the average computer crashing while gaming thread

[BuddyIsMad]

hey,
I've recently just built low power gaming but i contently crash when playing high CPU and GPU intensive games. games such as Portal 2, Dead Island 2, Dead Rising 3 and all the Borderlands. i play these games on max with 200 - 100 fps but what good is that when they crash so frequently. i should also mention i can play games like CSGO and Rust for hours before the pc crashes. i have not overclocked my pc and the temps are pretty cool. 40 degrees on idle and 50 under load.


PC Specs:
Motherboard: MSI 970a SLI Krait Edition
OS: Windows 10
CPU: Fx - 8320
GPU: MSI Gtx 960 OC
PSU: CX500M (I also have a CX750M power supply but it does not affect the crashing)
RAM: 2x Kingston Hyperx Fury 1866Mhz 4Gb DDR3
Case: NZXT H440
also the CPU is liquid cooled. it also has a wireless network card

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/tp-link-wireless-network-card-tlwn781nd

this might be the problem because i picked it up for $20, doubt it tho. i also suspect that it might be the card, only because when i bought it at the time i didn't realise it was an oc rather than the normal card. if i need to RMA i will but i would rather not.

When the pc crashes it does not BSOD it just leaves a black screen and has to be hard restart.
happy hunting

 

[Laptop_Nerd]

Hi,

Do these troubleshooting steps that may help you with that issue.
- Go to Device Manager and uninstall NVIDIA graphics driver.
- Open Programs and Features and uninstall anything related to NVIDIA graphics.
- Download and install the latest driver from the manufacturer site.
- Here's the link: http://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx
- Once installed reboot your PC for all the changes to take effect.
- After the reboot make sure to set your games to play with NVIDIA processor.

 

[BuddyIsMad]

Hi,

Do these troubleshooting steps that may help you with that issue.
- Go to Device Manager and uninstall NVIDIA graphics driver.
- Open Programs and Features and uninstall anything related to NVIDIA graphics.
- Download and install the latest driver from the manufacturer site.
- Here's the link: http://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx
- Once installed reboot your PC for all the changes to take effect.
- After the reboot make sure to set your games to play with NVIDIA processor.

thanks dude will try, ill tell you if it worked or not.

 

[hang-the-9]

If you think the issue may be the wireless card, the issues would have started soon after you installed it. Remove it and see if that fixes things, simple step to troubleshoot.

 

[BuddyIsMad]

If you think the issue may be the wireless card, the issues would have started soon after you installed it. Remove it and see if that fixes things, simple step to troubleshoot.

ok i will try that. i suspected the network card was the problem as well, lets hope it is, black ops 3 comes out tomorrow