not even seasonic X650 can handle R9 290, AMD Sucks

[Eyesthetics]

so 2 days ago i was playing CS GO, and then all of a sudden, without any prior symptoms the screen went black, it was freezing as pressings all the buttons didn;t do anything. So i hit the reset switch and it was booting just fine until the windows "signing in" screen, the pc suddenly turned itself off, all the fans the led turned themselves off, then i tried turning it on again but there was no reaction whatsoever, no signs of life. my immediate reaction was to make sure that all the power cables are firmly plugged in, but to no avail..then i replugged all the psu cables, still no result..

and then i thought maybe just maybe its the graphics card, i took it off my gpu, replugged all the psu cables, and to my surprise it still wouldn't boot, no signs whatseover no beep no nothing like theres no power

and then i took my PSU, my graphics card and my ram to my friend's house to try them to find the faulty component, and turns out its the psu that just died, my friend's pc wouldn't turn on at all (same as my pc) as soon as he tried using his PSU it worked normally, so in conclusion, my PSU just RIP.

actually, the black screen problem has been showing up since i bought the gpu, the gpu is a reference R9 290 from powercolor, i bought it used for 215 bucks off craigslist, it was working fine until 2 days later, my pc monitor would turned black in the middle of a gaming session, usually far cry 4 or cs go, at that time my psu was corsair cx600m, people told me that it was my psu not good enough not the gpu, but they told me to rma it first as it could be a faulty psu, so i sent it in to corsair and once the new cx600m arrifved, the problem persist, then i sold the cx600m and went ahead and bought the seasonix X650 because people told me that its a really solid PSU with a 10/10 score on jonnyguru, so i bought one, and as expected, the monitor wstill turned black once in a while when playing cs go or far cry 4, so i rma it again, seasonic sent the new X650, and not even a day went by, the PSU already died, smh..

could it be that the gpu is faulty since i bought it second hand ? but it doesn't show any artifacts, oh yeah and also, when the monitor turned black, sometimes the pc recovered and a "AMD Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" text on the bottom right corner shows up, not every time..

the problem occurs more often with CS GO, far cry 4 very rarely crashed

before i bought the 290, i had borrowed my friends 970, it worked flawlessly, on the corsair cx600m

my pc specs :

Intel core i5 4690k (4.6Ghz 1.3V)

Corsair H100i

2x4gb 1600mhz Corsair Vengeance

PowerColor R9 290 (reference)

Asrock H81m-hds mobo

what the hell is wrong with my pc, why are amd graphics cards so power hungry

[C0LL0SS0S]

I really don't think you should saying that your card killed your PSU unless you are very certain about it

[Tim Drake]

How do you know it was the GPU?

 

Also just because it got a good rating on a review site doesn't mean in anyway that it won't have a bad batch.

[Guest]

Your PSU died, and that sucks, but what does it have to do with your R9 290?

[Eyesthetics]

Because the gpu has killed 3 psus before, i rma them. I. Bought the gpu second hand

[ShadowCaptain]

Because the gpu has killed 3 psus before, i rma them. I. Bought the gpu second hand

 

Because the GPU is probably faulty.. its not the PSUs fault

[obi_wan]

Because the gpu has killed 3 psus before, i rma them. I. Bought the gpu second hand

You should Rma that card,looks as if the original owner has messed with its power delivery.Your psu isnt at fault here,seasonic makes some of the best psu's on the market stop blaming them.

[Eyesthetics]

First, it was the corsair cx600m, my pc would show black screen once in a while in the middle of a gaming session, then i rma it, second unit still the same, then i sold my cx600m.. The problem persist, sold it and got a seasonic x650, to no avail, rma it and it died within 4 hours since I got it

[Chris Yahya]

First, it was the corsair cx600m, my pc would show black screen once in a while in the middle of a gaming session, then i rma it, second unit still the same, then i sold my cx600m.. The problem persist, sold it and got a seasonic x650, to no avail, rma it and it died within 4 hours since I got it

your R9 is so PSU killer.

 

4 PSUs died by R9? wow.

[Aphala]

I suggest looking into a new PSU.

[Delusional Phil]

second hand

That word right there is what your problem lies ... You got an artifact card I believe is the correct term ... Dispose it now !!! 

[Bouzoo]

Bought the gpu second hand

 

1 used GPU vs 4 new PSUs. Right. 

 

What's your complete configuration? 

[Eyesthetics]

The card has no artifacts whatsoever, it'd running great said from the black screen

My specs

I5 4690k 4.6 Ghz 1.3V

2x4gb 1600mhz corsair vengeance

ASRock H81M-HDS

Corsair h100i

[Bouzoo]

I5 4690k 4.6 Ghz 1.3V

ASRock H81M-HDS

 

I'll quote from ASRocks site for the ASRock H81M-HDS

Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS or using the third-party overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your system stability, or even cause damage to the components and devices of your system. It should be done at your own risk and expense. We are not responsible for possible damage caused by overclocking.

 

That board was not designed for overclocking so that might be the case. It will do the job, but it wasn't made for that.

[Blackie Sheen]

You should Rma that card,looks as if the original owner has messed with its power delivery.Your psu isnt at fault here,seasonic makes some of the best psu's on the market stop blaming them.

He's not blaming the psu. He's blaming his gpu. Please read all the way before making bold statements like that.

[techguru]

its much more likely your wall socket killed your psu ...then the gpu

or the power cable or your power bar...if it was sending a bad power signal

[Eyesthetics]

my PSU is completely dead now, tried shorting it with a paper clip, no signs of life. not sure if the gpu is still alive though

[Eyesthetics]

its much more likely your wall socket killed your psu ...then the gpu

or the power cable or your power bar...if it was sending a bad power signal

nah it had been working just fine before i bought the 290, with my friend's 970

[Zauski]

I had the same issue with the 290..kept blacking out, but this was the Vapor-X edition. Also had a 650W psu. Definitely the GPU

[C0LL0SS0S]

repost, don't tell us your GPU is the fault if its not the fault

[Eyesthetics]

yeah i wasn't sure if this belongs in graphics card or psu section so i posted it on both

[Guest Kloaked]

AMD doesn't suck, the video card you have just sucks - not that model in particular but because it's a faulty card.

[Guest Generallee]

It's your card that sucks

[thekeemo]

1. You got ripped off

2. My 600w tr2 handled it just fine

[Eyesthetics]

It even killed my psu, if it only had killed itself i wouldn't be as mad