PSU Problems or Over Circuit?
Posted by Tom_OG@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 1 comments
Last night, I was playing “Peak” on Steam with some friends. After about an hour, my breaker just flipped. I went and unplugged some stuff that I wasn’t using, flipped the breaker, and tried to hop back on.
This continued to happen all night and I couldn’t play again. The longest I would last on the game was 5 minutes with nothing plugged in except my PC and monitor.
However, when I decided to not play the game, everything is fine and no tripping. I can even play other games like modded COD at high settings with my fan and lights on.
The game is new and glitchy, but is it most likely a game issue or PSU/circuit issue?
Information - I have an Alienware - Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i7-14700KF - 32GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER - 1TB SSD. I believe it is a 1000 W Power Supply.
I have a 15A circuit in my room.
Any help, questions, or thoughts are greatly appreciated!
TheKitler@reddit
If your PC could do 1000W, you'd be pulling about 8 amps so you're definitely not overloading the circuit.
You can try running a stress test using OCCT to see if you can re-create the issue. If you can, it's probably an electrical issue.