Is it possible that my PSU is giving me BSOD/computer crashes?

getyourpranaup

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Hey all I'll save my specs for the end of the post but the psu I'm using is a Corsair CX500M, and have been using it for only about 3 months now and have had a few blue screens/system crashes. For example, I just had 3 BSOD errors in a row after rebooting: CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED, KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE, SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION, and now my computer is not booting up (which is not a new occurrence, this has happened after the system crashes without even a BSOD). When trying to boot up, the computer will sort of hiccup for a second, coming alive and dying instantly. It will repeat these hiccups until I turn the PSU power back off. The system crashes are much more common recently than BSOD's though. Any idea what is going on? I do not have a spare PSU to use to test.

Specs:
Pentium G3258 cpu
Nvidia 750 ti gpu
Seidon 120m cooler
ASRock z97 mobo
Corsair CX500M psu
8gb Ripjaws x memory