Just built my first pc! Everything is running fine, but when I play Overwatch my fps hovers around 20-30 and then my computer shuts down after a few minutes. My graphics card is an R9 380 4GB and it should be getting like triple the fps. Also it shouldn't be my PSU since it is a brand new EVGA 500W. What could be the problem? Drivers? Any help would be greatly appreciated

Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if the problem is the PSU. The R9 380 4GB seems to be quite a power-hungry card, with online reviews / testing pegging it to draw anywhere between 190W to almost 260W at 100% load. Depend on how power is delivered by your PSU, you may really not have enough juice to keep the monster fed.

Check your PSU again and look for the power delivery sticker. How many watts / amps is delivered over how many rails? That'll give the experts some idea whether your PSU is adequate to service the video card.

Install something to monitor your CPU temps, if it's shutting down after a few minutes my guess is something is overheating.

doubt its PSU, first thing that strikes my mind is the videocard overheating with the low frames and the computer shutting down.

edit:
install GPU Z and see the temps on the GPU when idle and load

give us pictures in this thread please

Will do. Thanks for the input guys

So I ran DDU and got the driver for my GPU. It was working a bit better and I had consistent FPS at 70 and after like 3 min my GPU temp started rising to 90 celsius and breaking 100 celsius. FPS started dropping rapidly and I could feel a system shut down coming so I closed the game. Idling, my temp was at 67 celsius. What could be doing this?

This screenshot was taken after just sitting on the main menu for a bit:
https://s10.postimg.org/ymrhoa8jt/temps.jpg

Note: I've tried tampering the fan speed on afterburner and did not do anything

lol 100C is pretty high.

Power, Temperature, & Noise - The AMD Radeon R9 380X Review, Feat. ASUS STRIX

Average temp on load is 65C?

Could be the airflow setup in your case, where your PC is sitting, or bad seating for the heat sink and GPU. If it's the last case, it's an RMA.

I just checked my CPU and mobo temps and they came out like this. This was when the GPU was hitting around 90c

https://s22.postimg.org/774hfu8kh/cpu_mobo.jpg

With my very basic knowledge and what you guys are saying, is it indeed the PSU?I'm using this one currently brand new (EVGA 500W 80 PLUS CERTIFIED ACTIVE PFC 12V 34A POWER SUPPLY 120MM FAN 3 YEAR WARRANTY - 100-W1-0500-KR - NCIX.com)

CPU - i3 6100
MOBO - Asrock h110m
GPU - MSI R9 380 4gd5t oc

It says the fan speed % is 0.
Is the fan even spinning?
Even in auto mode it should have a %.

It seems like you're in user define mode.
Double check to make sure you have it setup properly.

^ good catch.

First open up your case and make sure the GPU fan is spinning. Then open Afterburner and try taking the fan out of auto and force it to 100%. I'm not familiar with Afterburner but if you scroll down on the right it might show fan speed as a graph as well, if it sits at 0% all the time in auto mode something's wrong.

Yep GPU fans are not spinning lol even after forcing with afterburner. Is it a faulty GPU? everything looks to be plugged in correctly right? If it wasn't plugged in correctly my game would not run? Also thanks for spotting that!

UPDATE: turns our nothing wrong with the card, my friend just plugged it in really shitty... Idling at around 40 now lol everything looks good

so it was overheating, problem solved! :D


made this build, thoughts so far? any way to make it a bit cheaper?

price matching everything to NCIX

Is that an M2 or SATA? I'd definitely get an M2

SATA III (3)

whats the difference?

can my mobo handle M.2?

My understanding is M.2 is not faster unless the drive is a NVME drive that uses PCI express. NVME drives are a lot more expensive right now.

For a case look at the NZXT source 340 it's the base I have used.

No cable, no mounting is mainly why I went M2. Anytime I can get rid of a cable, that's a bonus (especially given how flimsy SATA connectors are). The difference on my drive (Sandisk X400 1TB) was less than $10 when I bought it.

That mobo has an M2 slot.

any build i do now is all m2 drives as they are almost the same price as the regular ssd depending on the brand. less cabling needed and most newer boards have the slot for it already so why not use it.

Are you not at all concerned about overheating issues with the M2 drives?

Even a drive such as the 950 Pro NVMe when throttled has speeds faster than your typical SATA SSDs.

$5 of thermal pads stop the throttling.

Mine usually runs 40-45°C under load, so not really

the nzxt looks really nice, gonna grab it thanks! finally placing my order because my gf is in town to help me make it, didnt want to make it alone

i've used m2 drives in heavily used machines running Autodesk software rendering and no issues with heat from cpu or graphics cards

Looking to eventually build a gaming pc, but currently just looking for a monitor to use with my mac that is also futureproof for gaming. Looking to spend $300, maybe up to $400 if its worth it. So far the two that kinda stand out to me is Benq xl2411z or the Benq rl2755hm. Any other suggestions? I heard getting atleast 1440p and 144hz is best but cant find anything in my price range.

because a good monitor like a good video card will cost you
really depends on what games you play...if it's mostly fps then sure 120hz+ would be nice
i value image quality so better colour reproduction is more important to me...play counter-strike on 60hz just fine

Do TN panels still have the lame colour shift when you move your head? I haven't been monitor shopping in a while.