Possible Failing PSU

[Varney]

Hi guys, 

 

I have an issue where even the slightest overclock causes random hangs. For example, If I run at full BIOS defaults, the system is stable. But as soon as I bring my cpu up to even 4.2GHz (which is its stock turbo boost) it will at some point within a hour or two just stall. This is the buzzing of the last sound played, no BSOD or event viewer event beyond unexpected shutdown, just a hard stop and requires a hard reset to fix. For history, my CPU was previously stable 4.5GHz @ 1.34v with super crappy, mix and match ram, but due to prior air cooling constraints was down clocked to 4.4GHz @ 1.28v. I recently upgraded from SLi 660 Ti to an MSI GTX 1070 Gaming x. I was seeing 60% GPU usage and 90% CPU usage in certain games with poor framerates, but couldn't afford to get an intel CPU and board. So I replaced the venerable Hyper 212 evo with a corsair H110i and got a decent RAM kit to really push the ol' 8350 to reduce the CPU bottlenecking. At first, everything seemed to be working fine at 4.7GHz 1.45v (51c under Prime95) after a few days the freezing began, I started reducing the clock speeds a little, it would be fine for a week or so, then start again (if I didn't reduce speed it would happen every hour or so) Then I thought it could be that my IMC couldn't handle the 2133 speed, so I dropped my RAM to the rated 1866, didn't help, I went so far as to drop it all the way down to 1333 with the SPD timings for said speed, no difference. I reset the bios back to default and stability returned, started grasping at straws and furmarked my GPU, and noticed that my overclock on the GPU started dropping within the first minute, but the temp was only 61c. So I fired up GPUz and looked at the perf cap, which was pwr. However TDP was capping out at 87% (when it's set to 125%), running a 7 threaded prime95 alongside of furmark exacerbates this problem, further dropping GPU TDP down to 79%, which is what lead me to thinking that my PSU is dying. I purchased my PSU in Jan 2011, so I won't lose any sleep if that's the case. I just don't want to throw money at the problem without a reasonable degree of certainty. 

PS: I 12 hour memtested the ram as soon as I installed it

My apologies if this sort of thing has already been addressed, I couldn't find any definitive answers on my own.

Build:
Mobo: Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 (2013)
CPU: AMD FX-8350 (2013)
RAM: G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Model F3-2133C10D-16GAB (2016)
GPU: MSI GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G (2016)
PSU: SILVERSTONE OP800 800W (2011)
Cooling: Corsair H110i (2016)
Case: Antec 900 (original) (the dark ages)

[PigWithAMustache]

I think that PSU wants to retire by now after 5 years of use. You can replace it with this PSU and you should be good to go. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817438014

[Varney]

6 minutes ago, PigWithAMustache said:

I think that PSU wants to retire by now after 5 years of use. You can replace it with this PSU and you should be good to go. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817438014

Will this give me enough headroom for heavy overclocking? 

PS: I failed to mention that I also have 3 7.2K HDDs for storage and an SSD system drive

[Quaker]

Silverstone makes good PSUs, so, unless it is going bad, it should be fine.

Have you cleaned the dust out of it?

 

The problem could be aging or bad capacitors in the PSU or on the motherboard.

[Guest]

30 minutes ago, Quaker said:

Silverstone makes good PSUs, so, unless it is going bad, it should be fine.

Have you cleaned the dust out of it?

 

The problem could be aging or bad capacitors in the PSU or on the motherboard.

If you dive deep enough into the PSU world you will notice that silverstone doesnt make psus.

[Quaker]

Details, details - Silverstone gets their PSUs from good OEMs, so unless it is going bad, it should be fine.

 

Better?

 

(But, yes, technically, almost all  PSU brands actually get their PSUs made by a few Chinese OEM makers. That includes brands like Corsair, EVGA, Silverstone, etc)