ISSUE: All PC games whether ran through steam or with the Geforce experience overlay constantly freeze within 2 to 5 minutes of playing any game.
GTX 970 was replaced with GTX 1070 in Sept 2017. Thermal paste was newly applied in Oct 2017 along with a new power supply (original one was a EVGA 600 B1, 80+ BRONZE 600W, 3 Year Warranty, Includes FREE Power On Self Tester, Power Supply 100-B1-0600-KR (I still have it)) Nothing was wrong with the original one, I just wanted to replace it. In Dec 2017, Project cars 2 started to freeze constantly after 5 minutes but it did not happen with any other game. Dusted out computer last week with compressed air for electronics. All games worked fine although I did not try Project Cars 2. This week however all games started to freeze beginning with DOOM then literally every other game and seemed to get worse as when I was playing DOOM it took 15 minutes for it to freeze and then the next day it took 5 minutes to do it. Tired playing DIRT Rally, which worked fine last week, now it crashes under 5 minutes.
Solutions tired this week after freezing:
Updated BIOS to f23c version
Downloaded Driver talent and CPU-Z
Did a few benchmarks with everything going normal
Turned off integrated graphics in BIOS
Turned off power saving on GPU
Went to control panel to check memory – no issue reported
Checked all drivers – no issue reported
Downloaded MSI Afterburner, tried project cars 2 with this program to check temps in game and GPU reached 68 Celsius then game froze (this was never an issue before with the temps being this high) CPU cores were running almost 80 Celsius during this time. I also notice there was a POWER limit icon coming up
None of these solutions worked
Should I A) replace thermal paste B) reinstall old power supply, the 600watt one C) uninstall and reinstall Windows 10 D) Start to replace parts or E) any other suggestions?
SPECS:
CPU: Intel i5 6500 3.2GHZ
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte Intel H170M – D3H LGA1151 DDR4
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming Video/Graphics Cards GV-N1070G1 GAMING-8GD
RAM: HyperX FURY Black 16GB Kit (2x8GB) 2133MHz DDR4 Non-ECC CL14 DIMM Desktop Memory
HARD DRIVE 1: WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD10EZRZ
HARD DRIVE 2: WD 4TB Black My Passport Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYFT0040BBK-WESN
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 120GB - 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E120B/AM)
WIFI ADAPTER: TP-Link N900 Wireless Dual Band PCI-Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800)
POWERSUPPLY: EVGA 750 GQ, 80+ GOLD 750W, Semi Modular, EVGA ECO Mode, 5 Year Warranty, Power Supply 210-GQ-0750-V1
GTX 970 was replaced with GTX 1070 in Sept 2017. Thermal paste was newly applied in Oct 2017 along with a new power supply (original one was a EVGA 600 B1, 80+ BRONZE 600W, 3 Year Warranty, Includes FREE Power On Self Tester, Power Supply 100-B1-0600-KR (I still have it)) Nothing was wrong with the original one, I just wanted to replace it. In Dec 2017, Project cars 2 started to freeze constantly after 5 minutes but it did not happen with any other game. Dusted out computer last week with compressed air for electronics. All games worked fine although I did not try Project Cars 2. This week however all games started to freeze beginning with DOOM then literally every other game and seemed to get worse as when I was playing DOOM it took 15 minutes for it to freeze and then the next day it took 5 minutes to do it. Tired playing DIRT Rally, which worked fine last week, now it crashes under 5 minutes.
Solutions tired this week after freezing:
Updated BIOS to f23c version
Downloaded Driver talent and CPU-Z
Did a few benchmarks with everything going normal
Turned off integrated graphics in BIOS
Turned off power saving on GPU
Went to control panel to check memory – no issue reported
Checked all drivers – no issue reported
Downloaded MSI Afterburner, tried project cars 2 with this program to check temps in game and GPU reached 68 Celsius then game froze (this was never an issue before with the temps being this high) CPU cores were running almost 80 Celsius during this time. I also notice there was a POWER limit icon coming up
None of these solutions worked
Should I A) replace thermal paste B) reinstall old power supply, the 600watt one C) uninstall and reinstall Windows 10 D) Start to replace parts or E) any other suggestions?
SPECS:
CPU: Intel i5 6500 3.2GHZ
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte Intel H170M – D3H LGA1151 DDR4
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming Video/Graphics Cards GV-N1070G1 GAMING-8GD
RAM: HyperX FURY Black 16GB Kit (2x8GB) 2133MHz DDR4 Non-ECC CL14 DIMM Desktop Memory
HARD DRIVE 1: WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD10EZRZ
HARD DRIVE 2: WD 4TB Black My Passport Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYFT0040BBK-WESN
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 120GB - 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E120B/AM)
WIFI ADAPTER: TP-Link N900 Wireless Dual Band PCI-Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800)
POWERSUPPLY: EVGA 750 GQ, 80+ GOLD 750W, Semi Modular, EVGA ECO Mode, 5 Year Warranty, Power Supply 210-GQ-0750-V1
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