pc shutdown when i used furmark

modsz3

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as the title said my pc will immediately shutdown when I launch Furmark, it goes to a full screen and then shuts down. it also shuts down within 5 min of playing skyrim and FNV and some other games that are moderately heavy on graphics. my temps seem fine on HWmonitor. after reading some posts my concern is that it may be a psu problem since im using a cooler master 550w to power a gtx 970.
 

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Ok, I don't have much time to research a psu. For a 650w what would be a better one. The one I have in there is 3 years old.
 
I'd get one of these depending on what your plans for future graphics cards are:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438053&cm_re=gold_power_supply-_-17-438-053-_-Product

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151136&cm_re=gold_power_supply-_-17-151-136-_-Product

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438060&cm_re=evga_gq-_-17-438-060-_-Product

Anything from Seasonic is pretty solid, anything from EVGA that's gold rated or better and not a NEX unit is good, anything from XFX is ok (they're all Seasonic PSUs with different badging), the Corsair CX550 (gray label) is ok, anything platinum rated from Corsair is good but they're expensive, the RM line from Corsair is good. I'd avoid pretty much anything not on this list. Hope it helps
 

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I put in a new psu, ran two stress tests and it seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks for the insight.
 

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Found a 650w corsair that was in my budget.
What is your opinion on a cooler master hyper 212 Evo cpu cooler with a 120mm pwm fan? That's what i have now.