Cpu overheat or broken?

[Luuk Games]

So recently my computer Shut down and made that noise like when you hold the power button for too long. It did this and immediately booted again and ran in this loop. I left my pc off for a few hours and ran it again it would run normal programs . Chrome and such for about 10 mins then shut down and loop. I placed a huge fan next to my computer and removed the side panel. The pc runs normal programs fine for as long as the fan is on however if I run games like counter strike after 20 seconds it will just shut down. I'm scared that I've damaged my cpu as when I was putting the fan in I found my cpu fan was unplugged from the motherboard. Someone suggested that I might need to replace the thermal paste. Hopefully you can help as my cpu is 350 pounds and I don't want to have to replace it. Thanks for the help

 

[Ecky]

Intel CPUs will throttle or shut down before you damage them from heat. It's virtually impossible to do damage that way.

After you plugged the CPU fan back in, did your PC work normally?

 

[Luuk Games]

No when I plug it in it makes a little help but still can't cope on its own without the huge fan. I've had this computer for a year now and it never made any problems

 

[Ecky]

What temperature does your chip run at under idle and load?

 

[Luuk Games]

About 35-45 with the huge fan running just chrome and Skype and stuff

 

[Ecky]

What CPU?

In fact, full system specs?

 

[Luuk Games]

Intel i7 4770
Nvidia GeForce gtx 745
2tb hard drive
12 gb ddr3 ram

 

[Ecky]

35-45c will not cause crashes. Your CPU should start to throttle at 100c. It's possible that something else is overheating, but I can't diagnose without more information.

 

[Luuk Games]

No it runs fine at 30-50 which is normal without games. Do you want me to go test the temp when it crashes

 

[Luuk Games]

Ok it was about 75-85

 

[Ecky]

85c CPU temp shouldn't be causing a crash. Could possibly be that your video card is overheating, or your power supply is full of dust / fan has failed. Could also be that the motherboard is overheating, though that's pretty unlikely on an Intel motherboard.

 

[Luuk Games]

Thanks