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Hawken is breaking my rig
#1
Posted May 09 2014 - 03:56 PM
#2
Posted May 09 2014 - 04:01 PM
My money is on dust. Can cause a system that has been running fine for a long time to start overheating and shut down. Have to kick the bunnies out once in a while.
Edited by renynzea, May 09 2014 - 04:08 PM.
#3
Posted May 09 2014 - 04:13 PM
Do that then try out your computer for a while and hope nothing happens.
Did you buy this computer pre-built or did you build it yourself?
If you bought it pre-built, have you upgraded any hardware since that might require more power?
Check your CPU temps with this. If your computer doesn't shut off during the test and the temps are within the max heat range it's supposed to have, then your CPU is fine. If it does shut off, then your CPU is probably the culprit.
If not, it's likely either your PSU's quality isn't so great/is failing or something (possibly GPU) is trying to draw more power than the PSU can handle and that's the cause of the crashes. If that's the case, the solution is to either downgrade whatever you installed or upgrade your PSU to something with a higher voltage and/or better quality.
I would hope it's just the PSU to be honest, because those are cheap to replace. I got an EVGA NEX750B for about $80 shipped.
Edited by nokari, May 09 2014 - 04:18 PM.

#4
Posted May 09 2014 - 04:13 PM
 Meraple, on June 01 2014 - 11:54 AM, said:
Meraple, on June 01 2014 - 11:54 AM, said:
#5
Posted May 09 2014 - 04:52 PM
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#6
Posted May 09 2014 - 06:29 PM
#7
Posted May 09 2014 - 06:34 PM
 Coboxite, on May 09 2014 - 06:29 PM, said:
Coboxite, on May 09 2014 - 06:29 PM, said:
A dust clean out should alleviate heat issues somewhat. Reapplying thermal paste to your CPU and GPU can also help. If that doesn't work, then it's most definitely your power supply, that would need to be replaced.

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#8
Posted May 09 2014 - 07:11 PM
#9
Posted May 10 2014 - 12:11 PM
I imagine most would be fine, as your not running huge amounts of wattage (not sure if you overclock etc...) Corsair can be a mixed bag (alot of their psu's now get made by a few companies - it used to be mainly Seasonic) So check on the OEM of the particular model you are looking at. XFX are for the price very good (the 550w etc...) but... the customer service (Should you ever have a problem) can be a huge issue as i've read alot of bad stories, however they are an OEM of Seasonic aswell.
Antec, these can be very good (but have to check on who made them) Some are OEMS of Seasonic (i used to remember them being very good years ago) Oh and Superflower i've heard good things about! (some EVGA psu's use these as an OEM if i rememeber correctly!)
Rosewell, i've heard ok things about aswell, but as these aren't available in the UK i can't say/have to read up!
Overall check as people have said for dust etc... and hope this was of some help.
I'd say a decent 500w (and you probably could get away with lower) from a decent brand would give you some headroom if you wanted to upgrade/replace your Gpu at somepoint. So a bad brand that's 700w doesn't mean it's very good (and probably won't supply that much wattage) where as a decent brand will give you (and probably even a bit more) the written wattage on the box.
To be honest though if it's all at stock, i think Corsair/Seasonic/Xfx would do you fine! And this is mainly coming from the UK, so not sure 100% on Warranties in the USA etc...
Another good program for temp monitoring is HWMonitor (and a few others i can't remember right now!)
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Posted May 10 2014 - 01:06 PM
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