PC randomly freezes

[SmilesRising]

Im having problems with my PC, it freezes when i play games. it doesn't have to be demanding games like witcher.  last time it happened was when i played league which was earlier today.. my temps are normal cpu around 40-50 and gpu around 60-70 when it tops.. does anyone know the problem? my specs are in my signature.

[Skiiwee29]

It is most likely going to be RAM. Try running Memtest86 against it overnight and see if any errors show up. I had similar as well and game crashes too and it turned out to be RAM. Once I turned XMP off, issues went away. 

[SmilesRising]

2 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

It is most likely going to be RAM. Try running Memtest86 against it overnight and see if any errors show up. I had similar as well and game crashes too and it turned out to be RAM. Once I turned XMP off, issues went away. 

i dont have XMP on. but ill try the Memtest

[DutchTexan]

7 minutes ago, smiles rising said:

Im having problems with my PC, it freezes when i play games. it doesn't have to be demanding games like witcher.  last time it happened was when i played league which was earlier today.. my temps are normal cpu around 40-50 and gpu around 60-70 when it tops.. does anyone know the problem? my specs are in my signature.

Probably not a driver issue? Maybe try rolling back your gpu driver to 376.33, or at least that is what my 1080 is running atm. Did you lock your fps to your refresh rate, or enable g sync through nvidea control panel? Are you playing in full screen or windowed? Maybe your thermal paste is the problem? Your machine might think your gpu or cpu is overheating for a fraction of a second and stops the game. Maybe your memory isn't sitting well? I don't think it is your PSU or your actual CPU or GPU. You would be able to monitor temps and usage with msi afterburner to troubleshoot most of my questions. 

 

I'm fairly sure your PC is pretty new, so there are only so many things not related to hardware. Did this start happening recently? Have you moved it recently, changed/added anything? Maybe there's significant dust build up somewhere, idk. I doubt you have issues with humidity like I do.

 

Or it could also be something with your ram like the other guy said. Maybe for some reason it could be related to enabling your cpu boost clock or xmp profile for your memory.

 

That's all I can really come up with.

[SmilesRising]

21 minutes ago, DutchTexan said:

Probably not a driver issue? Maybe try rolling back your gpu driver to 376.33, or at least that is what my 1080 is running atm. Did you lock your fps to your refresh rate, or enable g sync through nvidea control panel? Are you playing in full screen or windowed? Maybe your thermal paste is the problem? Your machine might think your gpu or cpu is overheating for a fraction of a second and stops the game. Maybe your memory isn't sitting well? I don't think it is your PSU or your actual CPU or GPU. You would be able to monitor temps and usage with msi afterburner to troubleshoot most of my questions. 

 

I'm fairly sure your PC is pretty new, so there are only so many things not related to hardware. Did this start happening recently? Have you moved it recently, changed/added anything? Maybe there's significant dust build up somewhere, idk. I doubt you have issues with humidity like I do.

 

Or it could also be something with your ram like the other guy said. Maybe for some reason it could be related to enabling your cpu boost clock or xmp profile for your memory.

 

That's all I can really come up with.

Everything has worked out fine until just a few days ago.. my PC is only like a month old and i havent moved it nor have i changed any parts.. humidity isnt a thing here in sweden right now  its free from dust. ill try the memory thing that the other guy recommended and see if it shows anything..

[SmilesRising]

2 hours ago, legacy99 said:

It is most likely going to be RAM. Try running Memtest86 against it overnight and see if any errors show up. I had similar as well and game crashes too and it turned out to be RAM. Once I turned XMP off, issues went away. 

do i download memtest to a USB or what do i do?

[Skiiwee29]

1 hour ago, smiles rising said:

do i download memtest to a USB or what do i do?

Yes, it will write the program to a USB stick, make sure its a stick with nothing else on it as it makes it a bootable device. Once you have it installed, just reboot your computer and it should boot right into it. 

[SmilesRising]

9 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

Yes, it will write the program to a USB stick, make sure its a stick with nothing else on it as it makes it a bootable device. Once you have it installed, just reboot your computer and it should boot right into it. 

yeah ive booted it and i started the test, for how long should i leave it on?

[raphidy]

5 minutes ago, smiles rising said:

yeah ive booted it and i started the test, for how long should i leave it on?

12h should be plenty. Did you overclock? Put it at stock and try to play again. When hard reset is required, it is usually a hardware problem/instability. Because you have new hardware, I would double check bioses also. Please update them if they are not up to date. (mobo, gpu, even ssd if you want)

[SmilesRising]

Just now, raphidy said:

12h should be plenty. Did you overclock? Put it at stock and try to play again. When hard reset is required, it is usually a hardware problem/instability. Because you have new hardware, I would double check bioses also. Please update them if they are not up to date. (mobo, gpu, even ssd if you want)

i never overclocked it, how do i check bioses? and how do i update them? i have a z170a gaming pro carbon motherboard and a msi 1080 gaming x and a kingston hyperx fury 240gb ssd

[SmilesRising]

1 hour ago, legacy99 said:

Yes, it will write the program to a USB stick, make sure its a stick with nothing else on it as it makes it a bootable device. Once you have it installed, just reboot your computer and it should boot right into it. 

when i've had the test for about 12 hours what do i do then? what is the test going to show?

[Skiiwee29]

11 hours ago, smiles rising said:

when i've had the test for about 12 hours what do i do then? what is the test going to show?

it will show if there is any errors for your RAM. If they are, then the RAM is likely the cause, if it comes back clean, then you are good with the RAM. 

[SmilesRising]

4 hours ago, legacy99 said:

it will show if there is any errors for your RAM. If they are, then the RAM is likely the cause, if it comes back clean, then you are good with the RAM. 

Well it didn't show any errors when i did the test and earlier today i played and streamed witcher 3 on ultra for about an hour without any failure..