My PC Crashes everytime I play game and the only option is to Restart.

[pratikmewada]

My Config:
Amd Fx-8370
Corsair H80i V2
16 GB DDR3 RAM
ASUS M5A78LM-USB3
Corsari 550W Power supply
Nvidia GeForce 650 Ti

Here's the whole story:
Before AMD FX-8370 I had Phenom II X4 965 black edition.
Bought 8370 and installed it. It was working great.
I completed The Rise of The Tomb Raider game with the processor.

Then I installed Just Cause 3 and it all started to happen.
As soon as the game started the PC hanged, only option Restart.

Searched through Internet for the solution. Posted on Tomshardware. A guy here helped me to solve the issue. I updated a driver called "AMD SMbus" and the problem went away.

My PC was working great then again one day, while playing "Watchdogs" PC froze again. Same. only option, restart.

I tried AMD Overdrive for stability check, ran it for around 4 hours. No Freeze.
Tried Prime95, ran it for around 8 hours. No Freeze.

I thought the problem got solved by itself and started the game again.
FREEZE.

I am now out of the solutions. I cannot even play the games I recently bought, due to this error.

Please someone help me with this.

 

[edgeyuk]

memory leak?
could have installed incorrectly? reinstall the game?
updated all your drivers?

have your tried to play any other games on your PC other than the completed tomb raider?

 

[pratikmewada]

memory leak?
could have installed incorrectly? reinstall the game?
updated all your drivers?

have your tried to play any other games on your PC other than the completed tomb raider?

I updated all the drivers. Yes, uninstalled and installed the game again.
Yes, once the issue was solved by updating "AMD SMbus" driver, I played Just Cause 3 at mid graphics settings without any problem and completed it.

By the way, how to check memory leak?

 

[scuzzycard]

Your Power Supply might be its on way out. Games stress the CPU and GPU at the same time, unlike Prime and Overdrive, which are CPU-only and therefore easier on the PSU. Try swapping in a new unit to see if it resolves the problem.

 

[pratikmewada]

Your Power Supply might be its on way out. Games stress the CPU and GPU at the same time, unlike Prime and Overdrive, which are CPU-only and therefore easier on the PSU. Try swapping in a new unit to see if it resolves the problem.

I checked the power requirements for the parts I have in PC, with cooler master's calculator.

Total power needed is 400W and I have 550W.

 

[scuzzycard]

That's all very true, but my point is that your power supply might be starting to fail altogether.

 

[pratikmewada]

Checked.... the power supply is working fine. I bought it with the new processor one month back.

Now here's what I did....

I started Prime95 torture test, with that I also started GPU torture test with "Unigine Valley".

I kept it running for 20 minutes and PC froze.

before that I ran Prime95 torture test for 8 hours last night, and PC was okay.

So, I am thinking may be graphics card is the main culprit here... the temperature of GPU while torture test reached 70C. Is it possible that GPU can freeze your PC under load?

I will start the Prime95 torture test again, and will see if the PC freezes or not.

I will update you guys soon.

 

[pratikmewada]

Hey Scuzzycard,

I tried Prime95 torture test stand alone and again the PC froze.

I will try to replace my PSU with the older one and see what happens.