Playing any game causes the system to reboot -- Need help

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storay

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This is a re-post as I posted this thread in a forum area.

Recently I upgraded my PC's Processor, Motherboard, PSU, Graphics Card. Ever since if I try playing any 3D games from Torchlight 2 to Space Engineers it will crash and my PC instantly restarts. I made a (quite) crappy video on it happening while loading into a Space Engineers game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9c2Exbm-aU

Specs:

Windows 8.1

AMD A8-6600K APU
GTX 750 TI
ASUS A78M-E MOTHERBOARD
6 GB DDR3 RAM
650W POWER SUPPLY <-- Note: The brand is fairly cheap, may this be the cause?

Edit: Yes I do have the most recent graphics card drivers. And the processor is not overheating. I'm wondering if a bad power supply could be affecting the graphics card, which results on game failure?

Need help with this ASAP
 
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TechGeddon

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power supply, i call it the black screen...

i ran into it when i was using a gtx970 with a dedicated 500W psu... started a game, and just black screen computer sounded like it was running still... are you able to swap the power supply out with a different one to see? i went overkill and installed a dedicated 1200W psu for my system and no problems at all.
 
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I also agree. It's very likely the power supply is *just* barely sufficient after your recent upgrades. That's why you can pass POST and use Windows but not game.

Get a higher wattage PSU or borrow one from someone to confirm.
 
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I'm a 57 yr old newb but like a lot of folks I could not get most games on Steam (not Origin) to play for more than a few min. b4 crash. Sad to say but now I can play CODAW, Crysis 2, 3 and Battlefield 4 seems like forever, no crashes, nothing stops. I just uninstalled any game enhancing software or did not use them, nothing is overclocked FX-8350 at 4.00 MSI 290 at gaming 977 core. One thing puzzeled me my paging file was recommended to 4277 when I have 8192GB of RAM. Set custom paging to 8192 and that seemed to be the last piece to having ALL my games working as long as I like. I read ALL of these tips on several websites thus I take no credit for anything.

MY Spec's: (CYBERPOWERPC) Case: Black Zalman Z3 PLUS/MB: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P AM3+ SATA3/GPU: MSI Radeon R9 290 GAMING 4GB GDDR5 977 core Gaming Mode 512GB bus/CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 125W/PWR: Thermaltake TP 750W 80PLUS GOLD Semi Modular/HDD: WD 1 TB Caviar Black SATA III 6.0GB/7200 RPM/RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz DDR3/Cooling:CPU ASETEK 550LC 120mm Watercooler + 4x120mm case fans/OS: MS Windows 8.1 64-bit/Mouse: Redragon Mammoth 10 button laser gaming/Keyboard: AZIO KB505U tri color backlight with Large print keys for my 57 yr old eyes/Speakers: Logitech Z506 5.1 75W 4yrs old and still rockin/Monitor: Benq 27" GL2760H.

I also have a Zotac GTX 970 that I applied all the tweaks that gets my current system working but seems like nothing changed. Used the driver CD in box and the last 3 driver releases-NO JOY.
 
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