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GPU OC is more stable with new power strip and I don't get any voltage spikes to 1.55 anymore. I guess cheap power strips are not meant to power PCs.

  1. PCGuy_5960

    PCGuy_5960

    That's interesting :D

  2. ivan134

    ivan134

    It definitely is. I thought it was the wiring in my place. I just moved and was having the same issues. I bought a new power strip to use with my new t.v. and decided to swap it out. All my previous stability issues just poofed away.

  3. MEC-777

    MEC-777

    PSU and VRM on the card *should* be filtering out "dirty" power. 

     

    But yeah, cheap power bars/strips are a big no no. It's worth it to spend the extra cash on a good quality power bar with surge protection. Guy I know on FB had his GTX 1080 killed by using a dollar-store type power bar. >_< 

  4. ivan134

    ivan134

    I don't think it was dirty power as much as it was the strip being unable to handle that much load which made the PSU act erratically to compensate. Sometimes my bottom intake fan wouldn't even power up.

  5. MEC-777

    MEC-777

    Ah, I see. Could be. 

  6. ivan134

    ivan134

    But you're definitely right about avoiding cheap power strips. I wonder how many people out there with unstable overclocks was just having inadequate power strips like me.

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