Hello, I'm new on these forums, I'm hoping I can get some help in regards to my PC.
My PC started having problems since I upgraded my GPU to a Sapphire RX 460 2GB OC DDR5. When I try playing games, or sometimes even watching a high res video on youtube the computer will freeze completely (sometimes the screen goes black for a sec, crashes the game/video and will come back, but it will do this 2-3 times before freezing completely) and I have to reboot it or turn it off via power switch. It happens depending on how graphically intensive the task is, say I'm playing EVE Online, game runs fine for 15 to 20 minutes before crashing, happens in Rust after 40-60 minutes, Mortal Kombat X crashes almost immediately (20-30 seconds), but lesser graphically demanding older titles like DMC3SE, CS:GO and Osu! don't crash at all. I've resorted to underclocking my GPU as low as it can go on Radeon Settings WattMan, and while it does lower FPS by a bit, I can play for a few minutes longer before crashing.
These are my specs:
Sentey Metal Blade Power - 750w Modular 80+ Bronze
AMD FX 8350 Black Edition
Sapphire RX 460 2GDR5 OC
8GB of DDR3 Kingston RAM (detail on RAM further down in the post)
Motherboard ASROCK N68-VS3 FX
HDD Samsung HD250HJ 250GB
I've tried a number of things before posting here, such as re-installing the drivers after a fresh DDU driver uninstall, fresh OS installation of W10, different PSU (before this Sentey power supply I had a Thermaltake TR2 500w, which I thought might not supply enough power to my PC), reseating my GPU in case of bad contact, dusted off every component, clearing CMOS, reconnecting HDD cables, updating BIOS to most current one. None of the above worked.
Detail on my RAM, I'm currently using 2 4GB sticks of Kingston ddr3 RAM, one is dual channel and the second one is single channel, I thought this was causing the problem so I borrowed 2 sticks of DDR3 HyperX Fury reds from a friend, but the problem persisted.
Things I'm considering might fix the problem are: Upgrading the motherboard to a newer one, putting new thermal compound on CPU (I don't have any on the CPU right now since I *cleaned* it off a month ago [I don't have any IPA so I don't know if that counts as cleaning it off]), trying the card on a different system to see if that's what causing the problem and upgrading the HDD.
Thank you guys in advance, I hope I can get this fixed soon!
My PC started having problems since I upgraded my GPU to a Sapphire RX 460 2GB OC DDR5. When I try playing games, or sometimes even watching a high res video on youtube the computer will freeze completely (sometimes the screen goes black for a sec, crashes the game/video and will come back, but it will do this 2-3 times before freezing completely) and I have to reboot it or turn it off via power switch. It happens depending on how graphically intensive the task is, say I'm playing EVE Online, game runs fine for 15 to 20 minutes before crashing, happens in Rust after 40-60 minutes, Mortal Kombat X crashes almost immediately (20-30 seconds), but lesser graphically demanding older titles like DMC3SE, CS:GO and Osu! don't crash at all. I've resorted to underclocking my GPU as low as it can go on Radeon Settings WattMan, and while it does lower FPS by a bit, I can play for a few minutes longer before crashing.
These are my specs:
Sentey Metal Blade Power - 750w Modular 80+ Bronze
AMD FX 8350 Black Edition
Sapphire RX 460 2GDR5 OC
8GB of DDR3 Kingston RAM (detail on RAM further down in the post)
Motherboard ASROCK N68-VS3 FX
HDD Samsung HD250HJ 250GB
I've tried a number of things before posting here, such as re-installing the drivers after a fresh DDU driver uninstall, fresh OS installation of W10, different PSU (before this Sentey power supply I had a Thermaltake TR2 500w, which I thought might not supply enough power to my PC), reseating my GPU in case of bad contact, dusted off every component, clearing CMOS, reconnecting HDD cables, updating BIOS to most current one. None of the above worked.
Detail on my RAM, I'm currently using 2 4GB sticks of Kingston ddr3 RAM, one is dual channel and the second one is single channel, I thought this was causing the problem so I borrowed 2 sticks of DDR3 HyperX Fury reds from a friend, but the problem persisted.
Things I'm considering might fix the problem are: Upgrading the motherboard to a newer one, putting new thermal compound on CPU (I don't have any on the CPU right now since I *cleaned* it off a month ago [I don't have any IPA so I don't know if that counts as cleaning it off]), trying the card on a different system to see if that's what causing the problem and upgrading the HDD.
Thank you guys in advance, I hope I can get this fixed soon!
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