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I did. I kept thinking something was up with my PSU and this thread made me feel more confident. Haven’t heard back yet so will see what happens.
Maybe it’s not the PSU and it’s the card, although there is another thread here somewhere and OP had same issue. EVGA told him this GA psu and some combinations, ie 10900k cause power draw issues. Which sounds like they are aware and won’t fix. They basically said, “it’s a GA which is an entry level psu”. Not cool.
Try to get an upgrade from EVGA (pay the difference). 850w G3 or better. Avoid the G5 series.
I am going to try, but highly doubt it will be an option. I reached out to Newegg this morning and any chance of exchange was denied. Told me I was beyond my 30 days (at day 40 now). I explained the compatibility issues and that i just wanted to swap for a different model, not return. Didn't matter. Might just buy a 1000w G3 as they are still available in some places.
Really frustrated and hoping that EVGA will help me out, but not holding my breathe on this one after seeing the reply another person got stating that there may be some issues with this PSU and chipsets, ie. 10900k. There is no reason why an 850w PSU shouldn't be able to run a 10900k and a 3080. I'm on 7700k and having issues, so I am sure upgrading my CPU this year as planned will only make these issues worse. When I first received this PSU I noticed it had coil whine when running benchmarks. I reached out to EVGA then as well and was told, "Well, the GA is only an entry level PSU". Doesn't give me high confidence they help with this.
PSU wattage doesn't have anything to do with the shutdowns.
It's the transient power spikes that are the real problem with
some PSUs.
Being they can be easily
twice the normal measured power draw, although only for a few microseconds.
So it really comes down to PSU design here and how the PSU can deal with transient power spikes or not as is the case with some models. It's how the secondary side of the PSU is designed and the size of and how the caps are utilized.
Which is why some PSUs are fine and don't shut down while some others just plain do.
So it doesn't matter if the PSU is 650W or 1200W it will still just plain shut down if the PSU design can't handle the transient spikes.
And yes the EVGA GA series PSU is the budget model of the Supernova series so that $20 you saved over the G3 for example was the difference in working and not working in this case.
However it's not your fault since there are no reviews of that PSU, professional reviews that is.