 miles away. Good to know though.
I am but he is not so sadly no. I was hoping to fit an SSD into the build but when he needs everything it's proving difficult. I knew the PSU would be good my current one is similar and i'm running a 7850 without problems. It was more of a hey does someone know of similar ones that are better. He is...
I am trying to part out a gaming rig for my brother for somewhere around 800 dollars. I have a list of stuff in mind so i'll post and see what everyone thinks. He said he won't be overclocking. He has a monitor already with a 1080p res. He said he would also like to watch a lot of movies and archive...
Unless there is some website (meaning: cross platform) that she can logon to and do the lookups/calculations, you will be at the mercy of which platform the reference is available on in the form of apps. Yep. Much to my dismay with all the things i like about my WP7 i DOES NOT have a Medscape app. ...
Pull CMOS battery, Reseat. Unplug and replug all connections if you haven't already. Test with another power supply if you can. On various occasions when I have installed/cleaned my case i forgot to connect the 4pin CPU power line and it would power on and spins my fans and the lights would come on ...
I know my motherboard is classified as AM3 but got bios updates for the CPU codes to allow it to use all of the FX chips. I have no idea if there is actually a limitation to certain AM3 boards or if it's artificial and up to the board makers to keep their older AM3 boards up to date for these proces...