Hi guys, so i have been dealing with this issue for a bit and and looking for some advice.
My computer will lock up and freeze after playing a game for a little bit. this forces me to hard shut down the computer.
Im starting to thing that its possibly the PSU, but let me tell you guys the chain of events:
We upgraded the GPU, CPU, cooler, and PSU a couple years ago. I was going from a 550ti to a R9 270x. a Phenom 2 to an FX8. a stock cooler to an H80i AIO cooler. and a 550 watt EVGA PSU to a 750 watt corsair PSU. all was well for a while. then a couple months ago, it started freezing. So far, i swapped the GPU to a brand new Zotac 1060 and the mobo from an MSI 970a-G45 to an ASRock 990FX killer (they are similar boards, but my original mobo wouldn't boot with the 1060) and the hard drive to a spare one i had. but it hasn't stopped freezing.
Whats the best way for me to diag this? i still have the old PSU, but i dont know the wattage demands of my setup. but overall, im thinking that my current PSU is having problems sustaining a moderate load.
i reimaged the old HDD first before trying the swap. and put a new windows 10 image on the one in there now. but overall, i cant see this being a software problem.
What do you guys think?
My computer will lock up and freeze after playing a game for a little bit. this forces me to hard shut down the computer.
Im starting to thing that its possibly the PSU, but let me tell you guys the chain of events:
We upgraded the GPU, CPU, cooler, and PSU a couple years ago. I was going from a 550ti to a R9 270x. a Phenom 2 to an FX8. a stock cooler to an H80i AIO cooler. and a 550 watt EVGA PSU to a 750 watt corsair PSU. all was well for a while. then a couple months ago, it started freezing. So far, i swapped the GPU to a brand new Zotac 1060 and the mobo from an MSI 970a-G45 to an ASRock 990FX killer (they are similar boards, but my original mobo wouldn't boot with the 1060) and the hard drive to a spare one i had. but it hasn't stopped freezing.
Whats the best way for me to diag this? i still have the old PSU, but i dont know the wattage demands of my setup. but overall, im thinking that my current PSU is having problems sustaining a moderate load.
i reimaged the old HDD first before trying the swap. and put a new windows 10 image on the one in there now. but overall, i cant see this being a software problem.
What do you guys think?
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