PSU fan not spinning..is this causing my game freezing problem?

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I have Sapphire R9 270x Toxic graphics card.

from last 30 or more days i am facing weird problem. when i use PC normally it works file like use internet,watching videos moves, listening music etc.

but when i play game problems starts from here.
after i play game 10-15 minutes my PC freezes completely with freezing audio
also on screen i can see only gray or black screen with horizontal or vertical lines.
after this freeze nothing works. only i can see is gray or black screen, with horizontal or vertical lines and also freeze audio.
nathing workers after freeze. i can only physically restart the computer.
so for me its a Graphics card problem.
so i removed the card (to send service centre) then i started PC again.
SUddenly i notice my PSU fan is not spinning. (this PSU do not have fanless operation feature its a simple PSU.) but PC started and working fine..and i can do all normal things(cant play game because card is removed).


My Question is if we are playing game then is this extremely important for PSU to spinn fan?
this freezing is graphics card's problem or PSU's problem ?
 

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thanx for your reply guys.

i dont remember PSU Model no but its Frontech 500W PSU.


My PC Specs:
OS - Windows 7 64 bit
Motherboard - ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
CPU - AMD Phenom II x4 945
GPU - Sapphire R9 270x Toxic 2GB graphics card
RAM - 8 GB
PSU - Frontech 500W PSU
 

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thanks for reply
just because you dont know company it dosent mean its a low quality .
Frontech is an Indian company. i am using this PSU from last 7 years so not a low quality..
but i think its time to change PSU.
i am thinking to buy Seasonic M12II-850 850 Watts PSU.
 
There are enough reviews on Frontech to tell me its low quality. That Seasonic is the other end of the scale, very good and 850w is way over the top for your systems needs but if you plan to use the PSU in a future build where you might want that many watts then why not.

I am still not totally convinced the PSU is the problem, it seems possible but I couldn't rule out another problem.