My computer is acting weird (Crash)

Alexander_42

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Jun 16, 2016
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Hello there.

I really hope to get some help in here. I searched on different sites about the problem but haven't found a solution yet.

The problem is that my PC crashes under load. It have been a problem for over 2 years now, so photoshop editing, gaming and so on have been a mess....
Lets take Overwatch as an example. I can play around a match or 2 (around 1.5) hours before i happens. Screen turns in stripes or gray and the sound is still there. I can hear my self shooting, jumping and so on. But something the sound just biiiiiiiip's and i need to manual close my PC or it reboot itself. The games and crashes vary, sometime I can play over 4 hours without anything happening. If we take Photoshop then it will fuck up every time. I can edit around 4-8 picture from RAW and it reboots.

My thoughts have been on the PSU, but i don't know for sure.

I got new components bought 2 years ago:
650 Watt Corsair VS650
Socket AM3+ MSI 970 Gaming (MS - 7693)
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250G
AMD Radeon R9 200 series
AMD FX 8350

These are my specs, if you want more i will try to get more information out.
https://ibb.co/g5Rk3a

 
Solution
"CPU is cooled with a mounted fan." That could mean anything; what cooler is installed? The stock cooler that came with your CPU? Do you realize that HWMonitor isn't accurate for your platform? Are you sure your PSU voltages are that out of specs? What are they in the BIOS or when measured with a DVM? What are the CPU thermal margins while you stress test it? Use AMD Overdrive to check them (they will be lower at load than idle because AOD reports the accurate distance to throttling).

Alexander_42

Commendable
Jun 16, 2016
6
0
1,510


I just did, but im not so much into on what to look at during the test?

I also did a CPU test with OCCT and around 10 min the PC froze, but was still on.
 
"CPU is cooled with a mounted fan." That could mean anything; what cooler is installed? The stock cooler that came with your CPU? Do you realize that HWMonitor isn't accurate for your platform? Are you sure your PSU voltages are that out of specs? What are they in the BIOS or when measured with a DVM? What are the CPU thermal margins while you stress test it? Use AMD Overdrive to check them (they will be lower at load than idle because AOD reports the accurate distance to throttling).
 
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