HELP! PC Restarting when playing games!

fph_gaming

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Hi so this is a follow up from the previous thread I made about 2 week ago. I've been having troubles with my PC restarting when playing games. Some people on here said to get a new PSU so I did. I've still got the same problem though after wasting money on a new PSU. Also I found that my 4 pin molex connectors had burnt out somehow. I put some new ones in. They are connected to my GPU with a 6 pin to x2 4pin. This is really pissing me off because I make YouTube videos and I can't record or play games ... :(

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit
RAM: 4 GB DDR2 800 MHz
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 1GB GDDR5
PSU: EZcool 500w
HDD: 160 GB 3GB/s
Asus P5K-SE Motherboard

EDIT: My temps are really fine by the way.
 
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What shows up in event viewer under windows logs -> system around the exact time of day that a restart occurs? If I had to guess I'd say you'll see some Kernel Power "system has rebooted" events. What power supply did you have before you got that "EZcool" PSU? I don't know if I'd trust that PSU, it's listed as tier 5 on the list below ("Replace immediately, these units are not recommended for any system"):

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

JeckeL

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What shows up in event viewer under windows logs -> system around the exact time of day that a restart occurs? If I had to guess I'd say you'll see some Kernel Power "system has rebooted" events. What power supply did you have before you got that "EZcool" PSU? I don't know if I'd trust that PSU, it's listed as tier 5 on the list below ("Replace immediately, these units are not recommended for any system"):

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html
 
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