600W PSU and 280X Issues

[SadisticHades]

recently i bought a sapphire 280x to use in my system, after trying to game once it basically turned off the monitors after 10 min. I thought running a silverstone 600W bronze (modular) PSU it would have been fine but now im worried a bit,

im running an i5 2500K clocked at 4.3ghz, three hard drives and an ODD. Oh and 6 case fans, but that shouldn't have to much of an effect. Might be that ive plugged everything on one 12v rail but not sure, kinda worried to try again so ive put my 7850 back in for now

any help would be great, especially if it doesnt require me to buy a new PSU

thanks in advance

[Jumper118]

recently i bought a sapphire 280x to use in my system, after trying to game once it basically turned off the monitors after 10 min. I thought running a silverstone 600W bronze (modular) PSU it would have been fine but now im worried a bit,

im running an i5 2500K clocked at 4.3ghz, three hard drives and an ODD. Oh and 6 case fans, but that shouldn't have to much of an effect. Might be that ive plugged everything on one 12v rail but not sure, kinda worried to try again so ive put my 7850 back in for now

any help would be great, especially if it doesnt require me to buy a new PSU

thanks in advance

there is no way your rig is pulling 600w. it'll be more like 400w under full load. what are the amperages on the 12v rails and how many does it have?

[Faceman]

recently i bought a sapphire 280x to use in my system, after trying to game once it basically turned off the monitors after 10 min. I thought running a silverstone 600W bronze (modular) PSU it would have been fine but now im worried a bit,

im running an i5 2500K clocked at 4.3ghz, three hard drives and an ODD. Oh and 6 case fans, but that shouldn't have to much of an effect. Might be that ive plugged everything on one 12v rail but not sure, kinda worried to try again so ive put my 7850 back in for now

any help would be great, especially if it doesnt require me to buy a new PSU

thanks in advance

You should have zero issues with that setup and a 600W PSU.  Maybe try and re-seat all of the plugs, but I doubt it is a PSU problem.

[SadisticHades]

another thing thats come up from another forum ive posted on is that the gpu may be the problem as its only the monitors that power off

[Faa]

there is no way your rig is pulling 600w. it'll be more like 400w under full load. what are the amperages on the 12v rails and how many does it have?

Unless he can testify that this is his psu (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256064) then it has 42A. Not a real 600W psu.

[SadisticHades]

yeah thats my PSU

[jezza39]

You should have zero issues with that setup and a 600W PSU.  Maybe try and re-seat all of the plugs, but I doubt it is a PSU problem.

 

+1, It's a solid PSU that's got more than enough wattage on a beast 12V rail.

[SadisticHades]

after trying it out again with a few suggestions from a friend the cards working fine so far. although it doesnt seem to be preforming like a 280X in bf4 and borderlands im getting less than 50fps while in bioshock infinite im getting 120ish, any suggestions?

[peaking duck]

can someone explain what the importance of amperage has in a PSU?

is it a spec thats more crucial than the rated watttage for the psu?