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BrainFried
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Hello, my 2,5 year old pc has recently been freezing and rebooting randomly while under load and I am pretty sure it is the power supply since I have tried many other things that did not work. System specs:

 

CPU: amd fx 6350

GPU: nvidia gtx 1050ti

Motherboard: asrock 980de3/u3s3 

Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Crucial Ballistix sport

Storage: 1TB seagate st1000dm010

PSU: Corsair Cx 430M

 

Is it actually the PSU or could I try something else?

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It's not overheating is it? What are the temps at idle and under full load?

Main System: Phobos

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina

 

Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

Older File Server: Yet to be named

Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2

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Just now, Jamiec1130 said:

It's not overheating is it? What are the temps at idle and at load?

Its not overheating since idle the temps are around the 20s or 30s (CPU and GPU respectively)

And under load they are in the 50s and 60s (CPU and GPU respectively)

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Just now, BrainFried said:

Should I get something with more wattage or just get the same model (can't rma warranty has ran out)

430W is fine for that system.

 

That PSU has a mechanism to restart itself when it gets relatively hot. Perhaps make sure the fan is not clogged up with dust and make sure there's plenty of airflow for it. If the PSU fan is intaking air from your system then flip it around so it gets external air.

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Just now, Abyssal Radon said:

Perhaps get something with a little more wiggle room. Also buy something that's at least 80+ Gold, it's 2018 man...

Efficiency and the current year don't really matter. The Corsair Vengeance is an amazing PSU that's 80 PLUS Bronze, it came out 2017. 

 

The CX430M isn't that old, even though it's group-regulated and not amazing. It can handily power an old FX 6XXX and a 1050 Ti. I'm thinking OP's motherboard is the issue.

My account is almost entirely dormant. Hope you all are having a grand time. Many years of fun were had here.

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1 minute ago, Abyssal Radon said:

Perhaps get something with a little more wiggle room. Also buy something that's at least 80+ Gold, it's 2018 man...

430W is already plenty of overhead, and efficiency says nothing about how good a PSU is. 

The Vengeance is bronze rated, while the G1 is gold rated. The Vengeance is a much better unit

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1 minute ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Efficiency and the current year don't really matter. The Corsair Vengeance is an amazing PSU that's 80 PLUS Bronze, it came out 2017. 

 

The CX430M isn't that old, even though it's group-regulated and not amazing. It can handily power an old FX 6XXX and a 1050 Ti. I'm thinking OP's motherboard is the issue.

So I should be opting for both a new PSU and MB?

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Just now, Abyssal Radon said:

I never said that efficiency means a better unit overall, I was making a statement about how silly it is to buy anything less than 80+ Gold. I'm just suggesting to OP that he should buy something new that has more room to work with and a higher efficency never hurts.

And how is the extra 5% of efficiency going to help him in any way?

It's better to just buy a better unit, regardless of efficiency

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Just now, Abyssal Radon said:

I never said that efficiency means a better unit overall, I was making a statement about how silly it is to buy anything less than 80+ Gold. I'm just suggesting to OP that he should buy something new that has more room to work with and a higher efficency never hurts.

Problem is I am kinda broke and can't really spend more than 100 Euro on a new PSU...

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2 minutes ago, Abyssal Radon said:

If you can get your hands on a new PSU, I really believe it's the PSU. I had a very similar problem you had and it turned out to be a faulty PSU (and it was 5 years old at the time lol).

Welp, I guess PSU it is then.

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52 minutes ago, BrainFried said:

So I should be opting for both a new PSU and MB?

Try replacing one before replacing the other, but look into one of those first, yes.

My account is almost entirely dormant. Hope you all are having a grand time. Many years of fun were had here.

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