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RX 480 450w overclocking

MrShroom
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When I got my pc I wasn't into overclocking, so I only bought an rx480 and a 450w PSU (Coolermaster G450M, http://www.coolermaster.com/powersupply/gaming-gm-series/g450m/ , also H170 pro MOBO from ASUS). However, I now would like to try and overclock. When I went from 1288 to 1310, everything seems fine. After a few minutes in Unigine Heaven the pc suddenly restarted and I was told "Power Supply Surges detected during the previous power on". After googling I found out that ASUS surge protection in considered a piece of crap, and people recommended turning it off, unless you have either a bad PSU or a wattage that is way too low.

 

So, my question is if it is safe to turn surge protection off and whether or not this PSU is fit for some overclocking.

 

Full specs:

i5-6500

16GB DDR4

ASUS H170 PRO

XFX RX480 GTR

Coolermaster G450M

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LPCmWX

 

EDIT: Is increasing the power limit safe when I don't have a massive PSU?

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Can you give me a list of the rest of you PC's components please? Preferably a PCPP list.

 

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My build:

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor,

 Motherboard: ASRock B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard, 

Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory,

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive, 

Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card, 

Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case , 

Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply, 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full, 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN725N USB 2.0 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter, Case Fan: Corsair Air Series White 2 pack 52.2 CFM  120mm Fan

 

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I turned it off on my Z77 board since I know the PSU isn't the problem and I have UPS that also have surge protection.

However, I never turn it off on my X99 system. One real surge can kill everything in the system.

 

My recommendation is not to turn it off in you case.

480 OC with low-end 450W PSU is risky. Your MOBO may just want to tell you that PSU overloaded and its doing wrong stuff.

雪月花(Setsugetsuka)

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10 minutes ago, King_of_Oz said:

Can you give me a list of the rest of you PC's components please? Preferably a PCPP list.

 

i5-6500

16GB DDR4

ASUS H170 PRO

XFX RX480 GTR

Coolermaster G450M

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LPCmWX

 

Sorry I forgot, it is added now

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1 minute ago, Dango said:

I turned it off on my Z77 board since I know the PSU isn't the problem and I have UPS that also have surge protection.

However, I never turn it off on my X99 system. One real surge can kill everything in the system.

 

My recommendation is not to turn it off in you case.

480 OC with low-end 450W PSU is risky. Your MOBO may just want to tell you that PSU overloaded and its doing wrong stuff.

Is this a low end PSU? Reviews said that it was fairly good

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2 minutes ago, MrShroom said:

Is this a low end PSU? Reviews said that it was fairly good

Fairly good does not mean it can handle overload good.

Most PSU test does not test it over hours which can make the PSU hot and less efficient. Also they don't test it at close to 100% load or more, which is what you are doing.

雪月花(Setsugetsuka)

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I had a 450W PSU powering a slightly overclocked i5-4670K (to 4.0GHz), an AIO water cooling unit, and a factory overclocked GTX 980.

 

Power requirements shouldn't be a problem for OP's set up.

I have a blog! And a list of guides I've posted

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You should be fine with the PSU you have.

 

Since I am to lazy to put something interesting here, I will put everything, but slightly abbreviated. Here is everything:

 

42

 

also, some questions to make you wonder about life:

 

What is I and who is me? Who is you? Which armrest in the movie theatre is yours?

 

also,

 

Welcome to the internet, I will be your guide. Or something.

 

 

My build:

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor,

 Motherboard: ASRock B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard, 

Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory,

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive, 

Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card, 

Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case , 

Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply, 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full, 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN725N USB 2.0 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter, Case Fan: Corsair Air Series White 2 pack 52.2 CFM  120mm Fan

 

ou do not ask why, you ask why not -me

 

Remeber kinds, the only differ between screwing around and scince is writing it down. -Adam Savage.

 

Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not even sure of the former. - Albert Einstein.

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24 minutes ago, Dango said:

Fairly good does not mean it can handle overload good.

Most PSU test does not test it over hours which can make the PSU hot and less efficient. Also they don't test it at close to 100% load or more, which is what you are doing.

hes psu is enough for him to be near a problem he would have to be using near 300w on the gpu +100w on the cpu, that is not happening 

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14 minutes ago, MrShroom said:

So if the PSU in not an issue, what do I do? Increase power limit (if that even has something to do with it), disable power surge protection or just forget the overclocking?

try again, if the surge protection shuts the pc down again then you might have a problem.

also if you have a psu, sometimes that is the problem, once i removed mine i was able to overclock more 

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4 minutes ago, cj09beira said:

try again, if the surge protection shuts the pc down again then you might have a problem.

also if you have a psu, sometimes that is the problem, once i removed mine i was able to overclock more 

If I have a PSU...??? wdym?

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