PC crashes gaming -

[znips]

Hello Everyone!

  First Thank-you for taking the time to read my post. I've got myself a frustrating predicament. Recently (last month) or so I've been experiencing PC crashes while gaming. More in-particular gaming that requires higher graphics. I've noticed when i put said games on medium settings the crashes stop. In the time I've experienced the issue i replaced my video card RMA thinking i had a GPU problem, formatted my computer, reinstalled display drivers with current and past drivers, installed different versions of windows, checked my memory diagnostics and ran my CPU at 65% via power options. all of which didn't fix my issue. After a lot of reading I'm starting to think maybe its my power supply failing or what have you. I guess I'm just looking for someone to agree with me so i can buy a new PSU with even a shred of confidence. 

 

I cleaned out my computer with a can of air as i noticed my temperatures where a bit high on my CPU. After doing that everything hardware temperature wise is normal again. But the crashes continued on any high settings.

 

Example Crashes
 H1Z1 - On high settings PC crashes while loading environment screen
 Wow - On high settings i can play 15min - 1hr before a PC crash

 Cs:go - on high settings (randomly crashes PC)

 Overwatch - high settings also randomly. 

My PC ( Never Overclocked)
msi z97sli 1.0  (onboard graphics disabled)

i5 4690k - Stock Cooling

16gb ddr3

550watt psu thermaltake

geforce gtx 1060 6gb

sata 1tb hd

2 benQ 23inch led

Razer mouse and keyboard 

Windows 10 (Game mode & Friends disabled)

 

Thanks again! I really appreciate any advice i can get at this point!!! 

[RollTime]

That is really strange.  If you've reset all software sounds like the only thing left could be a hardware issue. I'd swap out parts of your pc to try and isolate what's causing the problem.

[znips]

17 hours ago, RollTime said:

That is really strange.  If you've reset all software sounds like the only thing left could be a hardware issue. I'd swap out parts of your pc to try and isolate what's causing the problem.

Yeah, I've swapped and or checked what i can. I'm down to cpu, mobo and psu. I feel like i want it to be the power supply. I might have to take it in for some sort of diagnostics. 
Thanks for replying  

[RollTime]

25 minutes ago, znips said:

Yeah, I've swapped and or checked what i can. I'm down to cpu, mobo and psu. I feel like i want it to be the power supply. I might have to take it in for some sort of diagnostics. 
Thanks for replying  

No problem! Glad you're figuring it out.

[RollTime]

Also, welcome to the forum! We look forward to having you as a community member!

[znips]

14 minutes ago, RollTime said:

Also, welcome to the forum! We look forward to having you as a community member!

Hey, Thanks a lot man! 
 I'm a big fan of all the YouTube content so it only made sense i signed up on the forums! After i have some definitive conclusion on what this happens to be ill come back and edit my original post with some hard facts.  I didn't realize how weird power supplies can be. I read something about shorts happening only when under load which is a concept foreign to me. I thought these things were pretty black and white - supplying power or not. That being said i could be wrong, it certainly wouldn't be the first time. 

[RollTime]

Just now, znips said:

Hey, Thanks a lot man! 
 I'm a big fan of all the YouTube content so it only made sense i signed up on the forums! After i have some definitive conclusion on what this happens to be ill come back and edit my original post with some hard facts.  I didn't realize how weird power supplies can be. I read something about shorts happening only when under load which is a concept foreign to me. I thought these things were pretty black and white - supplying power or not. That being said i could be wrong, it certainly wouldn't be the first time. 

Power supplies are actually way more complex than people realize. It's one of the things you definitely don't skimp on.

[znips]

I wanted to leave an update here saying that it was in fact my PSU.. After purchasing a new one everything worked fine. (for now)