Gaming PC keeps on freezing/deadlocking shortly after playing games for brief period of time. (FIXED)

[RFZB101]

So as of recently my PC has been constantly freezing or if you want to be more specific it's been deadlocking. I'm not really sure what the problem is but I think I've tried everything in my power to fix this problem. I've clean the dust out of my computer I've applied new thermal paste to my computer and I've even reset my computer and yet I still don't know what the problem is or how to solve it.

My Specs:
FX 9590
GTX Geforce 1060 6GB
Corsair AF120 120MM High Performance Fans
Asetek 550LC 120MM Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler
8GB DDR3 Ram
800 Watt Power Supply
and my motherboard:
GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3 R5 AMD 990 ATX w/ Ultra Durable 3, On/Off Charge, GbLAN, 4 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1, 1 PCI

Any solutions to help fix this conflict will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

 

[robwowlife]

Can you check your ram usage while playing? Are your drivers up to date? How long have you had your HDD?

 

[RFZB101]

Can you check your ram usage while playing? Are your drivers up to date? How long have you had your HDD?

My Ram usage while playing ranges from 50% to 75% at max never goes higher than this from what I seen. All my drivers are up to date. I've had my hard drive for almost 2 years now and I did a hard drive check yesterday and windows said that there was nothing wrong with it. I also defrag my computer almost every day before I go to sleep and I use advanced systemcare to do the same thing too and to also View my RAM and CPU usage as well as the temperature.

 

[herrwizo]

What power supply exactly? 800W does not tell much, we need brand and model. How old is it?

 

[robwowlife]

How about your CPU temps? Are you doing any overclocking?

 

[RFZB101]

What power supply exactly? 800W does not tell much, we need brand and model. How old is it?

800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready. This is the info that was thrown to me.

 

[RFZB101]

How about your CPU temps? Are you doing any overclocking?

When I run any game now, the CPU temp is always around 60 degrees celsius or a bit higher usually climbing to a maximum of 63 degrees celsius at most. And no i'm doing any overclocking

 

[seagate_surfer]

RFZB101, what type of drive do you have? SSD or HDD? You can test the drive to see if it is the culprit of the situation you are facing by running Seatools on it. It will let you know what state the drive is in and it is is causing this problem.

 

[RFZB101]

RFZB101, what type of drive do you have? SSD or HDD? You can test the drive to see if it is the culprit of the situation you are facing by running Seatools on it. It will let you know what state the drive is in and it is is causing this problem.

I have a 1TB 7200rpm HDD.. It's not Seagate though, so I don't believe this application will be any use to me.

 

[herrwizo]

What power supply exactly? 800W does not tell much, we need brand and model. How old is it?

800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready. This is the info that was thrown to me.

So, no brand name at all? Could be a low quality unit with less than half of rated power in practice. Especially if it is several years old already. Replace with a quality unit from Seasonic, XFX, EVGA or similar. It is more than enough if you get a 600W unit or above, but it really must be a quality unit. Your CPU is a real power hog and it is not a good idea to use a low quality PSU in that rig.

 

[seagate_surfer]

RFZB101, what type of drive do you have? SSD or HDD? You can test the drive to see if it is the culprit of the situation you are facing by running Seatools on it. It will let you know what state the drive is in and it is is causing this problem.

I have a 1TB 7200rpm HDD.. It's not Seagate though, so I don't believe this application will be any use to me.

Seatools should run on the drive even though it is not a Seagate.

 

[RFZB101]

What power supply exactly? 800W does not tell much, we need brand and model. How old is it?

800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready. This is the info that was thrown to me.

So, no brand name at all? Could be a low quality unit with less than half of rated power in practice. Especially if it is several years old already. Replace with a quality unit from Seasonic, XFX, EVGA or similar. It is more than enough if you get a 600W unit or above, but it really must be a quality unit. Your CPU is a real power hog and it is not a good idea to use a low quality PSU in that rig.

Thanks a lot Seagate Surfer! I researched more information relating to my problem and it does seem that my PSU is the suspect. Apparently this PSU comes from a company that crafted these things around the year of 2009 or something. Do you have any specific 750W units that are very high quality and affordable for this rig?

 

[herrwizo]

Sure, mate. Any of the following are great picks:

Seasonic Focus Gold
Corsair RMx series
EVGA B2/G2/B3/G3/P2/P3

You don't need 750W or more, 650W is already much more than you will need in practice - only about 400W will be used at most in your rig (and that's worst-case scenario, peak wattage). The rest of PSU wattage is here to provide some headroom for PSU to remain cool and operate with better stability over many years. Like the car, you never want to drive your PSU in red all the time, unless you wish to kill it soon 😉

 

[RFZB101]

Sorry folks, but it wasn't the power supply. Apparently my cpu was overclocked, so in order to fix the freezing I had to go into my BIOS settings and turn off Turbo Core, so the CPU wouldn't overwork itself. This is what fixed my issue. Thanks for those who helped me, much appreciated!