Game is tripping breaker never did before

[Kenpachi219]

This just started about a week ago my breaker is tripping during gaming , on desktop or web browsing it seems fine , it is not all the time but while gaming it will trip the breaker lately. I never had this issue until recently, No new hardware or overclocking has been done. I've tried two different outlets next to each other , my pc & monitor on one outlet, router & modem on one and tv on one.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Avoid plugging then directly into wall sockets. Use surge protection power strip.

Are you sure you are using the correct Desktop PSU power cable? If your PC is using above 650W PSU, make sure it's the correct thicker guage power cable to the power supply because thinner one might only support 10 Amps where as the thicker one support 15 Amps

When I buy 750W or higher PSU they come with a beefier power cable you are meant to use

[Kenpachi219]

Same cables & its on a power strip both monitor and PC , the cable is what came with the 1000w PSU when i bought it back 3 years ago.

[Kenpachi219]

I'm just not sure if this is something i need to ask my apartment about , something electrical that has gone bad in the breaker or if its my PSU going out, I don't have another PSU to test. Whats odd is I haven't changed the PC parts and I've lived in the same place for over two years with no issue

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Try the PC and Monitor without the others plugged in?

[Tiberius]

Prolly exceed your house power limit.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Most likely just a shared circuit. The PC should be on its own circuit with very little sharing it when using a PC that can actually pull 400-500+ watts from wall on high loads. You could also have a poor ground somewhere that's causing this circuit to trip as well

[Kenpachi219]

im playing now , i use evga rtx 3080ti ftw3 , afterburner is showing gpu pulling 320-405w. now i know its a power hungry card but agian i've used this pc in this spot with no issue of breaker flips for 2 years now

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Who's to say it's the PC though it could be something else you had plugged in causing the overall issue to produce itself

[_I_]

breakers do get weaker over time

[ugafan]

Do you have anything else plugged in? Like a space heater? Or is it possible the breaker is shared with another apartment?

[Carlsberg]

Mine was doing similar two weeks ago but didn't trip breaker it just shut down. I had a faulty wall socket, put a new one in and its all good.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

The heatet will use 1000 or 1500 watts, the psu might use 1000 watts

You are pumpinh 25 amps througj a 30 amp breaker or something.

Turn off heater and see if breaker trips when gaming

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You can NOT run a 1000+ watt heater + High end PC that needs 500-600+ watts from the wall on the same 15A circuit.

In most homes each room is on 1 circuit.
Some older houses, 2 rooms per circuit.

Apartments I'm not sure. But these definitely should not share circuits with another Apartment.