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My PC is dying

My PC is dying

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kay9ine
Junior Member
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08-30-2021, 10:49 PM
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I was away for six days. The PC was off power. During the BSOD it looked like Mozilla and Steam were affected – error_store stopped. I rebooted, paused the YouTube video, then waited five minutes. When I came back home, the PC restarted. The event viewer showed kernel 41 (63). So the problem seems to be with the PSU, possibly due to lack of power. I unplugged and plugged in the cable, cleaned some dust, but the PC remained slow, almost unresponsive. With only Mozilla and Steam running. My specs are: 3070 i5 12500, 700w Chieftec Eco and NVMe drives. All components are one year old except the GPU, which is about two years old. I’m not sure what could be causing this issue. For nearly every day I played hard gaming on these parts, even before the vacation. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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kay9ine
08-30-2021, 10:49 PM #1

I was away for six days. The PC was off power. During the BSOD it looked like Mozilla and Steam were affected – error_store stopped. I rebooted, paused the YouTube video, then waited five minutes. When I came back home, the PC restarted. The event viewer showed kernel 41 (63). So the problem seems to be with the PSU, possibly due to lack of power. I unplugged and plugged in the cable, cleaned some dust, but the PC remained slow, almost unresponsive. With only Mozilla and Steam running. My specs are: 3070 i5 12500, 700w Chieftec Eco and NVMe drives. All components are one year old except the GPU, which is about two years old. I’m not sure what could be causing this issue. For nearly every day I played hard gaming on these parts, even before the vacation. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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LoveKnights
Member
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08-31-2021, 05:31 AM
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psu is identical to this model? Question - Chieftec Eco PSU I didn't find many reviews for this PSU, so I'm seeking your thoughts. Is the Chieftec ECO 500W GPE-500S (85+) a better choice than the iArena series for gaming? I've seen some images from inside the 600W unit on forums.
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LoveKnights
08-31-2021, 05:31 AM #2

psu is identical to this model? Question - Chieftec Eco PSU I didn't find many reviews for this PSU, so I'm seeking your thoughts. Is the Chieftec ECO 500W GPE-500S (85+) a better choice than the iArena series for gaming? I've seen some images from inside the 600W unit on forums.

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KyZoX
Junior Member
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09-08-2021, 03:03 AM
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That psu has been running at 500w for four years without any issues, which is why I chose to upgrade to a 700w model for 3070.
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KyZoX
09-08-2021, 03:03 AM #3

That psu has been running at 500w for four years without any issues, which is why I chose to upgrade to a 700w model for 3070.