System Restarting while playing games

Prashanth Kumar

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Jul 15, 2013
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Hello sir,
When ever i play games , say about for 15 to 20 minutes , automatically my system restarts .
This doesnt happen while browsing or watching movies
What should i do.
My system configuration
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Motherboard
AMD FX 6300 motheboard
4gb RAM
Sapphire AMD/ATI HD 7770 1 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card
wiNDOWS 7
500 WATT psu
. I CONNECT MY SYSTEM TO A UPS.
The ups will shout for few seconds and then my system restarts.This i have been experiencing for past a month
 

koreanoverlord

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Mar 6, 2013
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I'm on my phone, can't really type.

Download HWmonitor and check to see how high your temps are getting.

If it's your CPU you should buy some high quality thermal paste and reseat your cooler.

Are you using the stock cooler? If so replace that with a hyper 212 plus or evo.