Computer started rebooting

[JBNagis]

so as i replace my power supply. i want to start upgrading my comp. im going to get a 1070. and a couple of HDD's. i have a i5 4670k. should i upgrade that before the 1070 or is it still good for a little bit?

[Dunlap]

Intel has had pretty small improvements with each generation. You'll probably notice the the GPU upgrade more than you would a processor upgrade. I don't do computer gaming, but usually I see reports of FPS improvements in the single digits when people upgrade the processor.

[cka]

4670k is still fine

[gamevet]

Give a little overclock and it will be fine. You might want to consider running 2133Mhz RAM in the future though. It's starting to make a difference in performance.

[JBNagis]

replaced my Power supply. from a 650 watt. to a evga 850 watt. still shuts down while i game. i was able to run SFV for like a minute before it turned off. still had the electric smell. and the fan turned up high. any other solutions?

[JBNagis]

SO....read a fix somewhere. put it in power saver. lowerd max power usage to 80%. still cuts off. but i dont get the high fan sound nor do i get the faint burning electrical smell. could this be a gpu issue than? i though it was shutting off but its just losing video. the pc is still on. just no video or audio is being displayed. the problem also started happening when i was watching youtube vids for a while.

[cka]

only one way to find out, see if you know someone with a spare video card so you can swap and test to see if the problem continues

[JBNagis]

yeah. i have noone else. i moved to tucson. no friends. but when i checked it. the high fan sound was coming from the GPU.

[gamevet]

Download a few programs and I can walk you through it later.


You'll need HW Monitor and GPU Z.

[sedition]

does your MB have an onboard video card?

pull your gpu and hook up the monitor through onboard, test it with a few things and see if it still shuts down.