PC Keeps Freezing While Gaming, Not sure how to read Voltage Chart?

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Hi, so I built this PC in August of last year but just lately I've started to run into some problems. Now that it's getting pretty hot where I live the PC will overheat from time to time. (It hasn't overheated since I set the fans from power saver mode to performance mode) But now that I've dealt with that problem, at least until I can afford a decent cooling system, my PC started Freezing on me today when I play games such as CSGO and Tera.
It just freezes and I'd restart the PC and it'll play for 10-15 minutes and just freeze again. One of the times I restarted the PC it gave me an error saying, "Overclocking Failed" but thing is I don't Overclock. Somebody said it may be my Power Supply and so I checked the chart but I honestly don't know how to read it so I'll post it in here as well.

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Here Are My Specs


  • ■ AMD Fx 8350 CPU
    ■ Radeon R9 280x Gigabyte edition Video Card
    ■ Asus M5A99X EVO R2 Mobo
    ■ Corsair CX 600 PSU
    ■ 8 GB Ram
 
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The Corsair Hydro H100i will be way better than your stock cooler.
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Since when did Corsair have a CS600 PSU?

CX600 or GS600 would be plausible.

The CX600 is only rated to deliver its labelled power up to an ambient temperature of 30°C. Its capacity derates as temperature rises.

Your +3.3V rail is at the +3.14V minimum allowed by the ATX12V Power Supply Design Guide specs. That's not a good thing.
 
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Thanks, yeah it was meant to be CX600 must've been a typo. As for the +3.3v rail, what does that mean? Does that have to do with my cooling? Or is that something I can just use my warranty to replace the PSU and I'll be alright?
 
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You should be monitoring/logging the voltages while using the system (i.e. while the system is under load). Any voltages that are out of spec (i.e. too high or too low) will lead to system instability (e.g. spontaneous reboot, blue screen errors, etc.).

The voltages should also be confirmed using a multimeter since software monitoring is not that accurate.

The graphics card may draw up to 9.9 Watts of power from the +3.3V rail. Some SATA devices may also draw some power from the +3.3V rail. Some logic chips on the motherboard may also draw power from the +3,3V rail.

Before initiating an RMA with Corsair you will need to verify that your +3.3V rail is really dropping out of spec.
 
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Alright so I've checked it while under load (don't have a multimeter so atm the best way to check is with the software monitoring. It looks like maybe my temperature is the problem? I'm going to try and get a cpu cooler (as opposed to using the stock fan) and see if that helps but I don't think it'll be something I can buy for a few weeks or so. Thanks again for your continued help I appreciate it!
 
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Okay cool, so I'll try getting a new cpu cooler and see if that helps any, thanks again man you're awesome! Do you know if the Corsair H100i water cooler is any good? I might end up getting thaat one soon since they have it at my local best buy.
 
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The Corsair Hydro H100i will be way better than your stock cooler.
 
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