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  • phillpower2
    PCHF Administrator
    • Sep 2016
    • 15209

    #16
    Originally posted by Rawly
    It’s definitely a Fractal Design essence 500W 230V PSU. The computer’s about 2 years old so I have to assume that’s the age of the PSU
    That is a budget PSU that was released in 2014 and which should not be used anywhere near any add on GPU, it is not even 80+ efficiency rated while your GPU needs a good quality brand Gold efficiency rated 550W or above PSU.

    In addition to the above, you have high temperatures and high memory usage the latter which is most likely being caused by the RAM being too slow and causing a bottleneck, Ryzen CPUs are notorious for not liking slow RAM and you really should have 3200MHz RAM, nothing slower and likewise nothing any faster.

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    • Bruce
      PCHF Moderator
      • Oct 2017
      • 10702

      #17
      @Rawly - any news?

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      • Rawly
        PCHF Member
        • May 2022
        • 9

        #18
        Originally posted by phillpower2
        That is a budget PSU that was released in 2014 and which should not be used anywhere near any add on GPU, it is not even 80+ efficiency rated while your GPU needs a good quality brand Gold efficiency rated 550W or above PSU.

        In addition to the above, you have high temperatures and high memory usage the latter which is most likely being caused by the RAM being too slow and causing a bottleneck, Ryzen CPUs are notorious for not liking slow RAM and you really should have 3200MHz RAM, nothing slower and likewise nothing any faster.
        Thanks for the advice. I’ll look into the RAM.

        I’ve got a Corsair CX750 in the loft, I’ll try and install that when I get a chance.

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        • Bruce
          PCHF Moderator
          • Oct 2017
          • 10702

          #19
          @Rawly - made any progress?

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          • Bruce
            PCHF Moderator
            • Oct 2017
            • 10702

            #20
            abandoned

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