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[DatGPUtho]

So, for a while now, every once in a while my P.C. will shut off for seemingly no reason, and when rebooting, says "A power surge was detected". This obviously worries me, but my question to you guys is could it be a PSU issue? I'm using a cheap Insignia that I bought at BestBuy a while back. Or should I just Plug my PC into a different outlet and see if that helps?

[eira]

3 minutes ago, DatGPUtho said:

So, for a while now, every once in a while my P.C. will shut off for seemingly no reason, and when rebooting, says "A power surge was detected". This obviously worries me, but my question to you guys is could it be a PSU issue? I'm using a cheap Insignia that I bought at BestBuy a while back. Or should I just Plug my PC into a different outlet and see if that helps?

Try another outlet, then if that doesn't work, a surge protector on both outlets, and then finally, if none of that works, new PSU.

What are your specs and the PSU wattage?

 

[Shreyas1]

It's most likely the psu. 

[DatGPUtho]

AMD FX-6300

GeForce 1050Ti

Samsung 850 Evo 500 GB SSD + Whatever random HDD I have plugged in ATM

ASUS M5A78L-M USB3

16 GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 RAM @ 1600 Mhz 

 

and a 450w Insignia PSU

 

 

[DatGPUtho]

And that's what I'm thinking, made the rookie mistake of buying a shoddy PSU and never got around to replacing it.

 

[ProjectBox153]

Change that PSU. You shouldn't trust your computer to something cheap like that.

[DatGPUtho]

9 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Change that PSU. You shouldn't trust your computer to something cheap like that.

Sounds like a plan. 

[Guest]

FYI:  The "power surge" is not on the AC side like we typically think of "power surges".  The ASUS software is only looking at the DC on the motherboard.  And the ASUS software has no "hooks" into the PSU to really even know if the PSU has any DC "surges".  The measurement is taken at the VRM for the CPU.  That said, it's often a false error.

 

Double check all of your connectors to the motherboard and make sure they're secure.  If you do that and still get the error, then the problem is heavy loads are causing voltage drops which isn't uncommon for that level PSU.  I would then replace that PSU with a stronger unit.