- Sep 15, 2018
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I don't usually post to these, as other's answers often have my solution, but I'm seriously lost at this time. My computer is a home-build, six or so years old rig, and is recently having a few issues when running more intensive, modern games. The issues are very similar: during some point in the game, after any amount of time longer than 30-40 minutes, there will be a freeze. Sometimes, it is just the game window that freezes, and using task manager to close it "not responding" works.
Recently, I updated my graphics card from an old Geforce GTX 660 to a Geforce GTX 1080, but prior to that, the crashes were also including BSOD's and full on freezes, where the monitor has only the image of the game, and only switching off or restarting the pc at the tower would resolve it.
I also recently purchased a SSD drive, to fresh install windows onto. The other newer part is the PSU, a Corsair CS850M, bought to keep pace when the slower 550 starting model started to decline.
CPU is an Intel i5 4670k at 3.40GHZ,
Motherboard is a Gigabyte Z87-HD3,
RAM is two Corsair 1600mhz 4GB sticks,
and it is cleanly fan cooled, with an extra 1TB storage drive and a bog standard RW optical disk drive.
Watching task manager or resource viewer while apps are running doesn't seem to yield answers, although occasionally both RAM and CPU usage spike very high - though a lot of articles seem to dismiss this. I've never caught the root of the problem, and for the recent crashes, that are just game freezes, event viewer has nothing to show for it. I'm at my wits end, should I just replace the rest of my 5 year old kit (CPU, Motherboard, RAM) and face the cost, or does anyone know something I can try to pinpoint the problem. Sorry, long post, and thank you.
-Luke
Recently, I updated my graphics card from an old Geforce GTX 660 to a Geforce GTX 1080, but prior to that, the crashes were also including BSOD's and full on freezes, where the monitor has only the image of the game, and only switching off or restarting the pc at the tower would resolve it.
I also recently purchased a SSD drive, to fresh install windows onto. The other newer part is the PSU, a Corsair CS850M, bought to keep pace when the slower 550 starting model started to decline.
CPU is an Intel i5 4670k at 3.40GHZ,
Motherboard is a Gigabyte Z87-HD3,
RAM is two Corsair 1600mhz 4GB sticks,
and it is cleanly fan cooled, with an extra 1TB storage drive and a bog standard RW optical disk drive.
Watching task manager or resource viewer while apps are running doesn't seem to yield answers, although occasionally both RAM and CPU usage spike very high - though a lot of articles seem to dismiss this. I've never caught the root of the problem, and for the recent crashes, that are just game freezes, event viewer has nothing to show for it. I'm at my wits end, should I just replace the rest of my 5 year old kit (CPU, Motherboard, RAM) and face the cost, or does anyone know something I can try to pinpoint the problem. Sorry, long post, and thank you.
-Luke
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