Freezing PC. Please help

[Pryme]

So. I have a problem with my pc. Sometimes it just froze up. Like. Froze up 4ever and i need to reset it from the power button. What do you think it s the problem?

 

Specs:

I5 8400
16gb ram
Gtx 1660 ti
Adata su 630 250 gb
1tb hdd wd blue
Psu ac bel 430w 80+

 

PS: this is prebuilt pc (got it as a gift) and i just upgraded the ram and the gpu and put an ssd for the windows.

[Brennan Price]

There's quite a lot that could be the issue based on how little info you give. Does it freeze when doing anything in particular or just at random? 

 

Also... I presume this has started happening since you installed new RAM, a GPU and SSD? 

 

EDIT: I'm sure you could also have posted this into the troubleshooting area of the forum btw rather than in general discussion... 

 

https://linustechtips.com/main/forum/46-troubleshooting/ 

[Shadowarez]

id hate to recommend a higher end psu but iv that seems like itd be adequate but every build iv done iv given above 600w for future proofing, id assume you did a clean install of windows after getting new ssd? other then that id look at the cooling of the cpu, if thats in check the timings of the memory in bios might have something to do with it, as in single sided/double sided ram makes a difference, and could be how windows is configured.  is power plan set to balanced? or high/ultimate performance. its matter of narrowing down the culprit by process of eliminating the hardware,

[Pryme]

31 minutes ago, Brennan Price said:

There's quite a lot that could be the issue based on how little info you give. Does it freeze when doing anything in particular or just at random? 

 

Also... I presume this has started happening since you installed new RAM, a GPU and SSD? 

 

EDIT: I'm sure you could also have posted this into the troubleshooting area of the forum btw rather than in general discussion... 

 

https://linustechtips.com/main/forum/46-troubleshooting/ 

sometimes after i quit an demanding game, or just sometimes the game just crashes to desktop and after 2 or so seconds it completely freezes

[Pryme]

29 minutes ago, Shadowarez said:

id hate to recommend a higher end psu but iv that seems like itd be adequate but every build iv done iv given above 600w for future proofing, id assume you did a clean install of windows after getting new ssd? other then that id look at the cooling of the cpu, if thats in check the timings of the memory in bios might have something to do with it, as in single sided/double sided ram makes a difference, and could be how windows is configured.  is power plan set to balanced? or high/ultimate performance. its matter of narrowing down the culprit by process of eliminating the hardware,

the cooling is not a problem, the cpu don t go above 60 C  and the gpu goes to 70C but extremely rare

[IAcKI]

try a clean install of GPU Drivers

[Mynameischef]

Have you tried the basic stuff yet? Namely like another guy said a clean install of gpu drivers with DDU off of GURU3D. If that doesn't fix it i'd look at any drivers that are more than a few years old and give them an update. Then update windows and run a sfc /scannow (checks for errors in windows) all I can think of off the top of my head

[Pryme]

8 minutes ago, Mynameischef said:

Have you tried the basic stuff yet? Namely like another guy said a clean install of gpu drivers with DDU off of GURU3D. If that doesn't fix it i'd look at any drivers that are more than a few years old and give them an update. Then update windows and run a sfc /scannow (checks for errors in windows) all I can think of off the top of my head

i reinstalled the whole windows (reformated both drives) and i will look if the problem is still there

[Mynameischef]

38 minutes ago, Lonewolf6869 said:

i reinstalled the whole windows (reformated both drives) and i will look if the problem is still there

You might try looking through the Windows Event Viewer when it freezes again, it might have some insights on what's going on

[Pryme]

17 minutes ago, Mynameischef said:

You might try looking through the Windows Event Viewer when it freezes again, it might have some insights on what's going on

thank you

 

[Pryme]

so, yeah, it seems it was an windows problem, i think i ve had some kind of virus