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Started by Paskill | | 6 answers
PC crashes, haven't been able to figure it out for a while
Hey guys, just been having a major issue with my PC for give or take about a year. I've been troubleshooting it this long time and still haven't come up with a solution, more of just things that seemed to make it less frequent.

Basically my PC freezes, whatever sound was playing loops the last milisecond or so and the only way I can restart is through a hard power switch.

I've tried everything, from making sure it was plugged into a wall socket instead of a power strip, cleaned out registries, updated all the drivers, defragged the hard drive, I even disabled my front case USB ports because I thought it was something to do with that (sometimes when I'd reactivate my USB mic, the second I did the freeze would occur.)

Here is a video where the crash happened.


And my hardware set up is this:

Intel 3570k
Asus Nvidia GTX 760
Corsair Vengeance 8GB RAM (2x4GB)
1TB Seagate HDD 7200RPM
Windows 7
500W PSU.

I've always wondered if it's the PSU as I've been meaning for a while to get a new one to supplement the power my components obviously need, but couldn't be what's causing the crashes is it?

Thanks in advance for any insight you guys could offer.
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October 17, 2014 9:41:37 AM

Cha Russell said:
OK man,the easiest way to rule out the PSU not being powerful enough is to list all the components in your PC which require power, then add up the watt usage for everything you have.

e.g
your CPU runs between 93w - 97w stock and 116w - 119w overclocked.
the GPU uses up to 225W

thats between 322w - 344w already with two componets.

Now you add, the main board, HDD, DVD, etc etc.

In my opinion I would definitely say it has something to do with your power supply not producing enough power to sustain all of these components. It only takes one component to be starved of power to set the full system into a freeze.

I would count up the power consumption for the all of the components in the system, and maybe add another 200w - 300w when buying a new supply, this way the supply isn't running at it's fullest, (which will help it to last longer) and you are giving yourself a bit more room for future expansion.


Thanks duder, I may have to look into buying a 650 Watt PSU fairly soon if that's the case.
October 17, 2014 9:40:38 AM

smorizio said:
in the asus mb go to the bios temp on voltage monitor screen and see if the power supply and temps are fine. a lot of times a power supply can output voltages a little low then under use(warms up pc can crash). also make sure that the bios is up to date and use cpu-z check that your ram speed is set right.


Hey Smorizio,

I've had the BIOS updated for a while and after that I didn't have as many frequent crashes.

In regards to temps I monitor them constantly, they're usually in check unless I'm rendering videos, which I've never had a crash while rendering.
October 17, 2014 9:30:40 AM

in the asus mb go to the bios temp on voltage monitor screen and see if the power supply and temps are fine. a lot of times a power supply can output voltages a little low then under use(warms up pc can crash). also make sure that the bios is up to date and use cpu-z check that your ram speed is set right.
October 17, 2014 8:49:42 AM

OK man,the easiest way to rule out the PSU not being powerful enough is to list all the components in your PC which require power, then add up the watt usage for everything you have.

e.g
your CPU runs between 93w - 97w stock and 116w - 119w overclocked.
the GPU uses up to 225W

thats between 322w - 344w already with two componets.

Now you add, the main board, HDD, DVD, etc etc.

In my opinion I would definitely say it has something to do with your power supply not producing enough power to sustain all of these components. It only takes one component to be starved of power to set the full system into a freeze.

I would count up the power consumption for the all of the components in the system, and maybe add another 200w - 300w when buying a new supply, this way the supply isn't running at it's fullest, (which will help it to last longer) and you are giving yourself a bit more room for future expansion.
October 17, 2014 8:25:43 AM

What is the PSU model then ?

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