Hello! My PC which was built 3 years ago is restarting itself under specific circumstances.
If I play a game(like World of Warcraft Legion for example) and I did not previously do anything on the PC after turning it on then the PC will crash after ~6-8 hours of gameplay during a graphically intense moment such as a cutscene or 50+ people throwing their spells around.
If I play the same game and run my browser with a youtube playlist in the background then it will crash during the same circumstances as soon as they happen which is usually within the first 3 hours.
I lowered the graphic settings in the games below what is recommended and it caused the restarts to be less frequent.
I tried testing my GPU with FurMark and with it I found that
1)If I didn't do anything previously on the PC and did the test as soon as possible then it will go on fine for 15 min without crashing at all(didn't try to go beyond 15 minutes)
2)If the PC was on for 2-3+ hours then it will cause the PC to restart after ~5min
3)If I test it with the browser active in the background then it will restart within 20 seconds
I also tested the CPU.HDD and memory but they all turned out to be fine.
My build
CPU Intel i5 3470
MBO Asrock Z77 Pro3 s1155
GPU nVidia GF GTX 760
PSU Corsair CX 80+ Bronze 500W
CPU Temp: 32C Idle and 55C while playing, 67C IntelBurn test
GPU Temp: 27C Idle, 70C while playing, 80C FurMark test
After reading a lot of similar threads and looking at all the possible causes I came to the conclusion that the PSU is the most likely suspect to these restarts but I'm not sure if that is correct as I don't have a lot of tech experience
If I play a game(like World of Warcraft Legion for example) and I did not previously do anything on the PC after turning it on then the PC will crash after ~6-8 hours of gameplay during a graphically intense moment such as a cutscene or 50+ people throwing their spells around.
If I play the same game and run my browser with a youtube playlist in the background then it will crash during the same circumstances as soon as they happen which is usually within the first 3 hours.
I lowered the graphic settings in the games below what is recommended and it caused the restarts to be less frequent.
I tried testing my GPU with FurMark and with it I found that
1)If I didn't do anything previously on the PC and did the test as soon as possible then it will go on fine for 15 min without crashing at all(didn't try to go beyond 15 minutes)
2)If the PC was on for 2-3+ hours then it will cause the PC to restart after ~5min
3)If I test it with the browser active in the background then it will restart within 20 seconds
I also tested the CPU.HDD and memory but they all turned out to be fine.
My build
CPU Intel i5 3470
MBO Asrock Z77 Pro3 s1155
GPU nVidia GF GTX 760
PSU Corsair CX 80+ Bronze 500W
CPU Temp: 32C Idle and 55C while playing, 67C IntelBurn test
GPU Temp: 27C Idle, 70C while playing, 80C FurMark test
After reading a lot of similar threads and looking at all the possible causes I came to the conclusion that the PSU is the most likely suspect to these restarts but I'm not sure if that is correct as I don't have a lot of tech experience
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