G3258 crashing/freezing?

[gojira]

Last August I bought a brand new Pentium G3258 processor that has run stock speeds, and an Asus B85M-G R2.0 motherboard. I have also recently purchased a Radeon 280x. When I run certain games like a CS:GO custom map, my game will inevitably freeze and I have to turn off my PC from the power supply (EVGA 600B). I also sometimes have experienced this while playing Rust and GTA V. It was occurring even before I added in my 280x, so I am led to believe it is not the problem. I recently upgraded from Windows 8 which is when I experienced the most issues, but now that I am on Windows 10 the problem is less persistent, but it does happen. What do I do?

 

 

EDIT: I also have an open build, and I have not bought a case, so I don't know if its the surroundings that could be causing the problem. IDK

[manikyath]

evga's B series is less than ideal, that *may* be at least part of the issue.

[runit3]

What voltage and temps is your CPU running at?

 

Have you updated the BIOS?

 

Are there errors noted in the Windows Event Viewer? What are they?

[zyntaxable]

It might have to do with that the cpu only has two cores and no hyperthreading, some newer games don't even launch anymore on two cores

[don_svetlio]

the PSU is almost surely the issue

[Swndlr]

It might have to do with that the cpu only has two cores and no hyperthreading, some newer games don't even launch anymore on two cores

CSGO would not be causing this issue.

[gojira]

 @runit3 Just rebooted my PC. 

 

Voltage is 1.088 and temp is like 50-80c when I game. (stock cooler, stock clocks, etc)

 

I've tried to update the bios, but says that I am already updated.

 

Windows Event Viewer doesn't say anything.

[runit3]

@runit3 Just rebooted my PC.

Voltage is 1.088 and temp is like 50-80c when I game. (stock cooler, stock clocks, etc)

I've tried to update the bios, but says that I am already updated.

Windows Event Viewer doesn't say anything.

If you are positive there is nothing in WEV try doing a clean install of your GPU drivers. Although, WEV should definetly have displayed errors for unexpected loss of power.