- Jul 10, 2013
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I'm at my wits end here. My computer will freeze while playing some games. I can play games like Sins of a Solar Empire or Skyrim fine, but when I want to play something like Crusader Kings 2 or any Total War game, my computer will freeze within 5-10 minutes. If left frozen, the computer will shut itself down after about 5 mins. This all occurs after I put in my new graphics card, GTX 760. However, this would also happen when my old card, GTX 560 was installed, but strangely enough the problem had stopped after about two weeks. Here is some basic info I have gathered to narrow down the culprit.
I get NO BSOD. No minidump is created.
CPU and GPU are NOT overheating
Hard Drive is fine, I ran multiple scans checking for bad sectors
I formatted my computer, no luck
If I leave my computer idling all day, it works fine. Also if I just browse the web, it also works. However it will very rarely freeze while watching a stream.
Also, If I play World of Warcraft, my computer is fine, but after I close WoW it will freeze within 15 minutes, no matter what I am doing.
Computer Specs; Asrock Z77 Extreme 3 mobo, GTX 760 4GB GPU, Intel I7 3770 CPU, 850 Watt PSU, and 8 gigs of Corsair ram.
I get NO BSOD. No minidump is created.
CPU and GPU are NOT overheating
Hard Drive is fine, I ran multiple scans checking for bad sectors
I formatted my computer, no luck
If I leave my computer idling all day, it works fine. Also if I just browse the web, it also works. However it will very rarely freeze while watching a stream.
Also, If I play World of Warcraft, my computer is fine, but after I close WoW it will freeze within 15 minutes, no matter what I am doing.
Computer Specs; Asrock Z77 Extreme 3 mobo, GTX 760 4GB GPU, Intel I7 3770 CPU, 850 Watt PSU, and 8 gigs of Corsair ram.
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