My computer randomly shut off mid-game and keeps turning off and back on

[Abit_ofa_noob]

I was in the middle of killing a rare elite in WoW and all of a sudden my computer shuts off. A couple seconds later it seems to start back up and then shuts off again 2 seconds later and so on and so forth until I have to just unplug it from the wall in the 2 seconds its off. I have no idea what just happened.... Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[Sergeant_Sneaky]

What are your specs and how are your temps when gaming?

 

[Abit_ofa_noob]

What are your specs and how are your temps when gaming?

GPU: EVGA GTX 980 Classified
PSU: Corsair AX860i
CPU: i5-4690k
MOBO: ASUS Maximus VII Impact
RAM: 16 GB Corsair Vengeance Pro
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro

My temps were probably about 70 C for my CPU and 60ish for my GPU at the time of the crash, well at least I suspect but I don't know. I decided to try again to restart it and it turned on, thankfully. But I still want to know why it happened. When I powered it back on it said there was a power surge and that my PSU protected the system from being harmed. In bios I think it said that the overclock failed, even though I wasn't trying to overclock anything....

 

[Sergeant_Sneaky]

Did anything else in the house switch off at the time? If you have memory that is higher than 1600mhz, using an XMP profile, maybe that could cause it? Do you not have an overclock on your CPU at all?

 

[Abit_ofa_noob]

Did anything else in the house switch off at the time? If you have memory that is higher than 1600mhz, using an XMP profile, maybe that could cause it? Do you not have an overclock on your CPU at all?

Nothing else turned off, and no I haven't ever tried overclocking. The memory is clocked past 1600mhz but I don't know anything about the XMP profile.

 

[Sergeant_Sneaky]

Did anything else in the house switch off at the time? If you have memory that is higher than 1600mhz, using an XMP profile, maybe that could cause it? Do you not have an overclock on your CPU at all?

Nothing else turned off, and no I haven't ever tried overclocking. The memory is clocked past 1600mhz but I don't know anything about the XMP profile.

Keep an eye on your temps when gaming for a few days, especially the CPU, that may give us some info.

 

[Tradesman1]

Do you have the latest BIOS and mobo drivers? Latest GPU drivers? Might try a different PSU.

 

[Abit_ofa_noob]

Did anything else in the house switch off at the time? If you have memory that is higher than 1600mhz, using an XMP profile, maybe that could cause it? Do you not have an overclock on your CPU at all?

Nothing else turned off, and no I haven't ever tried overclocking. The memory is clocked past 1600mhz but I don't know anything about the XMP profile.

Keep an eye on your temps when gaming for a few days, especially the CPU, that may give us some info.

Alright will do, what is the max my CPU/GPU should be at while under load?

 

[Sergeant_Sneaky]

Did anything else in the house switch off at the time? If you have memory that is higher than 1600mhz, using an XMP profile, maybe that could cause it? Do you not have an overclock on your CPU at all?

Nothing else turned off, and no I haven't ever tried overclocking. The memory is clocked past 1600mhz but I don't know anything about the XMP profile.

Keep an eye on your temps when gaming for a few days, especially the CPU, that may give us some info.

Alright will do, what is the max my CPU/GPU should be at while under load?

CPU should be less than 70c and GPU should be less than 80-85c under load.

 

[Sergeant_Sneaky]

Did anything else in the house switch off at the time? If you have memory that is higher than 1600mhz, using an XMP profile, maybe that could cause it? Do you not have an overclock on your CPU at all?

Nothing else turned off, and no I haven't ever tried overclocking. The memory is clocked past 1600mhz but I don't know anything about the XMP profile.

Keep an eye on your temps when gaming for a few days, especially the CPU, that may give us some info.

Alright will do, what is the max my CPU/GPU should be at while under load?

CPU should be less than 70c and GPU should be less than 80-85c under load.

 

[Abit_ofa_noob]

Did anything else in the house switch off at the time? If you have memory that is higher than 1600mhz, using an XMP profile, maybe that could cause it? Do you not have an overclock on your CPU at all?

Nothing else turned off, and no I haven't ever tried overclocking. The memory is clocked past 1600mhz but I don't know anything about the XMP profile.

Keep an eye on your temps when gaming for a few days, especially the CPU, that may give us some info.

Well it just happened again, same exact thing as last time. I replaced my power supply maybe 2 months ago because my old one died randomly. Do you think it could be that this new one is already on its way out too?

Alright will do, what is the max my CPU/GPU should be at while under load?

CPU should be less than 70c and GPU should be less than 80-85c under load.

 

[Abit_ofa_noob]

Do you have the latest BIOS and mobo drivers? Latest GPU drivers? Might try a different PSU.

Unfortunately I don't have another PSU, and I just got this one after my old one died around 2 months ago. Maybe I'll send something to Corsair about my issue.