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Power surges, Do i need a new PSU?

BigEarl
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Hello, ive been getting around 3 power surges shutting down my pc for the past 2 days. My PSU is a Corsair RM 650w gold psu, a well made psu. I am wondering if i need to send an email to Corsair requesting a new power supply. What should i do any suggestions to stop these surges damaging my pc?

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You mean power surges from your house or power surges right from the power supply?

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You mean power surges from your house or power surges right from the power supply?

its only been affecting my computer not the house, so im guessing from the power supply

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its only been affecting my computer not the house, so im guessing from the power supply

This still doesn't answer what do you mean by surges? How can u tell this is happening?

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This still doesn't answer what do you mean by surges? How can u tell this is happening?

ill be doing something like playing a game and my pc will shut down and then when it restarts it brings up asus surge protection, hopefully this helps

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Get a line interactive UPS with AVR, That should keep things safe from surges & dips, especially useful during a lightning storm.

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ill be doing something like playing a game and my pc will shut down and then when it restarts it brings up asus surge protection, hopefully this helps

Well computers are much more sensitive to surges than for say common lightbulbs. Your power might be fluctuating and if you have ANY OC at all and your CPU voltage is right on the line of stable/not stable then your computer will most likely crash. You could also have a bare wire touching against the side panel. I wouldn't think your PSU would be bad but it might be.

 

 

What the guy above me said is applicable and would be a great choice if it is home power surges and not your PSU.

 

 

Just realized I said sounds instead of surges, I guess I was thinking about sounds

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Work Server | CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 | Model: Cisco UCS C220 M4 (SFF) | RAM: 64GB (4x16GB) Cisco (Samsung) DDR4 2133Mhz | STORAGE: 4x Cisco (Seagate) 900GB 10K 2.5" (RAID 10) - 2x 32GB Cisco FlexFlash Boot Drive (RAID 1) | OS: vSphere 6.7 Enterprise Plus U3 | 

 

Laptop | CPU: Intel Core i7 6700HQ | GPU: Nvidia GTX 960M 2GB GDDR5 | RAM: 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400Mhz | STORAGE: 512GB Hynix NVMe | OS: Windows 10 Pro |

 

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Well computers are much more sensitive to sound than for say lightbulbs. Your power might be fluctuating and if you have ANY OC at all and your CPU voltage is right on the line of stable/not stable then your computer will most likely crash. You could also have a bare wire touching against the side panel. I wouldn't think your PSU would be bad but it might be.

 

 

What the guy above me said is applicable and would be a great choice if it is home power surges and not your PSU.

 

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You need to determine whether it's your house or your PSU first. 

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