- Jun 22, 2016
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Computer randomly restarting when in use?
I've just ordered some new parts for my PC, my current rig is:
GPU: GeForce GTX 970
CPU: Intel i5 7600K
MOBO: z270 SLI PLUS
RAM: G.SKILL 16GB (4x4GB)
Including a 1TB HDD, 525 M.2 SDD, and a corsair 600W PSU that is about 4-5 years old.
The problem happens when I'm playing a game, namely Warhammer Total War. The screen turns black and the PC reboots. No BSOD or error messages.
I've considered overheating, and run some stress tests, CPU is 40*C idle and 65*C average under load, the highest it reached was 71*C. The GPU reaches about 61*C.
I'm inclined to believe it's the power supply. This used to happen on my old system, and it was the same PSU that I'm using now. However it doesn't happen on a lot of other games? It DID crash during the stress test when I tried to open MSI Kombustor to monitor the GPU temperature on another program.
Is there anything I can do? I don't want to buy a new PCU to find out it's not the problem.
I've also updated my drivers (not the bios).
Help!
and thank you.
I've just ordered some new parts for my PC, my current rig is:
GPU: GeForce GTX 970
CPU: Intel i5 7600K
MOBO: z270 SLI PLUS
RAM: G.SKILL 16GB (4x4GB)
Including a 1TB HDD, 525 M.2 SDD, and a corsair 600W PSU that is about 4-5 years old.
The problem happens when I'm playing a game, namely Warhammer Total War. The screen turns black and the PC reboots. No BSOD or error messages.
I've considered overheating, and run some stress tests, CPU is 40*C idle and 65*C average under load, the highest it reached was 71*C. The GPU reaches about 61*C.
I'm inclined to believe it's the power supply. This used to happen on my old system, and it was the same PSU that I'm using now. However it doesn't happen on a lot of other games? It DID crash during the stress test when I tried to open MSI Kombustor to monitor the GPU temperature on another program.
Is there anything I can do? I don't want to buy a new PCU to find out it's not the problem.
I've also updated my drivers (not the bios).
Help!
and thank you. 
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