Hi guys, I found a few similar threads but none that specifically addressed my problem so I thought i'd ask. Basically I got a brand new PC today, but much to my surprise about 5-10 minutes into playing skyrim on ultra the computer shut itself off, then I tried again and it did the same about 10 minutes into gaming. I figured it may be a PSU/overheating issue of some kind so ran a furmark burn in test, sure enough, at around 70 degrees Celsius it happened again. I googled it and apparently 70 degrees should have been fine for my GPU (R9 270X). Could it be a PSU issue or something? my specs are below
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690
Motherboard: Gigabyte H97M-HD3
RAM: 8GB Corsair 1600mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
Hard Drive: 2TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: AMD Radeon R9 270X 2GB
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Internet: Wireless 802.11N 300Mbps MIMO PCI card
Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-03
PSU: 550W Corsair VS
EDIT: I'm now starting to think perhaps my CPU is overheating, although that is odd because it's only when I game it shuts down, this is why I think it may be my cpu....
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690
Motherboard: Gigabyte H97M-HD3
RAM: 8GB Corsair 1600mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
Hard Drive: 2TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: AMD Radeon R9 270X 2GB
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Internet: Wireless 802.11N 300Mbps MIMO PCI card
Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-03
PSU: 550W Corsair VS
EDIT: I'm now starting to think perhaps my CPU is overheating, although that is odd because it's only when I game it shuts down, this is why I think it may be my cpu....
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