Computer shuts down when playing Video Games Only

brad888888

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Oct 4, 2017
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Hello all,
My computer started shutting down when playing Video games ONLY, for everything else it works just fine. THERMAL PASTE HAS BEEN REPLACED & CLEANED but the issue still persists.

The idle temp of the comp according to the Bios its 30 Celsius , the computer from the inside is fairly clean. I am a "Noob" when it comes to computers so I just know the basics I will paste below I was able to gather from my computer. I feel it might be the Graphics card... ( it was replaced once by the manufacturer due to begin faulty)

INTELCOREi5 i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz (4CPUs)
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
DirectX 11
8Ram
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Currently Display mode 1920 x 1080 (32bit)
Computer PSU EVGA 500B 500W Bronze Power supply

If you need more info I will try to gather! Thank you so much o Wise ones!
 

brad888888

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Uff I would say it's 2 years old, Perhaps more, the model from what I can read when I open my computer its this Computer PSU EVGA 500B 500W Bronze Power supply
 

brad888888

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Oct 4, 2017
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Using GPU-Z the temp when playing is anything between 50-60 which I don't think its to high ( I didn't wait for the computer to shut it self down however...) I will be testing CPU-Z tomorrow It's kinda later over here. Thank you all for your responses & advice !
 


If CPU is normal as well, borrow some PSU and test gaming. If solved, get a new PSU:)
 

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