PC Crashes while playing games

Norwegian · May 26, 2015

Hey! I have a very big problem with my new build. Whenever i intend to play games the whole computer is crashing and i have to press the power button to turn it off. This is making me very nervous as this build was pretty expensive. So what do i have to do? I have no idea anymore.
I have updated my nvidia drivers 2 times, and i play mostly Fifa 15.

These are my specs:
Intel Core i5 4460 3.2 ghz
Gigabyte ga-z97mx Gaming 5
1 Stick of 8gb ram
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2gb GPU
Corsair cx500
Intel Stock Cooler
120gb SSD
3 corsair 120mm fans
1 120mm case fan+ 1 140mm case fan

Please help me!! I am shitting myself

Woody1999 · May 26, 2015

Mind the language.

What are your temperatures when gaming? The retention pins on the Intel cooler are truly terrible, sometimes they come off and the cooler isn't making proper contact with the CPU.

Woody

Seoulja615 · May 26, 2015

Change your stock cooler.. Also, 120 gb ssd is all you have?

Norwegian · May 30, 2015

Seoulja615 :

Yes, i know

That is all i have. Going to upgrade!

Norwegian · May 30, 2015

Woody1999 :

At idle they are at 35 degrees celsius. I havent checked when i am gaming.

Woody1999 · May 30, 2015

35C isn't too high for idle, but it's not very low either. Download HWMonitor (if you haven't already) and leave it running when you are gaming. If you get over 80C on any core, you've probably found the issue.

Woody

Norwegian · May 30, 2015

Woody1999 :

So if any of the 4 cores is over 80 degrees, this could be my problem?

Woody1999 · May 30, 2015

Well, yes. That's a bad temperatiure, because stuff starts to melt

(I lie, you're only going to melt your CPU at stupidly high temperatures (over 100C), but you should avoid going over 80C)

Woody

Norwegian · May 30, 2015

Woody1999 :

Oh, haha! Well, i am going to run Fifa 15 now which uses to crash pretty fast. Btw when i am playing CS:GO it takes longer time for the computer to crash. Maybe because it uses less CPU than Fifa, or am i wrong?

Woody1999 · May 30, 2015

CS:GO just isn't a very demanding game, it's based on the very old Source engine.

Woody

Norwegian · May 30, 2015

Woody1999 :

So that is maybe the reason newer games crash, and those who need more CPU power? Because then the CPU gets hotter and the game/computer crashes?

Woody1999 · May 30, 2015

Norwegian :

Well, we don't know yet. What temps do you get?

Woody

Norwegian · May 30, 2015

Woody1999 :

Norwegian :

Well, we don't know yet. What temps do you get?

Woody

I am launching the game now

Norwegian · May 30, 2015

Woody1999 :

My pc crashed again... i was playing Fifa 15 for around 5 minutes at 720p windowed mode. When i were supposed to write this and changed window to Google Chrome the screen went black and it said: Out of range.

Woody1999 · May 30, 2015

Did you manage to check your temperatures?

Woody

Norwegian · May 30, 2015

Woody1999 :

Went up too like 58-60...

Woody1999 · May 30, 2015

Okay, well that's not the problem. Are you using the latest drivers for your graphics card and chipset, and do you have the latest BIOS?

Here are some links:

BIOS: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4968#bios
Drivers: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4968#dl
Graphics card drivers: http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk

Woody

Norwegian · May 30, 2015

Woody1999 :

The BIOS i have is F4, and you can download f5. But it says compatible with Intel 5th gen. And i have 4th gen. Does it still work?

Woody1999 · May 30, 2015

Yes, it will work.

Woody

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