New (1st ever) build crashing while playing Fallout 4

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Sweetpickle42

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New build keeps crashing while playing Fallout 4. I have all settings at the lowest - including screen resolution. I am running the folowing:

Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core CPU (OC to 4.1)

GeForce GTX750TI 1GB DDR5 192Bit PCI-Express Video Graphics Card

Seasonic 100163 Power Supply S12ii520 Bronze Retail 520w Atx12v V2.3 80+ Pfc

Patriot Viper 3 Series, Black Mamba, DDR3 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

Seagate Barracuda 1TB,Internal,7200RPM,3.5" (ST1000DM003) HDD

ASRock Z97 Anniversary LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Mothe Board

I have done load tests and temps never get too high (73 for CPU and 63 for GPU). I have also used FurMark and it will not run on 1080 - keeps crashing. Seems to run fine on 720.

Lately I have had to underclock the GPU using EVGA Precision XOC just to keep it running for 5-10 minutes at a time.

All other less demanding gaming works fine - it is just FO4.

Ideas? How can I tell if it is the CPU or the GPU that is causing problems?
 
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To see if it's GPU, download and run Unigine Heaven benchmark program,
link: https://unigine.com/products/benchmarks/heaven/

Set your preferred quality, resolution, AA level etc and do several runs with different settings.

To see if it's your CPU, download and run Prime95 stress test program,
link: http://www.mersenne.org/download/

Though, if you had to underclock your GPU then i'd say your GPU is dying and it's a good time to look for a new GPU.
Here i suggest GTX 1050 Ti.
pcpp: http://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=380&sort=a8
GTX 750 Ti vs GTX 1050 Ti: http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-750-Ti-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti/2187vs3649

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To see if it's GPU, download and run Unigine Heaven benchmark program,
link: https://unigine.com/products/benchmarks/heaven/

Set your preferred quality, resolution, AA level etc and do several runs with different settings.

To see if it's your CPU, download and run Prime95 stress test program,
link: http://www.mersenne.org/download/

Though, if you had to underclock your GPU then i'd say your GPU is dying and it's a good time to look for a new GPU.
Here i suggest GTX 1050 Ti.
pcpp: http://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=380&sort=a8
GTX 750 Ti vs GTX 1050 Ti: http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-750-Ti-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti/2187vs3649

 
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Sweetpickle42

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Sweetpickle42

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Thanks for the response!

I ran the Prime95 torture test for 8 hours with no errors so the CPU seems to be fine.

I then ran the Heaven stress test on many different settings and could never get it to go for than 1 minute (even when changing setting on GPU) so I guess it is a new GPU for us! Kind of a bummer - the 750 Ti is new but I guess it is just not enough for what we need.

I will get the 1050 Ti and let you know how it works out.

Thanks again for your time.
 
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Sweetpickle42

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Thanks so much! Upgraded to the GTX-1050 Ti and the problem is totally solved!
 
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