Computer crashes as soon as the games load

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Specs:
2700k stock (2011)
Gtx 980 gaming stock (2015)
16gb ram stock (2015, 2011)
Gigabyte Z77 ud5h (2011) latest stable bios
Corsair HX850 (2011)
Noctua NHD14 (2011)
Corsair carbide (2011) Purchased & installed years are in brackets.

This began a month ago whenever I load anything graphic intensive the PC crashes. I'm wondering if its my power supply.

Since I put together the system I made a couple upgrades; a pair of rams and the graphics card when my GtX 670 bit dust. Never had any problem in the past 5 years.

Running latest win 10 64 bit and drivers. Could someone please point me in the right direction here?

Thanks in advance
 
Solution
Lutfij
1| To rule out the PSU, you should borrow a PSU of reliable brand and wattage(capable of powering your entire system) and see if the issue persists.
2| Have you made sure your motherboard BIOS is up to date?
3| How are the ram's populated on your system? Is it mixed and matched? If so please take out your new sticks of ram and see if the old sticks populated give you the issue.
4| By crash do you mean the PC powers off or reboots? If so then it's the PSU. 4 years under hot and strenuous conditions will stamp it's authority on the PSU and cause it to fail. If you get a BSOD, the issue would be with your ram.

I would also like to suggest that you scrub your GPU drivers using DDU and reinstall the latest drivers.
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1| To rule out the PSU, you should borrow a PSU of reliable brand and wattage(capable of powering your entire system) and see if the issue persists.
2| Have you made sure your motherboard BIOS is up to date?
3| How are the ram's populated on your system? Is it mixed and matched? If so please take out your new sticks of ram and see if the old sticks populated give you the issue.
4| By crash do you mean the PC powers off or reboots? If so then it's the PSU. 4 years under hot and strenuous conditions will stamp it's authority on the PSU and cause it to fail. If you get a BSOD, the issue would be with your ram.

I would also like to suggest that you scrub your GPU drivers using DDU and reinstall the latest drivers.
 
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Hey, Thank you for the reply. It was my PSU. Switched out with an EVGA. All is fine now!
 
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