New
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New PSU = GPU overclocks better for some reason more stable?
Had a crappy 240W PSU before and was struggling with some issues. random shut downs as if the plug was pulled on my pc. and graphics card struggled when overclocked much at all it'd make my display go black and come back with the program crashed and my display driver notification saying it stopped responding and recovered.
I could only get it to +100mhz core clock and +825mhz memory overclock.
Its a Zotac GTX 1050 TI OC dual fan low profile graphics card 75W no power connectors required
With my new 430W power supply it works much better and im able to get it stable at +180mhz core clock +100mv voltage and +825mhz memory clock and its perfectly stable no crashes ever
and my computer doesnt randomly shut down anymore either.
I think my new power supply has better regulation and so the voltage is kept higher with less voltage drop so theres less current drawn and it just runs so much better now
the new psu didnt fit in my case but thats ok the cables are plenty long enough to reach into my computer I just have it sitting on my desk right behind my computer and the wires just fed through the gap where the old PSU used to be.
I'm surprised theres such a big difference for the graphics cards overclocking ability with the new power supply.
I think I could upgrade to a better graphics card now too cause my PSU has multiple separate 6+2 pin connectors on it and I can just cut a rectangle out of the side cover of my pc or just go without side cover and the IO shield for a more powerful full size graphics card to go. and then hook the power connectors up and get even more performance
I think it'd be better to just upgrade my case and motherboard though cause I found a good deal for Z77 motherboard on ebay and cheap case on newegg for under 100$ total and then I could fit a full size graphics card in without any modifications. and even be able to overclock my CPU and ram too!