Startup problems & freeze lags

[Tcjinky]

Hi there,

For the past 3 weeks or so I've had this weird issue that my computer starts to freeze lag when playing games AFTER it being left on for 24 hours, leaving it on for another 24 hours makes the freezes more frequent and slightly more intense. This last week it has also started acting weird on startup, sometimes the screen goes completely black, requiring a restart, sometimes it freezes at the motherboard (BIOS) screen. This morning my computer froze twice at startup, so I had to power button it off. Something weird I noticed was that when my computer finally started up, it completely skipped the short BIOS screen and hopped on directly to the Windows 10 loading icon. Last thing, twice the computer has randomly powered on after about 5 minutes from being shut off.

 

I haven't ran into this problem before, I don't really know what could cause these freeze issues after I've had my computer on for a certain duration, which is why I'm here! I guess the startup issues could be caused by my PSU.
Note: My PSU (650W) is 5-6 years old, everything else in the case is <2 years. Also, I'm running 2 monitors.
Note #2: I tried disabling my CPU overclock, results remained the same. My GTX 1070 is overclocked as well, I haven't tried without that overclock, but I doubt that would cause problems since it's well below it's maximum overclock.

 

Any ideas? I'm kind of clueless here...

[deadaccount69]

An exorcism is an option...

[jdubs]

Is this only when playing games? Other than freezing in the BIOS, does it occur if you, say, let your computer idle or while performing non-intensive tasks?

 

I agree with above that it sounds like a power supply issue, although some symptoms could be a result of a graphics card issue. Does your motherboard have an integrated GPU that you can idle-test with (if relevant). Do you have a spare PSU or GPU you can test with?

[Tcjinky]

1 hour ago, jdubs said:

Is this only when playing games? Other than freezing in the BIOS, does it occur if you, say, let your computer idle or while performing non-intensive tasks?

 

I agree with above that it sounds like a power supply issue, although some symptoms could be a result of a graphics card issue. Does your motherboard have an integrated GPU that you can idle-test with (if relevant). Do you have a spare PSU or GPU you can test with?

It mostly occurs when playing games that are heavy on my PC, ArcheAge is a good example. Those games have also started crashing more frequently, today my ArcheAge has crashed 4 times after running it for 5 hours. I do have another GPU that I could try with, don't have another PSU though. Could the PSU cause bottlenecks when my computer is running at full speed, considering it would be running more voltage?

[jdubs]

1 hour ago, Tcjinky said:

It mostly occurs when playing games that are heavy on my PC, ArcheAge is a good example. Those games have also started crashing more frequently, today my ArcheAge has crashed 4 times after running it for 5 hours. I do have another GPU that I could try with, don't have another PSU though. Could the PSU cause bottlenecks when my computer is running at full speed, considering it would be running more voltage?

Yes, especially in regard to the GPU, but in my experience, it would typically lead to random crashes and/or reboots of the entire system. The "freeze lagging" that you mention seems more indicative of a problem with the graphics card. I would give that spare graphics adapter you have a bit of testing with the same environment as your previous card (same tasks/games, similar graphics settings, same time spans).