Most random hard PC crashes

[Buhzrk]

PC Specs:

CPU: i7 8700k 5.2 Ghz

Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A

RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 3200mhz 16GBx2

GPU: ASUS ROG GTX1080Ti STRIX OC

PSU: THERMALTAKE TOUGHPOWER 750W GOLD 

Cooling: CORSAIR H100I V2

Operating System: WINDOWS 10 HOME 64 BIT

 

Hello, so for the past month, I have been experiencing hard pc crashes on and off after upgrading my monitor from 1440p to 4K, which I suspect is because of my GPU but I can't narrow it down. 

I had a lot of problems so I will try to format and explain it properly. 

 

When my PC Crashed: 

1. Whilst editing in Premiere Pro, scrubbing through the timeline, or even when I opened a certain file 
2. Exporting in Media Encoder. Sometimes, I would export my timeline and immediately crash. And other times I could export it flawlessly, so I have no idea why.
3. Games: I launched Star Wars Battlefront 2 and experienced hardcrashes, or when I was alt tabbing into the game. The weird thing is that I have been able to play through 3-4 hour sessions for multiple days with no crashes. But sometimes it just crashes on launch or whilst alt tabbing. 

 

What I have tried:

1. Changed from Nvidia Game Drivers to Studio Drivers, which solved my problem temporarily. It was okay for maybe a week but I suddenly started to experience crashes on Adobe Premiere Pro
2. Downclocked my GPU, I downclocked it by up to 200Mhz, but I still experienced crashes.
3. Changed the PCIe slot that it was in, which held up for a day but started the crash the next.
4. Updated my Bios to the latest version, did not change anything to my recollection.
5. Clean Graphics Driver Uninstall with DDU, didn't change much, maybe crashed less for a while but that's it.

 

I think that's all the troubleshooting I tried, and due to the hard PC crashes (no BSOD, just switches off and restarts) I feel that it might be my PSU since it's Okay and 6 years old already. 

 

If anyone has any other suggestions or troubleshooting tips please shoot! I hope I have not made my issue sound too complicated. Thank you!

 

 

 

[GuiltySpark_]

• Try another GPU in your system
• Try your GPU in another system
• Try another PSU
• Re-install Windows, essential drivers and one game or application that reliably crashes and stress the system with it.

[RAM555789]

Since you didn't mention it, how are your system temps? Maybe just the thermal paste getting old on the 1080?

[Buhzrk]

9 hours ago, rickeo said:

• Try another GPU in your system
• Try your GPU in another system
• Try another PSU
• Re-install Windows, essential drivers and one game or application that reliably crashes and stress the system with it.

Alright thank you!

[Buhzrk]

9 hours ago, RAM555789 said:

Since you didn't mention it, how are your system temps? Maybe just the thermal paste getting old on the 1080?

On a AAA game like Star Wars Battlefront it averages out at 83-84C. Idle temp is 39C which is what the 1080ti has been experiencing during its tenure.