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About 80% of the time I turn on my PC I pull the circuit and I have no idea why and one thing that gets me is sometimes I can have two tv's on a PC two ps3's and STILL not pull the circuit but always in the morning when I turn on my PC (with nothing else on) my power goes out in that room so I have to flip the switch on my circuit breaker... I really hate this and if you have any solutions to why it's doing this please tell me below thanks

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How many watts is your pc using?

750 I'm pretty sure

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750 I'm pretty sure

That's what your power supply is rated for, not how much it constantly takes. Common misconception.

The only solutions that I can give are as follows:

revert your hardware to stock clocks,

build a more energy-efficient machine,

or (probably best solution) somehow have your pc run on a different circuit (maybe use extension cords?).

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When you trigger the breaker what else powers off? Basically you need to map what is on each circuit breaker and reduce the load your computer is on or move it to an outlet with less power hungry devices/appliances.  Also, does something power on automatically like an AC? If so maybe that is what triggers the breaker, well with the added load of your computer and what ever else is on that breaker. I've been able to isolate my computer to a breaker with low or no load from other devices/appliances. I would avoid plugging in vacuum cleaners or things that are twitchy or sparky (crappy electronically and cause issues).

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