Computer crashing randomly when playing games (games like Warframe, CS:GO, Dark Souls, etc.)

CptJozsef

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So, the story:
I got the PC like 1 and a half years ago, my pc was perfect, no shutdown, no black screen, nothing. But then once my PC got a black screen, paired with weird stucked sounds (The last millisecond get looped) for like 5 seconds and after this, my PC reboot.
Nowaday, this problem just got on my nerves, because if i play a game like Dark souls, my computer crash after OR during a good boss fight and it's make me sad because i liked this PC, and i don't want to sell it, but if i can't make it work properly, then i need to.

My thought:
1. My RAM is two "Crucial 4gb ddr3 1600mhz", what is not the best i think.The "Product of China" sentence make me think about this AND if my Chrome is opened while i play, i get the blackscreen faster.
2. My GPU is an "AMD Radeon Sapphire R7 260x 2gb gddr5", i think this one is more sensitive to overheating. My PC is not the coolest so this is why i think this can be a problem

"You just answered this to yourself" you can say, but:
1. I'm not the best at the Hardwere part, so i think i'm possibly wrong
2. I want to hear your thoughts too (Because there are difference between a GPU and a RAM price tag)
3. If somebody has the same problem, then maybe this one can help other sad gamers like me

My Hardwere:
-GPU: AMD Radeon Sapphire R7 260x 2gb gddr5
-RAM: 2x Crucial 4gb ddr3 1600mhz
-CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3591 MHz
-Motheboard: Asus a55bm-e
-PSU: HKC V-Power V650
-3 different fan in the case (1 on the CPU)
-OS: Windows 10 Pro

Pluss informations:
-My PC sometimes survive the crash, but then weird lines just appears on the screen when i point on something (like an icon or a tab in the chrome).
-When once i played with a Hitman game, the PC survived the crash and when the screen got back, the game got "corrupted", so agent 47 had a pinocchio nose and other weird things like invisible walls, etc. (Just this game got "corrupted" like this)
-When my PC survive a crash, then have lower chance for another crash (or maybe just luck, i don't know)
-If the Chrome is running in the background while i play, then i have a much bigger chance to get this awful crash
-This weird crash just got more frequent with the months, so something just want to give up i think...
-Once i checked my PC's Temp i seen a number, what was over 70C°, so maybe overheating?
-If i run games on low, then my PC have a lower chance for a crash
-I had other PSU before this one (i got the same problem with that too), but i switched it with this HKC

This was every information i got through the months, so i hope somebody can finaly help me fix this bad guy.

P.S.: Sorry for my bad english, but this is not my native language
 


Not having good hardware, such as the RAM you mentioned, Shouldn't cause crashes. What Max temprature do you get while gaming? may be overheating due to bad cooling/airflow. You can check with this which is usually accurate and has lots of details. 75 C isn't that high though so it may be a single component which is the problem.
 
I just played for like 10 minutes (With Warframe) and my PC just crashed while i checked the TEMP, but the number was under 70 C (like 62 or 63) when i checked in the 8th minute, so looks like it's not the temperature. Any other suggestion?