Alienware Aurora R4 ALX gaming & benchmarking shutdown

Marlon P

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Apr 5, 2014
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Greeting all, so I just bought my R4 about a wk ago & I've been having issues regarding it shutting down every time I run Unigine Heaven Benchmark, (only on high & extreme settings) It'll complete about 80% then cut off.. or if I'm playing swtor on the highest settings it'll shutdown maybe 10 minutes in.

Here are my comp specs:

i7-4930K CPU (OC to 4.1)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

16GB Memory DDR3 at 1600MHz

3TB 7200 RPM SATA

Alienware 0FPV4P (motherboard)


My bet its probably my psu which is running 875W btw, but I'm not sure what to think. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Solution
Sounds like overheating issue, check your CPU and GPU temps while running some benchmark!
And make sure that your case has good ventilation!