Help needed - PC Restarts while gaming

[Marshall95]

Every time i try to play a game my computer decides to restart within 2 minutes.

When it hits 65-70 Celsius it instantly restarts without any warnings and the error logs do not tell much.

 

Here's an image of the CPU temps right before:

 

My specs are:

• Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
• Sabertooth z77 (BIOS version 2003, latest)
• Intel i7 4790
• 2x8GB RAM
• Gainward GTX 680 Phantom - 4GB
• KINGSTON SSD (120GB) boot drive

[Carbide X]

Only at games ? If yes, only at one specific game or at all games

[Radium_Angel]

8 minutes ago, Marshall95 said:

Every time i try to play a game my computer decides to restart within 2 minutes.

When it hits 65-70 Celsius it instantly restarts without any warnings and the error logs do not tell much.

 

Here's an image of the CPU temps right before:

 

My specs are:

• Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
• Sabertooth z77 (BIOS version 2003, latest)
• Intel i7 4790
• 2x8GB RAM
• Gainward GTX 680 Phantom - 4GB
• KINGSTON SSD (120GB) boot drive

Check the thermal settings in your BIOS. I suspect they are set to throttle or turn off when hitting those numbers.

FWIW my CPU runs at half those temps. 61 seems quite high to me

[Marshall95]

3 minutes ago, Carbide X said:

Only at games ? If yes, only at one specific game or at all games

I play a lot of WoW so that's where it's happened every time, but i'm pretty sure it would do the same on other games.

[ad1das]

Make sure you power profile in power settings is set to performance.

[Marshall95]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Check the thermal settings in your BIOS. I suspect they are set to throttle or turn off when hitting those numbers.

FWIW my CPU runs at half those temps. 61 seems quite high to me

the weird thing is that i disabled the safety feature in the BIOS, but the pc still restarted after 2 minutes of gaming.

[Marshall95]

Just now, ad1das said:

Make sure you power profile in power settings is set to performance.

It is :). I've set that a long time ago.

[Radium_Angel]

2 minutes ago, Marshall95 said:

disabled the safety feature

That was not smart

[Marshall95]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

That was not smart

It was just for testing purposes - i monitored it throughout the entire time to make sure it didn't get too high.

[Radium_Angel]

4 minutes ago, Marshall95 said:

It was just for testing purposes - i monitored it throughout the entire time to make sure it didn't get too high.

Could also be a failing power supply, can't supply enough juice under load...

who makes the PS?

[Marshall95]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Could also be a failing power supply, can't supply enough juice under load...

who makes the PS?

http://www.coolermaster.com/powersupply/b-series/b600ver2/

it came with my coolermaster case.

[Radium_Angel]

8 minutes ago, Marshall95 said:

http://www.coolermaster.com/powersupply/b-series/b600ver2/

it came with my coolermaster case.

Might be going bad...I'd borrow a new/better PS and test.

There's a nice thread in the Case and Power section that ranks power supplies...

[Marshall95]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Might be going bad...I'd borrow a new/better PS and test.

There's a nice thread in the Case and Power section that ranks power supplies...

I do have another power supply from other pc's - i could salvage that and see if the problem consists. Thank you

[Radium_Angel]

2 minutes ago, Marshall95 said:

I do have another power supply from other pc's - i could salvage that and see if the problem consists. Thank you

Yeah let us know how it goes.

And if it doesn't work, what that power supply was....