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Maheem Dwivedi

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Hello Friends , its Maheem Dwivedi and I am suffering with a common but big problem ,when I play games on my pc it shutdown itself after 5-6 minutes,, please help.. HERE ARE MY PC SPECS. Suggest the best answer please.

CPU: Intel 2nd Gen Core i5 2500k 3.30 GHz.
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 1GB GDDR5
RAM: Corsair 8GB 1333MHz DDR3
PSU: it's too old common PSU 450W
MOBO: Asus P8H61-M LX3 R2.0
HDD: Western Digital Blue 500GB WD5000AAKX 6.0 GB/PS
CASE: Corsair Graphite 600T Black

Yesterday I was playing Crysis 3, Batman Arkham City and Bioshock Infinte but in three of them my PC shutdown after 5-6min......please help gamers...
 
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Removing the side panels only degrades airflow, unless one of your case fans is dead and air is not going in and out of your case. Your case look pretty well ventilated otherwise. So check all your fans if your temps are high. Also check your cpu and gpu heatsink fans.

But this sounds more like a power supply problem to me. Low quality power supplies, even if they are high wattage, usually have problems delivering high power.
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It sounds like some component in your system is overheating. Try removing the side panel from your machine and see if the problem persists. If the machine runs longer or ceases shutting down, then you need to improve airflow. Make sure your system has adequate space around the case for airflow, and consider adding to or upgrading your fans. Finally, regardless of this test, upgrade your power supply.
 
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removing the side panel of your case wont help. as all it does is destroy the air flow through the case. because the sides help direct the moving air over things like the chipset. when you remove the side these components then dump there heat into still air which will then drift away instead of being pulled away. so better to leave the side on as it really does help airflow around the case.

use core temp/realtemp/hwmonitor/speedfan and gpu-z to check your temps... any 2 of the first 4 and gpu-z will give you an accurate temp of your cpu and gpu.
 
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Removing the side panels only degrades airflow, unless one of your case fans is dead and air is not going in and out of your case. Your case look pretty well ventilated otherwise. So check all your fans if your temps are high. Also check your cpu and gpu heatsink fans.

But this sounds more like a power supply problem to me. Low quality power supplies, even if they are high wattage, usually have problems delivering high power.
 
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Maheem Dwivedi

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I Forgot to mention that CPU and GPU temp are normal CPU Max 70C and GPU Max 80C and idle temps are CPU 40-45C and GPU 40C and also motherboard are 35-40C idle and MAX 50-60C and while playing games no frame drop and no shuttering and after 5 mins dead

 
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Maheem Dwivedi

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Dude airflow is really good cuzz my case is Corsair Graphite 600T it has really good airflow , and I v also tried playing open case but it did the same..don't know and I was thininking it could be my PSU doing all this and which PSU should I go with cuzz I also have to upgrade to GTX TITAN so recommend me best one.


 
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Maheem Dwivedi

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Yes, I also thinks the same that my low quality powersupply is creating this problem but prefer me good one as I also have to upgrade to GTX TITAN...

 
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Maheem Dwivedi

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Yes Hexit you are right bro its destroying all airflow and it doesn't even worked for me..... and as u said to check temps I v noticed that my CPU cores are showing red marks at 42C and sometimes green and I v tested wid prime95 last night and it gies and notification that Worker#3 has stopped working means Core 02 and all other cores are working that time

 
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I see that you picked my answers as the solution but did you check with another power supply already?

I don't exactly know what wattage you need but as far as brands go, I would check out Corsair, Antec, Thermaltake, or Rosewill.

I have a Corsair TX750 and haven't had any problems with my setup. (Core i7-920 & Radeon 5850)

If you are not going to buy that GTX Titan, you don't need anything more than 500W. This one gets pretty good reviews (and is relatively cheap):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153023
 
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Maheem Dwivedi

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As I have checked above PSU link u v posted me and it will be good but as I am upgrading to GTX Titan or GTX 680 SLI which PSU with what wattage should I go with?

 
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Yeah, I take that back. It looks like that power supply is not too good. The reviews on newegg look good but not when actual reviewers looked at it.
 
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Maheem Dwivedi

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yes, it could be BTW thanks for your help and time uv given...

 
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Happens to all of us I bough An OCZ vertez 2 based on reviews and I got that piece of junk replaced 4 times in a year and a half, before I finally cut my losses and bought a Samsung. The drive had great reviews when I bought it but further research after the first died I found it was a rather common issue for that model, they seem to have an average life span of a couple months even with the latest firmware. At least it made a good target at the range.
 
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Maheem Dwivedi

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BTW u should have picked Samsung 820 series or May be Corsiar GT.... hey I also wanted to change my ram which should I go with and what frequency would be bettr right now mine is 1333MHz..suggest
 
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Maheem Dwivedi

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thanks dude I think I should be OC my cpu now about 25% then go with 2133MHz

 
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