New PC crashes while gaming, HELP

[Tr1ggerfish1]

Hi, i have been having a persistent crashing issue when i play games that push my system. The type of crash i'm having is one where the entire system shuts down as if you held the power button down. I simply want to find the root of this issue and i am asking for help. If you need any info related to this topic i will try to respond as quick as i can.

This crash often happens usually around 20 min sometimes a little more or less

[Tr1ggerfish1]

• CPU
  intel i7-6700k
• Motherboard
  ROG MAXIMUS IX CODE
• RAM
  G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200
• GPU
   ASUS ROG GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
• Case
  Phanteks-ENTHOO EVOLVE ATX
• Storage
  Samsung 250GB 960 EVO NVMe M.2
• PSU
  CORSAIR RMx Series RM850X 850W
• Cooling
  corsair H100i v2
• Operating System
  Windows 10 64-bit

[Protex]

As long as all your cooling to OK, and temperatures are not maxing out, I would guess a bad RAM stick would be at fault, and when you hit that memory sector it crashes. Try testing each stick individually and in different slots to ensure the problem is not a slot issue. 

[Tr1ggerfish1]

1 minute ago, Protex said:

As long as all your cooling to OK, and temperatures are not maxing out, I would guess a bad RAM stick would be at fault, and when you hit that memory sector it crashes. Try testing each stick individually and in different slots to ensure the problem is not a slot issue. 

how would i go about testing an individual stick?

 

[Protex]

Just now, Tr1ggerfish1 said:

how would i go about testing an individual stick?

 

Take out one stick leaving 8GB. Put it in the first slot. Run a memory test or game for 30-40 minutes, in a memory intensive game. If no issues, repeat with the second stick. If either crashes, that is likely a bad stick, but a memory test could likely confirm that. If both crash, repeat each stick in another RAM slot on your motherboard. If neither crash, you likely have an issue with the RAM slot on that motherboard.

[Tr1ggerfish1]

2 minutes ago, Protex said:

Take out one stick leaving 8GB. Put it in the first slot. Run a memory test or game for 30-40 minutes, in a memory intensive game. If no issues, repeat with the second stick. If either crashes, that is likely a bad stick, but a memory test could likely confirm that. If both crash, repeat each stick in another RAM slot on your motherboard. If neither crash, you likely have an issue with the RAM slot on that motherboard.

Thank you , i will give this a shot and post the results when the test is over,

If this is my problem i thank you Soooo much!

 

[Protex]

5 minutes ago, Tr1ggerfish1 said:

Thank you , i will give this a shot and post the results when the test is over,

If this is my problem i thank you Soooo much!

 

It sounds very similar to an issue I had on a 2012 iMac. When RAM use increased, I would have unexplained crashes. A hardware diagnostics test later and I found I had a bad memory chip, which was an aftermarket chip, an after removing it, many unexplained issues appeared to be fixed.

 

Also, your current PC is pretty damn close to my dream build, so nice build

[Tr1ggerfish1]

1 hour ago, Protex said:

As long as all your cooling to OK, and temperatures are not maxing out, I would guess a bad RAM stick would be at fault, and when you hit that memory sector it crashes. Try testing each stick individually and in different slots to ensure the problem is not a slot issue. 

Well... from my results it's not the ram. Would you happen to have any other suggestions.

Also is there anything under the first pcie slot that could have something to do with these shutdowns because the gpu tends to get a little toasty.