Question Games crashing to black screen when GPU temp goes above 65ªC ?

[rscheetah30]

Whenever my gpu reaches 65ºC or more, my games crash. Normally I can still hear the game's sounds but I have to Shift-F4 to get back onto the desktop. To keep this from happening now, I have to cap my games to 50fps.

The cpu temp is normal, under 60ºC always. The strange thing is that the same used to happen with my previous Radeon R7 240 2GB GPU.

My pc:

CPU: AMD FX6300 4.0GHz
MB: Asus M5A78L-M LX V2
RAM: 16GB DDR3
GPU: GTX 1060 6GB MSI
3 HD + 1 SSD
PSU: Gamemax GP 650

 

[Lutfij]

PSU: Gamemax GP 650
I would replace that unit ASAP, to something that's reliably built and is branded.

 

[rscheetah30]

PSU: Gamemax GP 650
I would replace that unit ASAP, to something that's reliably built and is branded.

Couldn't this also be related to something in my BIOS?

 

[Third-Eye]

Whenever my gpu reaches 65ºC or more, my games crash. Normally I can still hear the game's sounds but I have to Shift-F4 to get back onto the desktop. To keep this from happening now, I have to cap my games to 50fps.

The cpu temp is normal, under 60ºC always. The strange thing is that the same used to happen with my previous Radeon R7 240 2GB GPU.

My pc:

CPU: AMD FX6300 4.0GHz
MB: Asus M5A78L-M LX V2
RAM: 16GB DDR3
GPU: GTX 1060 6GB MSI
3 HD + 1 SSD
PSU: Gamemax GP 650

One of the possible issue I can think of at the moment (and possibly more likely than my other thoughts) is the power supply cannot handle the GPUs, because of poor quality components in the PSU itself. I had a similar issue with a GTX 460 years back and the solution was getting a new higher quality power supply.

It could be an overheating GPU that needs to be repasted. If the GPU fan goes to 100% when starting a game, that is a good sign the GPU is overheating.

In both situations, capping your fps would result in less power draw or heat. Repasting the GPU is cheaper, but replacing the PSU is easier. I would start with repasting the GPU if you are comfortable with that.

Some Arctic MX-4 thermal paste should be good enough, and there are guides online for repasting GPUs.

 

[Bob.B]

Whenever my gpu reaches 65ºC or more, my games crash. Normally I can still hear the game's sounds but I have to Shift-F4 to get back onto the desktop. To keep this from happening now, I have to cap my games to 50fps.

The cpu temp is normal, under 60ºC always. The strange thing is that the same used to happen with my previous Radeon R7 240 2GB GPU.

My pc:

CPU: AMD FX6300 4.0GHz
MB: Asus M5A78L-M LX V2
RAM: 16GB DDR3
GPU: GTX 1060 6GB MSI
3 HD + 1 SSD
PSU: Gamemax GP 650

Your psu is meant for office use not for gaming.
The 12 month warranty is a big flag.