Guys, I could really use some help. PC reboots during gaming

Moldavite

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I have had this problem for almost a month now. My PC will reboot at any given moment between 5 minutes, up to 3 hours of gaming. Right now I am playing Guild Wars 2 on max settings and I'm using sweetfx.

I have over 2,000 hours logged in the game, and the spontaneous rebooting has only been going on within the last 3 to 4 weeks.

I just got an SSD for my bday. I have a 512g SSD and a 1.5tb HDD. This problem was around before I got the SSD. And, after installing my SSD, I did a clean format on both drives. Started fresh. The problem still persisted.

My event viewer only has this to say - Critical - Event ID 41 - Kernel Power Error - Event ID 10 - WMI - Application

Double clicking the error gives this information:: Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not be reactivated in namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of error 0x80041003. Events cannot be delivered through this filter until the problem is corrected.

I have been googling and posting on forums and asking friends for weeks without getting anywhere.

My Specs - i7 - 2600k 3.4 GHz || Nvidia GTX 660ti || Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz || ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 Intel Motherboard

My temps are fine, I check them after every reboot. My voltages are fine. Hovering between .8 and 1.2

Please, please I am at my wits end. I have no idea why my pc is behaving like this. It's not blue screening. It's a clean reboot. Immediately shuts off ONLY while gaming, never while browsing the internet, and it's always between 5 minutes up to 3 hours of gaming.

Any help is GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks for any feedback I receive and thank you for taking to the time hear my plea.
If I didn't post in the right thread, I am terribly sorry. Please move me where this should be.
 
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Quality PSU and plenty in size. Temps should be checked before shut down and under load. If not temp it is difficult to figure out without swapping parts. PSU and motherboard are the most likely culprits but then again 1 or the other component could be failing triggering the protection built in the PSU. If you have access to another computer thing like GPU can be tested in a different system to see if they take symptoms with them.

plywrlw

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I agree, could be PSU.

What PSU do you have?

They checking all the connections inside the case.

Try removing the GPU and using integrated graphics and if the problem goes away it's either PSU or GPU and I'd bet PSU.
 
Quality PSU and plenty in size. Temps should be checked before shut down and under load. If not temp it is difficult to figure out without swapping parts. PSU and motherboard are the most likely culprits but then again 1 or the other component could be failing triggering the protection built in the PSU. If you have access to another computer thing like GPU can be tested in a different system to see if they take symptoms with them.
 
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