Pc Shutting down after 5-15 minutes of gaming

MechanicalMouse

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Hi there I just joined the forum in the hopes of maybe getting some help in resolving the issue i'm having with my pc atm.
My specs are
gigabyte z170x gaming 5
Gigabyte geforce 980ti g1 gaming edition
i7 6700k
16gb ram

So my pc is fine normally and as per core temp now my temps are 24 24 23 and 25

I checked while gaming and these reached about a max of 50
but my pc feels hot when gaming and like i said it shuts off after a while.

Now i noticed recently that there was a cable stuck in one of the fans of my CPU cooler which is a noctua dh14 i was not gaming for the most part when this happend.

i only tried to play a game for the first time a few days ago and when it shut down i examined the pc and found that one of the fans was not spinning.So I moved the cable and the fan spun again problem solved right?
Nope it keeps doing the same thing after less than 10 mins or so it will shut down without warning just completely off.

My cpu temps did appear normal so i thought everything was fine the gpu did feel slightly hot i guess.
Anyway I have been trying to figure out what the problem is but i have no idea

If someone could help me I would be so grateful

thanks
 

Lakken

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worst case: the GPU might have gotten to hot at some point and its broken.
REmove the card and use the integrated GPU on the mobo and see if the pc shuts down.

If you ever have altered settings in BIOS, unplug the power cable, remove the MoBo battery , wait 5 min, plug it in and restart.
The problem might also lay with the PSU..
 

MechanicalMouse

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I will try unplug the gpu later cut surely it can't be the gpu if i could play games for all be it 10 mins. The onboard graphics will not run the games i play this i know for sure.
 

MechanicalMouse

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I will try unplug the gpu later cut surely it can't be the gpu if i could play games for all be it 10 mins. The onboard graphics will not run the games i play this i know for sure.
 

MechanicalMouse

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The psu is

XFX 650w XTR Gold Fully Modular Power Supply

sorry i forgot to list it the original post.

If the psu was failing though wouldn't it fail long before 10 minutes?