Computer Crahes When Playing Games for an Hour+?

s4lkid

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Dec 28, 2015
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Hey guys, so my problem is when I'm playing games for more than an hour my computer decides to crash. This has happened multiple times. For an example I was just playing Grand Theft Auto Five with my friends and I for about two hours, then all of a sudden my computer freezes and the only way that I can get to to work again is to turn it off and turn it back on. Like I said this has happened multiple times, but it only seems to be when I'm playing Grand Theft Auto Five. I managed to take these pictures on my second monitor (I have two monitors) when my computer froze. Sorry for the low quality photo my phone sucks. If anyone can help me it be amazing! Thank you!

http://postimg.org/image/an86h0wmx/8447c5b7/



http://postimg.org/image/hn4f79uuv/333cab84/

Specs:

OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1

CPU: Intel Core i7 3770 @ 3.40GHz

Ram: 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz

Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. B75M-D3H

GPU: 4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (EVGA)

Storage: 465GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB ATA Device (SSD)
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-21M2NA0 ATA Device (SATA)
 
Solution
Try taking out one of the ram sticks, then play. If it crashes, replace it with the other. If it crashes again, I have no idea. Could be video drivers, could be the CXM750 not supplying, because it is a bad PSU overall.
Sorry for the long response I was busy with school and work. Anyways so I did what you told me. I played Grand Theft Auto 5 for about 10 minutes and these were my temps (again sorry for shitty quality photo):

This is the temps the first 10 minutes of playing: http://postimg.org/image/axwbj0r09/

Then 45 minutes later it crashed again while playing! Here are the temps and usages: http://postimg.org/image/oww75qvln/
http://postimg.org/image/3wj3seghj/
 

Its such a weird problem. Sometimes it takes 2+ hours to crash or sometimes 45 minutes to crash. I don't know what it is I'll try your solution when I get the chance to take out a ram stick, sit down and play for an hour. I'll post results when I do thank you.