My PC shuts down when playing games????

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Banana123

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Hello everybody,i dont know what is the problem,my pc shuts down when i play games...Any game i enter like: Oulast,Blacklight Retribution,BFBC2 i others...i can play 15-20 mins. and then it just shuts down

My PC specs:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+

Nvidia Geforce 8600gt 256mb gddr3

2gb ram 667mhz

400W PSU MS

I checked the cpu and gpu temp.It is around 30-50 C

Please help me...

 
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Banana123

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Hmmm...I heard people complain on MS Industrial psu...could it be a problem?
 
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Any PSU can have problems. You would just need to check the voltages that it is putting out to see if the 12 volt line drops below the 10% margin.
 
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Banana123

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Ok,i will replace thermal paste could it be a problem???
 
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Well I would doubt it if your temps aren't getting too high for your CPU.

 
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Banana123

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Banana123

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Thank you very much for the help.First ill go out and buy a new thermal paste and replace it...if the problem continues then i will replace the psu...i was thinking about corsair vs series 450w
 
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