stuttering and freezing under load

[Pizzapaz001]

I am having a bit of a problem with my PC as of late. When I start to play games on it or run benchmarks the PC will start to stutter and glitch until it eventually freezes completely or even shuts down. the stuttering keeps going after the game is stopped until the system is shut down. Sometimes the problem doesn't occur at al, sometimes after a few hours of gaming and sometimes immediately after booting up a game. The problem doesn't occur when the PC is only under a small load like watching videos. Temps under load are around 60C on both GPU an CPU

 

My system was originally a prebuild HP but I got a new power supply got a new case, some ram and a new videocard.

The specs are: Intel Core i7-920 2.66 GHz (no OC),

3x 2gb ddr3 ram sticks and 1 4gb ddr3 ram stick,

a Pegatron motherboard know as IPMTB-TK or Truckee,

an XFx rx470 black edition,

a 500gb WD blue HDD,

and a fairly old köning 550watt PSU,

+3.3V 30A
+5V 40A
+12V 20A
-12V 0.5A
+5VSB 2.0A  

I'm also running 1 120mm fan from a motherboard fan header and another 4 120mm fans directly from the power supply via molex connectors.

 

Thanks in advance!

[Thinkfreely]

6 minutes ago, Pizzapaz001 said:

I am having a bit of a problem with my PC as of late. When I start to play games on it or run benchmarks the PC will start to stutter and glitch until it eventually freezes completely or even shuts down. the stuttering keeps going after the game is stopped until the system is shut down. Sometimes the problem doesn't occur at al, sometimes after a few hours of gaming and sometimes immediately after booting up a game. The problem doesn't occur when the PC is only under a small load like watching videos. Temps under load are around 60C on both GPU an CPU

 

My system was originally a prebuild HP but I got a new power supply got a new case, some ram and a new videocard.

The specs are: Intel Core i7-920 2.66 GHz (no OC),

3x 2gb ddr3 ram sticks and 1 4gb ddr3 ram stick,

a Pegatron motherboard know as IPMTB-TK or Truckee,

an XFx rx470 black edition,

a 500gb WD blue HDD,

and a fairly old köning 550watt PSU,

+3.3V 30A
+5V 40A
+12V 20A
-12V 0.5A
+5VSB 2.0A  

I'm also running 1 120mm fan from a motherboard fan header and another 4 120mm fans directly from the power supply via molex connectors.

 

Thanks in advance!

A wonky PSU could absolutely cause issues. It's one of the things people skip on and it can bite you in the ass.

[The Sloth]

2 minutes ago, Thinkfreely said:

A wonky PSU could absolutely cause issues. It's one of the things people skip on and it can bite you in the ass.

yea psu in one of the important component please don't skip out on it. 

[Nena Trinity]

PSU most likely tough it could be RAM or the motherboard itself!

[Gonio]

PSU or some sort of overheating most likely since you mention it is only under heavy load. When this happens what are overall system temps? Maybe VRM's overheat?

Is your build dust free?

 

[Pizzapaz001]

1 hour ago, Gonio said:

PSU or some sort of overheating most likely since you mention it is only under heavy load. When this happens what are overall system temps? Maybe VRM's overheat?

Is your build dust free?

 

 

I ran both Furmark at 4k 8xmsaa and the Furmark CPU burn for a few minutes before the PC started stuttering and eventually bleu-screening. meanwhile watching the temps monitored by both SpeedFan and OpenHardwareMonitor and temps stayed below 70C on all components including CPU, GPU, Motherboard chipset and VRM's. and yes my system is dust free.

[Pizzapaz001]

2 hours ago, Nena360 said:

PSU most likely tough it could be RAM or the motherboard itself!

I'm going to look for a higher quality PSU but if the problem is actually the ram or motherboard it won't be a problem as I am looking to upgrade my mobo, CPU and RAM anyway. When AMD Ryzen drops that is. Thanks for the tips!