my pc crashes randomly

rolandomoreno

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Nov 25, 2014
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I had have this problems for months. My pc randomly restarts, or the monitor freezes with a screeching sound or a random bsod appears.
I have installed the cpuid hardware monitor to see if it was overheating but i dont see anything unusual in the temps.

Windows 8 x64
Amd phenom ll x6 1040t
Amd raedon hd 7700
And a gigabyte motherboard
 
http://www.coolermaster.com/powersupply/extreme/extreme-power-plus-500w/ this is the one i found in english. The only thing that changes is the last number of the model instead of being A3 mines is D3 not sure the difference and when i look for d3 i only get spanish links.http://www.futurocomputacion.com/View/1422/fuente-cooler-master-atx-500w-rs-500-pcar-d3.aspx but they seem the same
 
I'll just leave it here, I've had a Cooler Master PSU once, a 500W one, couldn't handle my PC, then I switched to a XFX 450W, never had any problem with it. That means, if they say 500W, expect a low-quality ~300W.
 
I have to agree with akarin that is a little on the lower end of power supplys its 70% not 80 which most these days I have seen brand new power supplys d.o.a and seen them run a while then tend to die a slow death which leads me to belive it whats happening in your case.
 
IDK of anyway of telling for sure if its not dead yet and dying if you suspect its dead it wouldn't power up and you have to try the paper clip trick but that isn't going to tell you for sure that there isn't a problem with it. Something to consider tho if it dies it can take the rest of your system with it.