Gaming PC keeps 'freezing', unsure about the cause but I think its the CPU

[_BirchTree_]

My gaming PC that I built around 3.5 years ago has started to freeze and become unresponsive regularly whilst i'm playing games. I think it might the the old CPU that just can't cope anymore but i'm not sure. I've tried things like running a memory check, reseting the virtual memory, running a disk check and running a system file check; none of these have helped.

My system is:
GPU: nvidia GeForce GTX 760
CPU: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core processor
Motherboard: MSI-970A-G46 (MS-7693)
8GB RAM Corsair vengeance
Power supply: Corsair CX500M
Hard drive: Western Digital 1TB WD10EZEX 2014
Network card: Realtek PCle GBE family controller

Help is greatly appreciated, the freezing is incredibly annoying.

 

[Phaaze88]

My guess would be the power supply isn't up to task anymore. When you try to play games, the load increases, and the psu just goes, "nope".
Everything else works fine(browsing, etc.) until you try to game, yes?

 

[DRagor]

If the problem was with CPU, it would appear randomly, not only in gaming - unless that's overheating, so check out your CPU temps when playing. First suspect in this case is GPU, PSU is next in line.

 

[_BirchTree_]

My guess would be the power supply isn't up to task anymore. When you try to play games, the load increases, and the psu just goes, "nope".
Everything else works fine(browsing, etc.) until you try to game, yes?

It has done it before randomly, just not often at all. Its very common when I game. Specifically when I do things like run Spotify and play rocket league at the same time.

 

[_BirchTree_]

If the problem was with CPU, it would appear randomly, not only in gaming - unless that's overheating, so check out your CPU temps when playing. First suspect in this case is GPU, PSU is next in line.

I've just checked it now whilst running a game and the CPU is sitting at 49C, that an acceptable temp?

 

[DRagor]

Yes, 49 C is very good temp at load, so that's not CPU overheating. Check GPU temps.

 

[_BirchTree_]

Yes, 49 C is very good temp at load, so that's not CPU overheating. Check GPU temps.

Currently sitting at 48C as well, but wouldn't say Factorio is a particularly intensive game. It's reached around 60C with more intensive games.

 

[DRagor]

60 C is also good temp for GPU. So it's not overheating.
Can you test GPU in another machine? Or test different PSU in yours? That would help exclude some options.