PC keeps shutting off

[MASF123]

Personally I am not why this keeps happening. I think it might be my PSU not having enough power. I have an Antec 650 Watt PSU.

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Operating System
    Windows 8.1 64-bit

 

CPU
    AMD FX-9590 Vishera 32nm Technology

 

RAM
    8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3

 

Motherboard
    ASUSTeK Computer INC. M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

 

Graphics

  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (MSI)

 

Storage
    931GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 ATA Device

 

Optical Drives
    TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224DB ATA Device

 

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

pairing heat+power monster FX 9590 with a lowly board like that is just asking for trouble, I'd see if the VRMs are overheating.

[App4that]

What power supply do you have?

 

Never mind, see it now.

[MASF123]

Yeah it is overheating. It is 147F for the Motherboard 

[Herman Mcpootis]

7 minutes ago, MASF123 said:

Yeah it is overheating. It is 147F for the Motherboard 

see if undervolting and lowering the clock speed on the 9590 help.

[MASF123]

3 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

see if undervolting and lowering the clock speed on the 9590 help.

I've underclocked the CPU in Bios and in AMD CPU Overclock with no luck. I don't know how to lower the Voltage however. I really should get a Cooler for my Motherboard and also one for my CPU to replace the stock fan. Any suggestions?

[Snipergod87]

But a Ryzen platform instead would be my suggestion, don't sink money into a platform from 2012

[MASF123]

8 minutes ago, Snipergod87 said:

But a Ryzen platform instead would be my suggestion, don't sink money into a platform from 2012

But I already have a CPU. It was a gift from a friend. If this fries, I'll consider it.

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 hour ago, MASF123 said:

But I already have a CPU. It was a gift from a friend. If this fries, I'll consider it.

see if you can find a 990FX board for cheap, otherwise I'd just upgrade.

[MASF123]

9 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

see if you can find a 990FX board for cheap, otherwise I'd just upgrade.

Is my Motherboard bad? 

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, MASF123 said:

Is my Motherboard bad? 

it simply wasn't made for a CPU this hot and power hungry. 990FX boards are your best bet for any FX9xxx chips, but if it's too expensive then i wouldn't do it and just prepare for an upgrade.

[MASF123]

1 minute ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

it simply wasn't made for a CPU this hot and power hungry. 990FX boards are your best bet for any FX9xxx chips, but if it's too expensive then i wouldn't do it and just prepare for an upgrade.

Then what would be the alternatives? Which would be cheaper, getting a new board or CPU?

[MASF123]

I think I should get a CPU that is compatible. Because in the long run I would need to upgrade my PSU. So that is more money down the drain. Any suggestions for compatible CPUs?

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, MASF123 said:

Then what would be the alternatives? Which would be cheaper, getting a new board or CPU?

if you can, even an older i7/Xeon + H61 board will perform better than the 9590.

[MASF123]

2 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

if you can, even an older i7/Xeon + H61 board will perform better than the 9590.

I think I might just settle for a CPU that works with the current motherboard. Because this CPU is power hungry.

[Herman Mcpootis]

https://m.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-E3-1230-SR00H-3-2GHz-Quad-Core-CPU-Processor-LGA-1155/273202278162?epid=1901471170&hash=item3f9c1fef12:g:bRAAAOSw7t1a8nzX $50

https://m.ebay.com/itm/Gigabyte-Technology-GA-H61M-DS2-H61-M-ATX-VGA-Motherboard-1155/163027383095?epid=116387193&hash=item25f5307337:g:ankAAOSwB2NayZwK $43.80

which cooler are you using?

[MASF123]

16 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

which cooler are you using?

I don't have a Cooler

I need to get one at some point. I am stuck with a Stock CPU fan as well.

[Herman Mcpootis]

10 minutes ago, MASF123 said:

I don't have a Cooler

I need to get one at some point. I am stuck with a Stock CPU fan as well.

which stock cooler do you have?

[MASF123]

4 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

which stock cooler do you have?

I really don't know but its a crappy Stock Fan for the CPU.

[Herman Mcpootis]

20 minutes ago, MASF123 said:

I really don't know but its a crappy Stock Fan for the CPU.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/b8h9TW/raijintek-cpu-cooler-0r100009

[MASF123]

15 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/b8h9TW/raijintek-cpu-cooler-0r100009

I am on a tight budget, A.K.A. I'm poor. However I did stabilize the temperatures by lowering the CPU Power. This CPU is not compatible with the Motherboard so couldn't in bios, so I had to do it through Windows Power Options. It seems to stopped the crashing. The Motherboard is not overheating. I sacrificed a little performance but it is a lot stable now. In the meanwhile I need to save up for a compatible CPU or a Cooler.