Help with PSU?

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Hi everyone! This forum helped me years ago with a similar issue, so I’m hoping it can help me again!

I recently bought a computer, and it has started to just shutdown while I’m playing WoW or any other game within the first 5-15 mins. No restarting, just shutting down. I remember something like this happening before, and I fixed it by replacing the PSU. But honestly, I have no idea how to pick one.

These are the comp stats-
Processor: Ryzen 5 2600 6-Core 3.4GHz
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6
RAM: 8 GB Gaming Memory DDR4 3000
Hard Drive: 500G SSD
The PSU thats in it is a Gamdias Kratos M1 550B 80 Plus Bronze (from reading off the side of it)

What can you guys recommend?

My old computer still has its PSU, but that computer is also 5ish years old? maybe 6. so I’m not sure if that PSU is too old now. That one is a XFX TS Series P1550SXXB9 550W ATX12V 2.2 & ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Bronze Certified. (from the old website) Would that be too old now to try to change it out?

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If you dont care about cables, you can grab a 500 or 600W Seasonic S12III series CPU for ~55-60$

Some of the best PSUs on the market.

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I remember taking a look at the 450W/500W S12III reviews a while ago, and seeing a lot of issues with coil whine for that generation. No idea if the higher wattage versions have the same issue. Seems that whatever units people get with coil whine, that it’s pretty bad.

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I would try swapping them out and see if that is the problem. If it is then get a new psu or use the old one.

Could also try reseating memory and such or/and testing the cpu temps with a program like cpuid or hwinfo64.

Sounds like the cpu is over heating though.

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I’ll try using the old PSU first before I get a new one, but I’m not sure if it will show whats wrong if the old one isn’t strong enough? If I’m making sense- I’m not very computer savvy.

What do you mean by reseating memory?

I’ll give the testing the CPU a shot- but I honestly don’t know how it could be overheating. The tower has 4 fans in it. I DID try following a CPU heating fix off a youtube video where I lowered the max power consumption to 70%. Still shut down. I bypassed the shutting down by lowering all my settings to the lowest possible setting- then I was able to play.

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Reseating is just removing it and putting it back.

I would Google the problem and see if any results help. Like maybe this one. answers.microsoft. com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-keeps-randomly-crashing-amd-ryzen-5/4d1e9b3e-3342-419e-a5d0-e3dd854bd304

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In no way is 550W “too little” for that system. That entire thing maybe draws 300W at full synthetic load.

Try the old PSU.

If it still does it, it isn’t the PSU.

At that point… motherboard, CPU is overheating (cooler might not be seated properly), bad power delivery on the board, lots of possible culprits.

This thing sounds like a pre-built. Warranty time.

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It also might be time to clean the system out, if you have pets the dander and hair and dust gets into the cooling system and fans and wreaks havoc and can exhibit the same behavior you’'re seeing.