PC crashes and shuts down suddenly

YasserAli

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Nov 15, 2015
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My PC shuts down inexplicably when i play graphics intensive games like GTA 5 , Batman Arkham Knight etc., and sometimes while watching movies or youtube videos. I want to know if this a software or hardware problem. I don't see a BSOD either, just sudden turnoff. My PC cpu temps are in the 35-45 degrees celcius range.
My specs:
intel core i5 4440k
8GB ram
Nvidia Geforce GTX 960 2gb Vram
Corsair VS650 Power supply.
I also did a system reset but the problem seems to persist. I've had this issue since a week,things were fine before then. Please help me.
 

YasserAli

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Not Overclocked....Default GPU settings...i'm running a stock CPU cooler.
And corsair is supposed to be high quality. and its 650watts. And I can run CS:GO and Crysis 3 without any crashes. And I don't see any system event log either.
 

esmith68

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This may seem way too simple, but I had this issue a few months ago. After lots of unsuccessful troubleshooting, I opened up my rig and found lots of dust and pet hair in the fans and components. I cleaned it out as best I could and it solved all my crashing issues while gaming. Gotta keep it clean in there!
 

YasserAli

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Dust is not the issue...I recently opened it up and cleaned everything...
now the PC reboots not only while playing games but while watching movies,browsing....etc.,
the crashes are random.