Computer Crashing During Gaming?

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Kerry Trusch

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I recently built my first computer. However, something must have gone wrong some of the ways in. When I try to play a game for longer than about 5 minutes, the computer will just fully restart. I have tried so many things and I think I might have to replace my power supply. I'll include the specs if they help.

Samsung 24x SATA DVD±RW Internal Optical Drive
Gigabyte LGA 1155 Intel B75
Seagate Barracuda 500 GB HDD SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ
Intel Core i5-3470 Quad-Core Processor 3.2 GHz 4 Core
Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB )
XFX AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB GDDR5
Thermaltake 850Watt PSU
 
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i know it's new, but check your ram.
Run one stick in the primary slot and see ifyou have a problem. Game loading will be slower, and maybe lose a few frames per second, but try it. try it until it crashes or over a two day period. Try Prime95 blended test, see if it will run it (might not as 4GB might not be enough.
If the first stick runs o.k. do the same on the second. If it runs o.k, try each stick individually in the other slot that you have been using and run the same tests (if your board will let you).
You didn't lisst the full model of your Thermaltake PSU, that might give us another clue as to the problem; some of the PSU's are good, some are so-so.
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Kerry Trusch

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Actually, I just took a stress test and It crashed then too. The temps were completely normal
 
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Kerry Trusch

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The temps were fine during the stress test and during gaming. How do I know if the volts are messed up? The 12V rail never dipped below 11.7. I don't know about the other things.
 
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i know it's new, but check your ram.
Run one stick in the primary slot and see ifyou have a problem. Game loading will be slower, and maybe lose a few frames per second, but try it. try it until it crashes or over a two day period. Try Prime95 blended test, see if it will run it (might not as 4GB might not be enough.
If the first stick runs o.k. do the same on the second. If it runs o.k, try each stick individually in the other slot that you have been using and run the same tests (if your board will let you).
You didn't lisst the full model of your Thermaltake PSU, that might give us another clue as to the problem; some of the PSU's are good, some are so-so.
 
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