Help, I'm not exactly sure what to do.

[Party_Potatoes]

I'm having problems when i try to play really GPU heavy games, i think the problem is that my power supply isn't enough for what i have. i was thinking about replacing it but i want a second opinion, and would also know if there is something else I'm just not doing.

 

my PC specs so any of you can know whats going on.

 

GPU: Evga GTX 1080 ftw dt

CPU: 6700k 4GHz

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2

motherboard: Evga Z270k FTW K

SSD: Samsung 850 pro 1 TB

Ram: 4-Kingston predator DDR4-2400 16 GB

PSU: Evga 500w 80+ 100-W1-0500-KR

optical drive: samsung sh-224gb/bsbe writer

case fans: 4 Nzxt 120mm led 59.1 CFM fans (plus the 2 that came with the CPU cooler)

case lights nzxt 2m sleeved led kit

[redbullvodka]

What exactly are the issues you're having?

Cuz the PSU should do you more than fine tbh

[kelvinhall05]

What games, what settings, and what kind of problems? Stuttering, crashing, artifacting, etc.

 

That PSU isn't the best quality, but I doubt it's the issue TBH.

[TheRandomness]

I'm going to say it's the PSU because god damn what made you buy that firecracker with a GTX 1080!?

[vanished]

That PSU is really not a good choice for a high end build like that.  You can afford something of quality.  That said, what troubles are you having?  If the PC is randomly switching off or giving a BSoD, or perhaps even just crashing the game, it is probably the PSU, but if you're just getting a lower than expected frame rate, I don't think it's the issue.  Still, you should change it though.

[Party_Potatoes]

Well the problems i have are with most games like i can boot the just fine but the a few minutes in the freezes and then i get a black screen but i can still hear the audio, and the main reason i bought the power supply was because i checked on pc part picker to see if it would be enough (guess it wasn't) and also i didn't think i would need something with more juice.

 

4 hours ago, TheRandomness said:

I'm going to say it's the PSU because god damn what made you buy that firecracker with a GTX 1080!?

What psu would you recommend?

[Mick Naughty]

If the system isn't crashing completely, I doubt its the psu. Barely using 300 watts with that setup.

 

[TheRandomness]

17 minutes ago, Party_Potatoes said:

What psu would you recommend?

The wattage is fine, it's just the quality. There's a PSU tier list linked in my sig, go for tier 2 or 3, though 2 or higher is preferred with your system.

[Party_Potatoes]

1 hour ago, Mick Naughty said:

If the system isn't crashing completely, I doubt its the psu. Barely using 300 watts with that setup.

 

no it doesn't completely crash, but it seems to like "refresh" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

1 hour ago, TheRandomness said:

The wattage is fine, it's just the quality. There's a PSU tier list linked in my sig, go for tier 2 or 3, though 2 or higher is preferred with your system.

would a corsair txm 750 gold stand the test of time?