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quackrabbit

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System restarts without warning, it has been working fine for months.

Parts:

Asus P8Z77-V LE Mobo
Intel Core i3 3220 @ 3.3Ghz
2gb G-Skill RAM (x2)
750gb 7200RPM HDD
Gigabyte GTX 760
Corsair CX500 500W psu

Not sure what other details are needed, but just ask.
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Before that, try MSI Afterburner and RivaTuner, and enable in-game display of the CPU temps (and loads)(for all cores) and GPU temps and loads, and FPS, of course. That'll tell you most info.

You could also get one of those $5 displays that you plug into the power outlet to see how much your PC is using (and determine if it could be a PSU fault).
If you're playing HL1, your GPU might get some extreme FPS, and maybe that's what's bothering the PSU (mine starts squealing at 500FPS, yours might have another reaction to that). Try enabling VSync (60Hz) under NVidia CP.

To test anything else, get Prime95 and stress-test your CPU.
Then get another benchmark fo the GPU (3DMark for testing if it's the high frames (the first test yields very...
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someone755

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Have you installed anything prior to the issue (hardware or software)(like, right before the issue)? Mine once started doing that after installing f.lux...
Did you do gaming in the time it did work? The 760 is a power-hungry GPU and a 600W PSU is recommended. The more the load on it, the more it eats and maybe it was fine before, because you weren't gaming, but now you are and the PSU can't handle it?

Also, what exactly does the PC do? Just a reboot, like pressing the reset button?

Try checking your temps, maybe something is overheating?
And check your power cables, my ATX cable wasn't connected good once and every time I'd put a CD into the PC, it'd restart.
 
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quackrabbit

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It was happening while gaming, the pc just reboots exactly as if I had hit the reset switch. I will look into getting a better PSU. The odd thing is, I has never happened while playing Skyrim(with graphics mods) or Arkham Origins. It has only happened while playing Half-Life
 
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someone755

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Before that, try MSI Afterburner and RivaTuner, and enable in-game display of the CPU temps (and loads)(for all cores) and GPU temps and loads, and FPS, of course. That'll tell you most info.

You could also get one of those $5 displays that you plug into the power outlet to see how much your PC is using (and determine if it could be a PSU fault).
If you're playing HL1, your GPU might get some extreme FPS, and maybe that's what's bothering the PSU (mine starts squealing at 500FPS, yours might have another reaction to that). Try enabling VSync (60Hz) under NVidia CP.

To test anything else, get Prime95 and stress-test your CPU.
Then get another benchmark fo the GPU (3DMark for testing if it's the high frames (the first test yields very high FPS on PCs), Unigine Heaven for stress-testing).
Could also be your RAM. Back in the DDR400 days, my RAM stick got broken and the PC would keep having random crashes.

Do all you can with as little money as possible before spending $60+ for something. ;)

EDIT: To test RAM, try Memtest. Comes with most Ubuntu releases :p
 
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quackrabbit

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Thanks, I will try those. Will report back.
 
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