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Jayzied

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Good night mates,

First of all, this is my rig:

Zalman Z11 Plus (with 4 fans -molex-)
Gigabyte B75M-D3H
i5 3330 3.0 Ghz (paired with Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO Cpu Cooler)
EVGA GTX 680 (with Arctic Twin Turbo II cooler, with a little OC: 100 Mhz Core/400Mhz Memory)
2 x 8 Gb Kingston HyperX Blu 1600 mhz CL10
SSD Kingston HyperX 256 GB
HDD Seagate 7200rpm 1TB
HDD WD Green 1TB
2x Scythe Gentle Typhoon fans
PSU: Tacens Radix VI 750W

I've got a problem which is giving me a big headache. Two weeks ago, when I purchased Arkham Knight, I experimented some weird problems while I was playing it. Black screens which I could solve using Alt+F4, for example. "This game is a complete mess", I though. But, suddenly, just an hour ago, I got a complete reboot. After that, I decided stop playing it, and wait for a patch.

Then, two nights later, I got another reboot while I was streaming video with my rig. After check viruses and trojans in safe mode and erase them, I stopped getting this strange reboots. So, I decided to play Batman again, and... Reboot. Now, I'm at the point that I don't know if I've got a fried CPU, a fried GPU, a fried Mobo... Or a fried PSU.

Because is easier watch than read, I've decided to record a video and post it on Youtube doing a Kombustor... You'll be able to see what happens. [video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_x_o6hglLo&feature=youtu.be"][/video] The window which appears after the reboot, shows me that something made a BSOD.

Everything was working fine until I added the Seagate HDD, two weeks ago. However, because of my job and the University, I couldn't play with my PC for months (from February to June, more or less), so I can't be sure what could be the problem. I've tried running Kombustor with my new HDD unplugged (exactly as I had my rig a month ago), but I've got the same problem. It can't be a temperature problem (due to my GPU doesn't reach more than 55 - 60º when my rig reboots and my CPU, more or less the same), so... Should I buy a new PSU? A new GPU? A new rig?

Everything is welcome... I'm quite desperate. Thanks in advance!

 
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You want to rule out hardware issues and narrow things down.

1) verify that your hardrive is in good working condition first. run tiral version of Hard Disk Sentinel and run a "short self-test".
scan for viruses and rootkits.

2) rule out your memory corrupting windows. Test your memory ram sticks one at a time with memtest. should be able to google how to make a bootable USB flash dive with memtest.

3) get a cheap PSU tester from amazon to rule that out.

then your down to motherboard and GPU issues from there.

rare to have issues with the CPU chip.... you could just reset it and do a new thermal paste reinstall. verify that all the fans are working.

you can verify its a hardware issue or software/driver issue by getting a...
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skitszo

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You want to rule out hardware issues and narrow things down.

1) verify that your hardrive is in good working condition first. run tiral version of Hard Disk Sentinel and run a "short self-test".
scan for viruses and rootkits.

2) rule out your memory corrupting windows. Test your memory ram sticks one at a time with memtest. should be able to google how to make a bootable USB flash dive with memtest.

3) get a cheap PSU tester from amazon to rule that out.

then your down to motherboard and GPU issues from there.

rare to have issues with the CPU chip.... you could just reset it and do a new thermal paste reinstall. verify that all the fans are working.

you can verify its a hardware issue or software/driver issue by getting a second hard drive and doing a new windows install and see if you get the same issues.
 
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Thanks for your reply.

SSD and both HDD are fine. I've been testing my entire rig all night with memtest and while I was exiting the program, the screen was frozen. I had to do a hard reset and a use CMOS to reset my BIOS... Because I was only getting image through mobo's DVI/VGA/HDMI. I've been trying to plug my GPU in another PCI (it was on x16, I tried on x4), with the same result: no image.

I picked my GTX to test it on another rig; the same. In fact, when I was trying to make it work, it started to beep... So I guess I've got a dead GPU. It had a NOX 620W PSU, enough for an IDLE GTX 680.

I'm going to buy another graphic card and another PSU; I'm afraid the one I have (Tacens Radix) has made part of this problem. Now I'm using my PC normally (without GPU) without issues... But I'm not sure if I want to keep this PSU and have the same problem again.

I'll explain you if I'm fine with newer GPU/PSU as soon as possible.
 
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Hello again!

I'm doubting between these two GTX 970 models;

MSI: http://www.msi.com/product/vga/GTX-970-GAMING-4G.html#hero-overview

Gigabyte: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5252#ov

About the PSU... Is Corsair a good choice? I've been searching the Tier threat, but most of these models aren't able to pick here in Spain (at least, on PCComponentes, one of the best webpages to buy any product like these). I'm wondering if this PSU is good enough: http://www.corsair.com/en-us/cx750-80-plus-bronze-certified-power-supply

Thanks!
 
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I already did it two days ago. However, now I haven't got any GPU...

I've purchased three hours ago a MSI GTX 970 Gaming + Seasonic 750W semimodullar (and I don't remember the model and I haven't got the shopping list here). I hope it shall be the solution... I mean... Could it be the PCIE port? It's kinda rare, I know, but I want to discard all the possibilities.

Any tool to test it?
 
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the better motherboards will limit power to the PCI/e port and shut down the CPU if too much power is drawn from the port. cheap motherboards will let the port and graphics card catch fire and have a melt down.

generally the PCI/e port should run at 100 MHz as a BIOS setting, but some board let you overclock it. Some even run at 103 MHz as a default so they can beat benchmark numbers. Most often you want the pci/e bus running at 100MHz unless you have a good reason. (ie you have a overclocked video card and you need to overclock the bus for some reason)



 
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