Thanks for all the Fun SE, its been swell.

[Reiia]

What kind of PSU you bought? If it isn't one of the top 3, then you are playing Russian roulette.

[Gyrus]

Wow, I'm speechless, Def OP's error...not SE!

If this was 1.0 i could see it metling your graphics card.

Lol!!! troll!

[Kittra]

Haha, OP reminds me of the time I replaced 5 different GPUs back in 1.0... This game does do horrible things to your video card if you play on max and don't have appropriate cooling installed sadly. =\

[Sixmp]

I know for some people this is a touchy topic but may i suggest as you love the game so much that you may consider another option.

Get a PS3. It is cheap the game will run on it without all the headaches. I know it will not look as good and it has a few drawbacks but it is still an option.
I play on PC and my wife plays on PS3 she uses pad to play, you can use kb if you prefer so i have heard but you can't use the PC UI, She uses kb to chat and uses a mouse on menu's and the odd other thing here and there as needed.
I am not sure if you can use a PC account on PS3 so you may have to pay for a new game and start over.
Also when the game comes out for PS4 people on PS3 will get the game for free to play on the PS4.

Just a thought.

[FutanXIV]

As others have said, games don't break hardware. When you build a computer you need to do proper stress testing to see if anything has issues under full load. PSUs are indeed extremely common issue in custom PCs because it is something people tend to try and save money on to get more expensive GPU/CPU, but that is the worst mistake you can make. I've seen more than enough PSUs breaks after just 1-2 days of use, and it can easily happen while your computer is off. [...]

What kind of PSU you bought? If it isn't one of the top 3, then you are playing Russian roulette.

These two so much. Took me probably close to half a dozen PSUs before I figured out to NEVER cheap out on them. And to make things even worse, when your cheap PSU dies, it can take out everything else with it. And that's what probably actually happened. Your assumed cheapie PSU sent too much power to your GPU and fried it before dying.

[aswedishtiger]

PS3 MASTER RACE!

[indira]

sure you didnt do some static damage to it? just takes one touch to kill a whole pc.

[FFVII_CID]

No software can "break" fully working, and properly configured hardware, simply by using it to 100% of it's capability. Unless it is changing firmware/bios settings and changing the voltage and overclocking the card etc... Which FFXIV is not doing!!! ¬__¬

A properly designed system CAN run at 100% full load and still NOT overheat - if it has been tested/built properly!!!!!

If your system breaks while playing a very demanding piece of software it is simply because it could not handle being used to it's full potential. The software can't be blamed for this. The PC would have broken / crashed any time you ran it at 100% load. Many games don't run at 100% load 100% of the time.. (which is what a stress test does) this game is just very demanding on the GPU. It basically pushes your GPU to the MAX. If there are any cracks in your system, this game will expose them.

[Impendus]

Hey man, I had the same problem in the past with a different game after upgrading everything except my psu, which ironically was 600 as well. Pc kept shutting down etc. As the beta phases move forward they end up optimizing their game and bringing it up to the graphical and processing standards its meant to be at. During beta phases theyre never at full optimization. I honestly suggest if you can afford to, pick up a 750 psu and I can almost guarantee you wont trip out on overload. In the end this is your choice but I suggest giving it a try as im speaking from personal past experience as well.

[FFVII_CID]

Before buying a PSU, why not try running a GPU stress test app, and see if it can pass that without crashing / restarting. Also a CPU stress test would be a good idea also. This will confirm if the hardware is fully working or if it's something else software related. FurMark & prime95 are good ones.