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It keeps turning off randomly when playing some games although never from browsing the internet or watching videos. At first I assumed it was due to my CPU overheating (i only had a stock cooler) but I've replaced the cooler with a fairly high end cooler so it should be fine temp-wise.

 

Is it just a PSU problem or should I rule out other parts before I buy a new PSU?

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specs...?

 

Main PC(no name yet): CPU-AMD Ryzen 7 1700, MOBO-ASRock AB350 K4, RAM-16gb G.Skill 3000MHz, GPU-Asus Strix GTX960 2gb, CPU Cooler-Stock Cooler rn, Storage-SanDisk 512gb SSD/OCZ Agility 4 128gb SSD/2TB Toshiba, CASE-Corsair Spec-02 Redshift Edition

 

Laptop: HP EliteBook Folio 9470m

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1 minute ago, cacra said:

Sorry,

fx6300

7870

CX500m

12gb ram

 

Looks like the PSU is dying... You should get a new one

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K | Motherboard: AsRock X99 Extreme4 | Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming | RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws4 2133MHz | Storage: 1 x Samsung 860 EVO 1TB | 1 x WD Green 2TB | 1 x WD Blue 500GB | PSU: Corsair RM750x | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro (White) | Cooling: Arctic Freezer i32

 

Mice: Logitech G Pro X Superlight (main), Logitech G Pro Wireless, Razer Viper Ultimate, Zowie S1 Divina Blue, Zowie FK1-B Divina Blue, Logitech G Pro (3366 sensor), Glorious Model O, Razer Viper Mini, Logitech G305, Logitech G502, Logitech G402

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I've had this exact same issue. PC would randomly restart while playing games. At first, it would happen once every 2 weeks, but after a few weeks, the severity increased and the PC would reboot even if it was on idle. Turned out, it was the PSU that was causing troubles. I had a VS550 which I replaced with a S12ii 620w and I haven't faced this issue since.

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3 minutes ago, cacra said:

yeah i thought it was the psu, like i need to switch it on off and on again for my pc to boot up.

 

thanks for the help

No... The PSU should GTFO and you should get a new one xD

I recommend a Seasonic M12II/S12II

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K | Motherboard: AsRock X99 Extreme4 | Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming | RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws4 2133MHz | Storage: 1 x Samsung 860 EVO 1TB | 1 x WD Green 2TB | 1 x WD Blue 500GB | PSU: Corsair RM750x | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro (White) | Cooling: Arctic Freezer i32

 

Mice: Logitech G Pro X Superlight (main), Logitech G Pro Wireless, Razer Viper Ultimate, Zowie S1 Divina Blue, Zowie FK1-B Divina Blue, Logitech G Pro (3366 sensor), Glorious Model O, Razer Viper Mini, Logitech G305, Logitech G502, Logitech G402

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1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

No... The PSU should GTFO and you should get a new one xD

I recommend a Seasonic M12II/S12II

Funnily enough when I built my PC i brought two cx500ms by mistake. Just need to dig out the other one from the attic 

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