Hello, I recently built my own gaming budget build about a month ago. This is my build with the addition of 3 LED 120mm fans: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/caleb826/saved/pwYfrH.
My PC is automatically restarting while playing games like Archeage and Alien: Isolation. For some other games, the PC does not restart. Recently, I have noticed that my PC will restart when I minimize Archeage. Sometimes it will not. There has been 2 or 3 incidents where my PC restarted, but the video did not show. I saw the CPU heatsink's fan was not running. I fingered some wires and it worked. The general issue of my PC restarting did not occur for the first week or two after the PC was built.
I understand my PSU is only 430W and paired with a more intense GPU. When building the PC, I figured since my CPU requires little power, I would still fall well under 430W, as noted on the pcpartpicker link.
The only things I have done to remedy this problem so far is update my BIOS. I have also performed a couple different stress tests, and they run fine for as long as I run them.
Here are screenshots of my HWiNFO at about 25-27m after my computer was freshly booted up first thing in the morning: http://i57.tinypic.com/wso67p.jpg, http://i58.tinypic.com/2002n7r.jpg, http://i62.tinypic.com/6gy43r.jpg,
http://i59.tinypic.com/2n9ds76.png
I've seen my CPU reach temps up to 49C when near 100% usage at 3.2Ghz. Is that okay? If not, what should I do?
I see that my +12V is at a max of 11.880V. Is that okay? If not, does that simply mean I must replace my PSU? What do the different voltages mean? What does it mean to be under or over a specific voltage?
I see that my GPU's max clock is 1120.0Mhz, but the memory's max clock is 1399.0Mhz. Is that okay? If not, what exactly does that mean and how would I go about fixing it?
Thank you for taking the time to read this; I really hope to learn as much as I can about these issues before I (probably) have to buy new parts to fix it. If you need any screenshots of any other testing software, please just let me know.
My PC is automatically restarting while playing games like Archeage and Alien: Isolation. For some other games, the PC does not restart. Recently, I have noticed that my PC will restart when I minimize Archeage. Sometimes it will not. There has been 2 or 3 incidents where my PC restarted, but the video did not show. I saw the CPU heatsink's fan was not running. I fingered some wires and it worked. The general issue of my PC restarting did not occur for the first week or two after the PC was built.
I understand my PSU is only 430W and paired with a more intense GPU. When building the PC, I figured since my CPU requires little power, I would still fall well under 430W, as noted on the pcpartpicker link.
The only things I have done to remedy this problem so far is update my BIOS. I have also performed a couple different stress tests, and they run fine for as long as I run them.
Here are screenshots of my HWiNFO at about 25-27m after my computer was freshly booted up first thing in the morning: http://i57.tinypic.com/wso67p.jpg, http://i58.tinypic.com/2002n7r.jpg, http://i62.tinypic.com/6gy43r.jpg,
http://i59.tinypic.com/2n9ds76.png
I've seen my CPU reach temps up to 49C when near 100% usage at 3.2Ghz. Is that okay? If not, what should I do?
I see that my +12V is at a max of 11.880V. Is that okay? If not, does that simply mean I must replace my PSU? What do the different voltages mean? What does it mean to be under or over a specific voltage?
I see that my GPU's max clock is 1120.0Mhz, but the memory's max clock is 1399.0Mhz. Is that okay? If not, what exactly does that mean and how would I go about fixing it?
Thank you for taking the time to read this; I really hope to learn as much as I can about these issues before I (probably) have to buy new parts to fix it. If you need any screenshots of any other testing software, please just let me know.
