Upgrade your Ryzen 5 1600 by adding more power supply capacity.
Upgrade your Ryzen 5 1600 by adding more power supply capacity.
I aim to boost my Ryzen 5 1600, currently running at 4GHz on an Asrock B450 Steel. It’s cooling with a Thermaltake UX200 on 72°C in AIDA 64, all settings except local memory enabled. I’m using a 450W Corsair VS450 PSU and an overclocked GTX 1050ti with 6-pin power. The Ultimate performance plan often causes crashes in Cinebench, showing only a black screen without restarting. It doesn’t turn off either. Could this be CPU instability or is the PSU too weak for the load? Hardware monitor indicates it’s drawing roughly 100-110 watts during Cinebench.
Most likely the power supply unit is the issue. Based on the details you shared, it seems to be running at 220W with OC and fans, along with a ram case. This points to the PSU as the probable cause. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/L7q4x6
It suggests the issue might be with the PSU because even though the parts use only 200W, the system still runs fine. Since Cinebench doesn’t heavily stress the GPU, you’d focus on the power supply instead. If the PC operates normally, the power source is likely faulty. Restart the CPU to factory settings and retest to check for crashes.