Question Every game crashes on self-built PC, help would be great :)

[Mr.Frisfruit]

Hi guys,

So here's the deal... I've built a new pc with all new components except for the PSU and my SSD and HDD, which I took out of my old PC. Note: My old PC ran fine bit did show some issues such as occassional stutters and VERY brief pink screens/hues. My new PC runs great, except when gaming for about 20 minutes, after which pretty much every game crashes.

My current setup:
Asrock B450M Pro4 mobo
Ryzen 2600
GB Aorus RX 580
2x 8GB DDR4 RAM (Vengeance 2400Mhz)
Silverstone Strider Essential 600W (4 years old)

To further elaborate on the issue: games crash after 20 minutes and, just as with my old PC, I am having occassional stutters and brief pink screens. The stutters are barely noticable but you can mostly hear them, also when watching YT videos. I've come at a point where I am quite sure it is hardware related since I've tried basically everything. Wiped and reinstalled all mobo, gpu, cpu, and other peripheral drivers. Reinstalled windows. Rebuilt the entire PC to check for loose connections. Ran the PC with 1x 8 gb Ram (tested both, without success). Updated mobo bios and GPU bios. Tried running older drivers. Unplugged all non-essential peripherals. And some more minor changes. None of my components are overclocked and my temps are fine; CPU @ 60 under heavy load and GPU @ 75 under heavy load. My bios settings are also correct so that shouldn't be a problem.

My main problem is that I don't have someone with a similar system to borrow some components from, and I built the PC myself so I can't just send it back. Additionally, if I send something for repair, which appears to work fine, I still have to pay 'research-costs'. I am currently doubting whether the PSU could be the issue since it's the only components I've kept from my old pc (except for the hd's) and the stutters and pink screen issues are still present. I'm not sure if these issues can be caused by a faulty PSU since it kind of sounds like a bad GPU to me but I'm not an expert. If anyone has experience with similar cases I'd love to hear it before I go and spend even more of my hard-earned money..

Cheers.

 

[AllanGH]

I know that you're using a Ryzen 2600, but I never saw whether or not you pulled the processor and checked the pins and socket (unless I read right past it). Have you done as much?

 

[Mr.Frisfruit]

I know that you're using a Ryzen 2600, but I never saw whether or not you pulled the processor and checked the pins and socket (unless I read right past it). Have you done as much?

I have, yes. They look fine.

 

[blarson12]

Could be too many system services are running in the background.

 

[blarson12]

Hi guys it's been a while since I've given an update due to holidays but sadly the problem still persists... I have swapped the GPU with one of my friend's and games still keep crashing. So I've basically ruled out the GPU, RAM, PSU and any software/driver related issues. The only remaining components that could cause the problem are the CPU (which seems unlikely), my OS-storage drive or my mobo. Does anyone have any advice on what to test next? Could this be caused by a faulty mobo or ssd? I can't swap these components since none of my friends own compatible ones, so I probably have to guess which component is faulty, return it, and hope that it is indeed the culprit. So any advice on the 'most likely' broken component is appreciated, since it might save me quite some bucks.

Go with the HHD.