The Power PC Thread [f*ck off consoles]

Adamm. said:

Okay so..

1. Pretty much yeah freezes up a bit and then restarts no blue screen or anything

2. I've literally only played arc raiders over the last few weeks but I'm sure it happened before with BF6. Usually after a long sesh.

3. Pretty much this build so Ram is pretty low but generally been okay for years now.
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4. Yep xmp enabled but that's all I've done. Not any proper overclocking.

5. I'll have a to figure out how to check that 😂

I did a while back now turn the fans down because they get annoying although should be at 100% anything over 75-80c. Maybe that's my first go to try and resolve also will look at event viewer and see if there's anything obvious.

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Matt Cup said:

Not a specific PC question but what speakers and headsets are people using?

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.Joe said:

Razer kraken kitty for gaming (ears are useful to keep the hood up on a hoody)


Crinacle Zero:red IEM's for music (decent quality and cheap


Logitech Z150 for general youtube

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Adamm. said:

Okay so..

1. Pretty much yeah freezes up a bit and then restarts no blue screen or anything

2. I've literally only played arc raiders over the last few weeks but I'm sure it happened before with BF6. Usually after a long sesh.

3. Pretty much this build so Ram is pretty low but generally been okay for years now.
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4. Yep xmp enabled but that's all I've done. Not any proper overclocking.

5. I'll have a to figure out how to check that 😂

I did a while back now turn the fans down because they get annoying although should be at 100% anything over 75-80c. Maybe that's my first go to try and resolve also will look at event viewer and see if there's anything obvious.

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SharkyUK said:

I have seen similar behaviour when the power supply unit has been on the way out, or when too much power is being drawn from, for example, an overloaded power strip. The sudden drop in consumption can trigger cut outs and restarts. There are sometimes power related events shown in the event viewer (if that is the case).

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Matt Cup said:

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SharkyUK said:

I have seen similar behaviour when the power supply unit has been on the way out, or when too much power is being drawn from, for example, an overloaded power strip. The sudden drop in consumption can trigger cut outs and restarts. There are sometimes power related events shown in the event viewer (if that is the case).

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Adamm. said:

I have a bunch of critical events saying kernel-power does this point to the PSU you reckon then? Does seem so. I'll try a few things and see how it is over the next week if it keeps happening I'll replace it.

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SharkyUK said:

Kernel-Power 41? If you are seeing a lot of those, that confirms the sudden and unexpected power loss - where main culprits are failing PSU, RAM, overheating. More often than not, it is power supply related.

There are a few things to try. Firstly, plug the PC directly into the wall socket (rather than from a strip extension, if applicable). Use separate PCI-E cables internally - avoid daisy-chaining. Also, try installing MSI Afterburner and dropping the power limit down to something like 80%. See if that "fixes" things.

An interesting thing to note, too... the recommended PSU for a 3080 Ti is 850W. 750W with your CPU and GPU is borderline, especially if the system sees transient spikes and the PSU cannot handle it. Sustained loads (whilst playing the actual game) can be dealt with easier than managing fast transient oscillations in power spikes (which can happen when exiting a game, for example).

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Daz... said:

Try limiting the power in MSI afterburner. If it doesn’t give you any issues with the GPU set to 80% power limit you’ll pretty much be sure it’s the PSU.

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