Computer restarts when playing games

[PsychoManiac21]

My computer sometimes turns off then restarts itself when I am playing games. It seems like it only happens when something intense happens (two planets exploding in universe simulator and battle in Witcher 3).


Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor
ASRock - Z370M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card
Cooler Master - N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case
EVGA - 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

 

[superninja12]

what powersupply did you order?

 

[Shektron]

Yes, a bad PSU, when causing problems, can indeed damage other components by delivering bad power to them. It is entirely possible, so if you've been using the PC with the bad power supply and just 'bearing' with the restarts, I would suggest stopping that immediately. Don't use the PC until you have a reliable PSU.

Did I mess up pretty bad?

If the PC was working fine until the last time you shut it down(that is the only problem was the random restarting, but nothing else), then hopefully everything should still be fine. No way to say for sure though, it just depends on how bad the power supply was performing. I've had a bad PSU kill the entire motherboard, hard drive, RAM and CPU cooler, so of course your parts were at risk, but let's hope this doesn't happen to you .

 

[PsychoManiac21]

Yes, a bad PSU, when causing problems, can indeed damage other components by delivering bad power to them. It is entirely possible, so if you've been using the PC with the bad power supply and just 'bearing' with the restarts, I would suggest stopping that immediately. Don't use the PC until you have a reliable PSU.

Did I mess up pretty bad?

If the PC was working fine until the last time you shut it down(that is the only problem was the random restarting, but nothing else), then hopefully everything should still be fine. No way to say for sure though, it just depends on how bad the power supply was performing. I've had a bad PSU kill the entire motherboard, hard drive, RAM and CPU cooler, so of course your parts were at risk, but let's hope this doesn't happen to you .

Thanks that makes me feel a lot better .