Am I not Receiving enough Power?

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mogisgodofder158502dc

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I recently just swapped from a 1660 to an RX 7600
I bought a New PSU as well because of the power requirements I went from 500w to 550w
Occasionally I get an error message that says that my GPU driver temporarily stopped and usually this happens when I have all 3 of my monitors with something active on them either discord, spotify games or chrome.

Is it possible that I am not getting enough power from the PSU to run everything?

Specs
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max
GPU: AMD Rx 7600 Mech
CPU: Ryzen 7 2700x
CPU Cooler: Wraith Prism RGB
Storage: Samsung Evo 250GB SSD, Samsung Evo 500GB SSD, WD 1TB HDD, WD Blue 2TB HDD
PSU: EVGA 550 BP 80+ Bronze
RAM: Corsair Vengence LPX 4x8GB
 
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I fully reset my pc yesterday because I thought that was the case of conflicting drivers but the problem still persisted after a full wipe and reinstallation of AMD drivers.
I noticed that right after the black screens on all three monitors, GPU usage spikes too 100% out of nowhere and then it stabilizes, before the spike there wasn't a sign of a spike happening running perfectly fine.
 
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Are you running all three Monitors at the same Refresh rate and resolution?

Sounds like you may be getting a Watman or Default System Reset I can force one if I overclock gpu 3000Mhz
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With Discord and Chrome Disable hardware Accceleration
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mogisgodofder158502dc said:
PSU: EVGA 550 BP 80+ Bronze
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If I'm honest.....that supply is questionable.
Going by the looks of it, that is a low-end supply.....
I would honestly spend the money and get something that's a bit higher grade, and possibly higher wattage, than that. Maybe 650 or so, given your system configuration.
 
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mogisgodofder158502dc said:
the RX 7600 is relatively new could this be a case of it just being a new GPU and that there are bugs that come with it being new?
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If that was the case....the many others with that same card would probably be on here complaining.....

What driver version are you using from AMD for it?

Still honestly sounds like your PSU is crappy though.....
 
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Yep toss the 500 Watt back in it should be OK for testing as GPU only pulls about 150-watt full load
 
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mogisgodofder158502dc said:
Corsair CX-500w 80+ Bronze

No issues with it when I ran my GTX 1660
but considering the GPU Requirements I don't think I should be using a 500w PSU on a 550w recommended GPU
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That wasn't a good PSU either if I'm honest. And it's not about wattage, but the quality of components. Your 550W is more likely to burst at 500W than a quality 400W at 500W load.
 
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mogisgodofder158502dc said:
Corsair CX-500w 80+ Bronze

No issues with it when I ran my GTX 1660
but considering the GPU Requirements I don't think I should be using a 500w PSU on a 550w recommended GPU
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1660 pulls between 120 watts and 150 watts depending on who supplied it and it is just for testing only

If it runs stable on the 500 Watt unit you know it is a Bad PSU
Do you still have the 1660


I use this site when I need a PSU
And if it not in Tier A I wont buy
Plus any well known Manfacture that you know if there PSU is decetnt will do a 7 to 10 year warranty
I have this beast in mine now
And it is Overkill for what I am running
But as the Price from 750 to 1000 was not all that much more I decided Go big or go Home
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Both the EVGA and the Corsair supplies you have are generally low tier units, not meant for gaming really at all. They're cheap for a reason, more or less.

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Stick to something listed at least Tier B or above.
Personally, the MSI supplies are a great buy overall, but if you want something from someone else, I personally use Seasonic a lot. *MOST* of their supplies are pretty good. But again, you get what you pay for. $100 USD isn't really that unheard of for a decent supply.
 
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Yeah ill probably just get a decent psu today
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they have this one in stock nearby. its A tier on the LTT forums and the reviews seem pretty good on other websites
 
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Granted we are slightly biased (Well, I'm not), but yeah, that's a pretty good supply overall. The extra headroom will be nice as well.
 
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