New GPU, game crashes after 5-6 minutes

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ASUS GTX 980
Kingston Fury 16GB
Acer UltraHD 28in Monitor

Are the three new components to my pc

Corsair CX600 PSU
Gigabyte 970/a-D3 mobo

I've tried multiple games and under multiple resolutions but after a few minutes the games crash and I have to power off my PC with the power off button. All the new drivers are installed and web browsing, movie watching and everything else seems fine.

Thoughts?

(didn't know if this was the right forum)
 
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clutchc
What was the old gfx card you had? Try running DDU from safe mode and have it uninstall the current driver and all gfx driver remnants it can find. Re-boot and run CCleaner to clean up registry errors, software conflicts, etc. Then install the latest driver for your card/OS.
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/550192/geforce-drivers/display-driver-uninstaller-ddu-v12-9-3-4-released-06-09-14-/
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

If that doesn't fix it, try disabling some of the stuff you may have running in the background when Win boots. Check your tray.
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What was the old gfx card you had? Try running DDU from safe mode and have it uninstall the current driver and all gfx driver remnants it can find. Re-boot and run CCleaner to clean up registry errors, software conflicts, etc. Then install the latest driver for your card/OS.
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/550192/geforce-drivers/display-driver-uninstaller-ddu-v12-9-3-4-released-06-09-14-/
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

If that doesn't fix it, try disabling some of the stuff you may have running in the background when Win boots. Check your tray.
 
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The Corsair "CX" line contains inferior capacitors that can't take heat, but if that one is getting enough air flow through it, it should last months, not minutes. If your PSU is bottom-mounted, make sure your case isn't resting directly on carpet, possibly smothering it.
Monitor your other temps, including the VRMs. What CPU do you have, and is it overclocked?
Since you have new RAM, run Memtest on it.
 
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I'm doing what first responder said, ran DDU and now re-installing the new drivers than going to run cc cleaner.

I didn't do any sort of overclocking nor did I mess with the RAM at all.

The PSU is about 3 years old, the cpu is AMD FX 8350 BE and not overclocked.
 
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The PSU is three year old? If what you're doing now does not fix your problem, then the PSU's capacitors have likely degraded to where it can no longer handle heavy loads. Under load, they tend to last no more than a year; some less. To have made it this long, yours must not have been under too much stress.
 
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Huh, didn't know that. I've been gaming non-stop the last 3 years and my previous GPU was a Radeon 7800 series.

Thanks for the quick replies everyone! About to take it for a spin and i'll be back after.
 
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