Computer shuts off when gaming - FX9370

[Apophysis87]

I recently rebuilt my system and I am having some major crashes.
The crashes occur when I play planetside 2 with 1080P Graphics.
The computer shuts off completely without warning. My CPU is at about 50C which should be fine.
This is the most high end build I have ever done so I don't know why its so unreliable.

My system specs are below.
Any help would be much appreciated! Its totally stressing me.

fx-9370
Seidon 240m Liquid cooler
ASrock extreme 9 mobo
Gtx 770 reference design
Corsair HX850 PSU
Win 7 on Kingston SSD now
1x HHD 5200 rpm 500gb
2x 4gb Kingston blue genesis ram 1600

 

[Apophysis87]

oh one more thing.... when I run heaven benchmark I don't experience any crashes.

 

[Tradesman1]

Latest BIOS? Mobo drivers? Also they recommend (AMD) a 1,000 watt PSU with a 9370 or 9590 based rig

 

[cub_fanatic]

First thought would be to check your power supply. If it is completely shutting off, that usually hints at a PSU issue. Usually, if it was something else, it would blue screen or at the very least crash and freeze. Did you ever get any blue screens, BTW?

 

[Apophysis87]

I am about to update the mobo drivers tot he latest version. I could probably return the psu as I just bought it a couple weeks ago from newegg.

 

[cub_fanatic]

I am about to update the mobo drivers tot he latest version. I could probably return the psu as I just bought it a couple weeks ago from newegg.

That wouldn't hurt. If you can, you might also want to check if there is a new BIOS version out for that board although it is most likely not the problem here.

 

[Apophysis87]

First thought would be to check your power supply. If it is completely shutting off, that usually hints at a PSU issue. Usually, if it was something else, it would blue screen or at the very least crash and freeze. Did you ever get any blue screens, BTW?

It never freezes or stutters or blue screens. So weird...

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Your choices for the 9590:

ASRock 990FX Extreme9
Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z
Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 R4.0
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7
MSI 990FXA-GD80V2

AMD.COM

Warning: This power draw of this CPU is almost twice that of the average CPU. Due to this, AMD recommends using at minimum a 1000W power supply. For cooling, AMD recommends using either either closed loop liquid cooling or full system liquid cooling.

 

[Apophysis87]

I ended up getting a return label for the hx 850w PSU and I ordered the rosewill lightning 1300w psu. Pretty sure that's whats going on because of the abrupt shut offs. this system is gonna be bangin once I get it all working right.

Thanks for the help guys...

 

[Tradesman1]

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