Computer crashed twice today

[Daniel Z.]

So does anyone have any idea why my PC is crashing? It isn’t BSODing, it completely turned off today twice while playing apex legends. I built it just over four years ago. My specs are below.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-4460 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$362.72 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard	ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory	$56.99 @ Amazon Canada
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$169.99 @ Amazon Canada
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.50 @ Vuugo
Video Card	EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card	$336.95 @ Mike's Computer Shop
Case	NZXT S340 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply	EVGA 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
Monitor	Dell S2715H 27.0" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor	$448.99 @ Amazon Canada
Monitor	Asus VA32AQ 31.5" 2560x1440 60 Hz Monitor	$429.00 @ Amazon Canada
Keyboard	Logitech G710 Plus Wired Gaming Keyboard	$174.99 @ Amazon Canada
Keyboard	Kingston HyperX Alloy FPS Wired Standard Keyboard	$109.99 @ Canada Computers
Mouse	Logitech G402 Wired Optical Mouse	$53.49 @ Amazon Canada
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2197.61
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-20 01:52 EDT-0400

 

[Skiiwee29]

first guess is its overheating. Have you been monitoring temps? How often do you clean it out from dust? Have you replaced the thermal paste on the CPU cooler?

[Daniel Z.]

2 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

first guess is its overheating. Have you been monitoring temps? How often do you clean it out from dust? Have you replaced the thermal paste on the CPU cooler?

I haven’t monitored temps recently. Last time I changed the thermal paste was probably 1-2 years ago. I don’t usually clean it

[Skiiwee29]

4 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

I haven’t monitored temps recently. Last time I changed the thermal paste was probably 1-2 years ago. I don’t usually clean it

mmk, monitor temps.. chances are you need to clean out your system as its likely overheating... get some canned air or a vacuum to clean up the dust and dirt. Make sure to hit your PSU as well as it can cause lots of problems with dust as it does/is electrically conductive 

[Vishera]

Try testing with Prime95,if it crashes in Prime95 without errors in Prime95 then it could be either the motherboard or the PSU.

[Daniel Z.]

1 hour ago, Vishera said:

Try testing with Prime95,if it crashes in Prime95 without errors in Prime95 then it could be either the motherboard or the PSU.

 

1 hour ago, Skiiwee29 said:

mmk, monitor temps.. chances are you need to clean out your system as its likely overheating... get some canned air or a vacuum to clean up the dust and dirt. Make sure to hit your PSU as well as it can cause lots of problems with dust as it does/is electrically conductive 

I did a CPU stress test for around 20 minutes and the max temperatures were around 87c, most of the time near 84.