- Sep 28, 2017
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Hello everyone,
For as long as I can remember, every time I've been gaming for a long period of time, my computer will freeze up. The sound stutters, the screen freezes and the only way to fix the issue is to pull out the power cable and plugging it back in. I've tried various things to try to diagnose what could be the problem.
I first thought that the CPU was overheating because I have a closed loop water cooler. But when I played games that were strenuous while checking the temperatures, the CPU and GPU were running at normal temperature. I then thought that it was the hard drive, because it doesn't recognize the hard drive on start up, but after defragging it came back clean, so no corrupt files. I've also updated the drivers for the GPU, and the problem still persists. I've also checked the memory, all came back clean. I've checked all of the connections, and they are all connected. Could it be the power supply that isn't powerful enough?
My Computer Specs:
GeForce GTX 780
Corsair TX 650
Intel i5-2500k CPU @ 3.30GHz
8 GB of RAM
Asus P8P67 Pro
Any thoughts would be really helpful.
For as long as I can remember, every time I've been gaming for a long period of time, my computer will freeze up. The sound stutters, the screen freezes and the only way to fix the issue is to pull out the power cable and plugging it back in. I've tried various things to try to diagnose what could be the problem.
I first thought that the CPU was overheating because I have a closed loop water cooler. But when I played games that were strenuous while checking the temperatures, the CPU and GPU were running at normal temperature. I then thought that it was the hard drive, because it doesn't recognize the hard drive on start up, but after defragging it came back clean, so no corrupt files. I've also updated the drivers for the GPU, and the problem still persists. I've also checked the memory, all came back clean. I've checked all of the connections, and they are all connected. Could it be the power supply that isn't powerful enough?
My Computer Specs:
GeForce GTX 780
Corsair TX 650
Intel i5-2500k CPU @ 3.30GHz
8 GB of RAM
Asus P8P67 Pro
Any thoughts would be really helpful.
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