PSU bad or replace power strip?

[pandemonium]

Lately I've been having my little power strip trip after a few hours of gaming. I'll hear a loud snap, then off goes everything connected to it. It's a simple cheap power strip made by Prime.

I'm wondering if this is tripping off because my PSU is going bad or if this strip is just too cheap to handle all that I have on it. I'd say while I'm gaming I'm probably pulling 600W with everything that's connected (on the strip, not on my PSU; I've tested my computer and it peaks at 420W).

So is it my Corsair PSU (650W TX model) or the cheap power strip?

 

[pandemonium]

I guess I'll just buy a new power strip and hope it's not my PSU.

 

[aeroportspwn]

Try power strip first, then try out a new PSU. Also try it in a different outlet and if you have 7+ things plugged into the power strip, might want to try and unplug anything not needed.

 

[pandemonium]

Got rid of the cheapy power strip and decided to get a highly rated UPS. So far, I've run the computer at full load (distributed computing projects with all 4 CPU cores and both GPUs at 99-100%) for several hours as well as many, many gaming sessions, along with lights and all peripherals on and no tripping.

Lesson learned: a good UPS/high joule rating power strip goes a long way for keeping your power hungry equipment happy.