PC Shutdowns While Under Load

[AlexanderTheAwesome]

Hi all, recently I have been issues with my PC shutting down randomly when under load and occasionally for no reason. It is however guaranteed to happen while gaming. This is leading me to believe my CX500m is on it's last legs. The PSU is 4 years old so I wouldn't be too surprised especially considering how often this PC is on. I thought it would post here first in case it could be anything else as I have never had this issue before so I wouldn't know. Other notable info about the PC is that the mobo, CPU and RAM are all also 4 years old with the GTX960 being the newest component. The CPU has been turned up 600mhz but it has been that way for a good 6 months to a year before I started having this issue so I doubt it's the CPU. If it is I'll just buy an i7 that fits my board instead of a new PSU.

If anyone can drop their two cents to help me with what I need to replace that would be greatly appreciated. 

 

Thanks, Alex

[bellabichon]

What are temperatures like?

[Donny_Chen]

I'd download something like speed fan,  or check event viewer to see if your temps are bad.

[aezakmi]

PSU is dying

[bellabichon]

Just now, aezakmi said:

PSU is dying

You can't say for sure that the PSU is the issue. There could be other factors involved.

[Blademaster91]

Agreed,your PSU is probably bad,but check temps and try the CPU at stock first.

[PraveenRamanujam]

Happened to my mom's computer once. Turns out it was just a collection of dust in the RAM DIMM slots. Might be a good idea to dust your PC the rigged manly way like Linus did XD. 

Never a bad idea to get rid of the dust. Can very well be an issue as simple as this. 

[AlexanderTheAwesome]

1 hour ago, Blademaster91 said:

Agreed,your PSU is probably bad,but check temps and try the CPU at stock first.

1 hour ago, PraveenRamanujam said:

Happened to my mom's computer once. Turns out it was just a collection of dust in the RAM DIMM slots. Might be a good idea to dust your PC the rigged manly way like Linus did XD. 

Never a bad idea to get rid of the dust. Can very well be an issue as simple as this. 

Thanks guys. I’ll try and dust it out and reset the overclock and give it another go. If it still acts up I’ll buy the new PSU

[AlexanderTheAwesome]

2 hours ago, bellabichon said:

What are temperatures like?

Considering this happened after playing black ops 2 for about 10-15 minutes and sitting at 60fps the whole time I don’t think temps are an issue. And the GPU has a very good cooler and the CPU is water cooled

[bellabichon]

2 hours ago, AlexanderTheAwesome said:

Considering this happened after playing black ops 2 for about 10-15 minutes and sitting at 60fps the whole time I don’t think temps are an issue. And the GPU has a very good cooler and the CPU is water cooled

Temps can get to dangerous levels very quickly. It's not out of the question just yet. If you don't know how to monitor your temps, try using HWMonitor.

[AlexanderTheAwesome]

5 hours ago, bellabichon said:

Temps can get to dangerous levels very quickly. It's not out of the question just yet. If you don't know how to monitor your temps, try using HWMonitor.

I’ll try hooking up a spare monitor and give it another go