Is my gpu dieing or is my psu just not providing enough power?

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I have been experiencing crashing and freezing for about 3 weeks now.
I am not really good with pc's as my name suggests, so I don't really mess with components myself, but I did get help from someone who knew a little more than me and we managed to take it apart and clean it from dust.
Still, I have noticed that the freezes and crashes occur with more graphically intense stuff like joining a match in a game or sometimes even watching videos on 1080p.

PS
Psu is 525W
My cpu uses ~100W under load and my gpu uses 280W under load.
 
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Literally you're experiecing the same issue I have been suffering with since 2014 after building a custom gaming PC. It only usually happens when playing GTA V, Battlefield 4 etc.
I have an EVGA 850 and...

terminator123

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Literally you're experiecing the same issue I have been suffering with since 2014 after building a custom gaming PC. It only usually happens when playing GTA V, Battlefield 4 etc.
I have an EVGA 850 and people said it could be that or my motherboad.. so I swapped my gpu into my x8 slot but that didn't fix the issue. I'm going to try and RMA my PSU if putting my old psu into my custom built pc does not fix it.
 
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