RX 5700 system crashing

[Psykik]

So I recently purchased a system,

MB: Biostar B45M2 BIOS: BIOS Date: 11/19/19 13:46:29 Ver: 05.0000E

Ryzen 5 3500X

Memory 16GB

Radeon RX 5700, Driver: 26.20.13031.20012

Has happened on multiple different drivers

Aywun 700 watt PSU (https://www.ebay.com.au/p/14011376454?iid=113886836736&)

 

My PC has crashed multiple times now, while using chrome as well as playing games (CSGO, Apex, Modern Warfare)

It crashes to a green screen every time, which stays on screen for 2-3 seconds before the PC reboots

 

Would anyone be able to advise me on the cause?

 

[SavageNeo]

probably because that cheap psu.

[Streetguru]

7 minutes ago, Psykik said:

So I recently purchased a system,

Set your GPU power target to 50% so that there's less stress on the PSU, if it works fine then it's probably that power supply.

 

How exactly did you end up with that motherboard and PSU? Or is it just what's available in your region?

[glenalz81]

I'd be looking at the PSU first for sure.

[glenalz81]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Set your GPU power target to 50%

Not +50% just to be clear.  -50% from stock.

[SavageNeo]

Wait its not even 80+. Jesus i wonder how long it will take your psu to blow up

[Psykik]

Yeah that is kind of what I thought might be the problem. I got it on black friday as a super cheap prebuilt. I can probably warranty it with the company, and hopefully get a better quality one. Thanks for the advice

[191x7]

Running the latest AMD chipset drivers?

 

How are you connecting the 8-pin power? I see the PSU only has a single 6-pin pci-e power.

[SavageNeo]

1 minute ago, Psykik said:

Yeah that is kind of what I thought might be the problem. I got it on black friday as a super cheap prebuilt. I can probably warranty it with the company, and hopefully get a better quality one. Thanks for the advice

try to get money back from the psu. And get atleast 80+bronze. Like corsair cx450w

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, Psykik said:

Yeah that is kind of what I thought might be the problem. I got it on black friday as a super cheap prebuilt. I can probably warranty it with the company, and hopefully get a better quality one. Thanks for the advice

They're just going to send you back the same system most likely, I'd honestly just return the entire system if that's an option or it was bought locally...Unless the price for it was really cheap, in which case just put a fan over the motherboard's VRM, and replace the PSU.

[Psykik]

What wattage PSU would you reccomend?

 

These are the two cables that are then combined into the 8 pin socket

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, Psykik said:

What wattage PSU would you reccomend?

That's just painful to look at lol. They really screwed people over with that.

 

Anything from like a big name manufacturer. with a gold rating is a decent place to start.

Just check like real reviews mostly. Corsair, EVGA, XFX, Seasonic are a few names to look for.

 

But still set the power limit to -50% and see if it crashes. Or just return the whole thing and go custom if it's not too big of a deal.
 

 

[Psykik]

It's a bit late for me to return it now, especially as I need it for work as well. Looking at their website, this PSU isn't on the list of possible components, and they said it should be 80+ bronze at least, so I screenshotted and I am going to push for a replacement through that.

I knew some of the components wouldn't be great, but I needed something cheaper to convince my parents, and I hoped they would last long enough until they forgot about original price and I could just replace them with something better lol

 

But in the meantime I will definitely try out the power limit

[Streetguru]

15 hours ago, Psykik said:

It's a bit late for me to return it now, especially as I need it for work as well. Looking at their website, this PSU isn't on the list of possible components, and they said it should

You could also maybe offer to pay the difference to get a PSU upgrade or something.