So I recently got through with some upgrades. GT 630 and some generic 400w PSU (Brand was Solytech SL-F400 for those curious) to a GTX 950 and a Corsair CX500 (500w)
PSU came in the mail first so I popped that in, and played some overwatch to monitor my gaming temperatures (Something overwatch is able to do when you press ctrl shift R) after the new installation. A typical 45-50C rose to 66C, and that's just after the power supply.
New GPU came the next day, and after a whole day of screwing up an installation and unscrewing it up, I was in business.
30 seconds into a match of 1080p 60fps overwatch, I hear a 'bzzt' and everything freezes. Visual is frozen but present, and I notice everything plugged into USB has shut off. Plugging my mouse out and back in makes it blink on for a second before going dark again. The only thing I can visibly tell was on was my case fans.
30 seconds later my PC restarts out of its own volition, no error report, just a restart.
So I try another game; Mirrors Edge for a good 20 minutes, seems okay, so I try Overwatch again. Not even 5 minutes in and it freezes the same way.
Try some more games. Borderlands 2 for a minute or so, Skyrim that auto-adjusted itself to ultra-high quality played for a minute or so. So I move onto Assault Android Cactus and adjust the settings to high, and I encounter the same problem in less than a minute after adjusting graphics.
By trying other games, my theory was either an Overwatch problem or a heat problem. Given the power requirements of the GTX 950 is 300w minimum, I'm tempted to reintroduce my old PSU since there seemed to be temp increases after the power supply alone.
Further testing brought about the same issue after 10-15 minutes of Borderlands 2 on high-medium with medium physX. And then again with just a minute or two of staring at Overwatch's menu, before which the game's temp monitor climbed to 71C and then. The issue doesnt seem directly connected to overwatch and has happened with two other games, leading me to think its a heat issue.
My processor is an i5 3570, my case is an NZXT Vulcan (rather small), and my CPU cooler is an antec sealed system liquid cooler.
PSU came in the mail first so I popped that in, and played some overwatch to monitor my gaming temperatures (Something overwatch is able to do when you press ctrl shift R) after the new installation. A typical 45-50C rose to 66C, and that's just after the power supply.
New GPU came the next day, and after a whole day of screwing up an installation and unscrewing it up, I was in business.
30 seconds into a match of 1080p 60fps overwatch, I hear a 'bzzt' and everything freezes. Visual is frozen but present, and I notice everything plugged into USB has shut off. Plugging my mouse out and back in makes it blink on for a second before going dark again. The only thing I can visibly tell was on was my case fans.
30 seconds later my PC restarts out of its own volition, no error report, just a restart.
So I try another game; Mirrors Edge for a good 20 minutes, seems okay, so I try Overwatch again. Not even 5 minutes in and it freezes the same way.
Try some more games. Borderlands 2 for a minute or so, Skyrim that auto-adjusted itself to ultra-high quality played for a minute or so. So I move onto Assault Android Cactus and adjust the settings to high, and I encounter the same problem in less than a minute after adjusting graphics.
By trying other games, my theory was either an Overwatch problem or a heat problem. Given the power requirements of the GTX 950 is 300w minimum, I'm tempted to reintroduce my old PSU since there seemed to be temp increases after the power supply alone.
Further testing brought about the same issue after 10-15 minutes of Borderlands 2 on high-medium with medium physX. And then again with just a minute or two of staring at Overwatch's menu, before which the game's temp monitor climbed to 71C and then. The issue doesnt seem directly connected to overwatch and has happened with two other games, leading me to think its a heat issue.
My processor is an i5 3570, my case is an NZXT Vulcan (rather small), and my CPU cooler is an antec sealed system liquid cooler.
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