Computer crashing randomly when playing games (games like Warframe, CS:GO, Dark Souls, etc.)

CptJozsef

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So, the story:
I got the PC like 1 and a half years ago, my pc was perfect, no shutdown, no black screen, nothing. But then once my PC got a black screen, paired with weird stucked sounds (The last millisecond get looped) for like 5 seconds and after this, my PC reboot.
Nowaday, this problem just got on my nerves, because if i play a game like Dark souls, my computer crash after OR during a good boss fight and it's make me sad because i liked this PC, and i don't want to sell it, but if i can't make it work properly, then i need to.

My thought:
1. My RAM is two "Crucial 4gb ddr3 1600mhz", what is not the best i think.The "Product of China" sentence make me think about this AND if my Chrome is opened while i play, i get the blackscreen faster.
2. My GPU is an "AMD Radeon Sapphire R7 260x 2gb gddr5", i think this one is more sensitive to overheating. My PC is not the coolest so this is why i think this can be a problem

"You just answered this to yourself" you can say, but:
1. I'm not the best at the Hardwere part, so i think i'm possibly wrong
2. I want to hear your thoughts too (Because there are difference between a GPU and a RAM price tag)
3. If somebody has the same problem, then maybe this one can help other sad gamers like me

My Hardwere:
-GPU: AMD Radeon Sapphire R7 260x 2gb gddr5
-RAM: 2x Crucial 4gb ddr3 1600mhz
-CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3591 MHz
-Motheboard: Asus a55bm-e
-PSU: HKC V-Power V650
-3 different fan in the case (1 on the CPU)
-OS: Windows 10 Pro

Pluss informations:
-My PC sometimes survive the crash, but then weird lines just appears on the screen when i point on something (like an icon or a tab in the chrome).
-When once i played with a Hitman game, the PC survived the crash and when the screen got back, the game got "corrupted", so agent 47 had a pinocchio nose and other weird things like invisible walls, etc. (Just this game got "corrupted" like this)
-When my PC survive a crash, then have lower chance for another crash (or maybe just luck, i don't know)
-If the Chrome is running in the background while i play, then i have a much bigger chance to get this awful crash
-This weird crash just got more frequent with the months, so something just want to give up i think...
-Once i checked my PC's Temp i seen a number, what was over 70C°, so maybe overheating?
-If i run games on low, then my PC have a lower chance for a crash
-I had other PSU before this one (i got the same problem with that too), but i switched it with this HKC

This was every information i got through the months, so i hope somebody can finaly help me fix this bad guy.

P.S.: Sorry for my bad english, but this is not my native language
 

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Not having good hardware, such as the RAM you mentioned, Shouldn't cause crashes. What Max temprature do you get while gaming? may be overheating due to bad cooling/airflow. You can check with this which is usually accurate and has lots of details. 75 C isn't that high though so it may be a single component which is the problem.
 

CptJozsef

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I just played for like 10 minutes (With Warframe) and my PC just crashed while i checked the TEMP, but the number was under 70 C (like 62 or 63) when i checked in the 8th minute, so looks like it's not the temperature. Any other suggestion?