Pc game crashes then i hear a tapping sound and pc restarts?

[jordiramos]

hey guys i have an annoying problem, when playing a game for a random time, 10mins -1 hours my game crashes and i hear a tapping sound come from within the pc case then pc restarts itself, could this be a dodgy hard drive, i replaced my power supply and it still persists

 

[IH8U]

Most likely yes. Did the previous PSU die? Other reason could be thermal (overheating due to insufficent airflow).

 

[jordiramos]

no my old power supply was fine but i changed because of the guys on here, telling me it might be the power supply

 

[arson94]

Does that tapping sound resemble metal clinking together? And was the clicking sound present before when you were told it was psu by other people? If so, I can almost gaurantee you it's the HDD. Especially since your computer restarts after the game crashes and you hear the sound. What's probably happening is your computer is blue-screening but you still have the option to automatically restart on system failure.