Playing Archeage alpha or any game really with my new graphics card was shutting off my computer - as if it was unplugged from the wall. Happens randomly, and quite quickly into the gameplay. So - I ran to the store and swapped out my old Power Supply with a brand new digital Toughpower DPS 750w from Thermaltake.
Now whenever I fly around on my glider in Archeage, or play any game with a long view distance, the monitors flash off, the speakers start to hum, and the music from the game sort of starts gargling and stopping. The computer is still ON, but I cannot access anything and the monitors go black into power save mode. I have to reboot.
Setup:
- GPU: Asus GTX 780 TI OC Direct CU ii
- CPU: i7-4770k
- PSU: Thermaltake 750w Toughpower DPS, Digital
- Mobo: Asus Z87 Plus
GPU Temp wasn't going above 60c during gameplay. I have a case with 5 fans, all running in addition to the two on the video card itself. I tried shutting off the "Power Surge Protection" setting in Bios, and I updated Mobo bios to the latest version. Didnt help.
This did not happen with my old GTX 680.
My power supply has the PCI-E 6+2 cables that are "2 in 1", meaning that one cable coming out of the PSU forks and has two 6+2 inputs at the end, I'm assuming for easier SLI hookups. I am currently using both cables from the power supply instead of one that forks into two, despite it being able to fill both inputs.
