Not sure if bad PCIe or bad GPU

[JosiahRoyse]

Hey everyone, second time posting here. I've been looking for a while and cannot find an answer.

I recently upgraded my rig and have been running into an issue. At first, the computer would shut down (still having power running through the tower) when I would be playing a game for a few hours. Now it does this before a game will actually start. Does anyone have any ideas what the problem could be?

Specs:
CPU: AMD fx-8350 8 core
MoBo: Gigabyte FXA990-ud3
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 570 SC
PSU: Corsair HX850
RAM: 4x 2gb ddr3

I've also kept an eye on temps, and that is not the problem. CPU stays under 40c when gaming, GPU tops out at 60c

I also do not OC my cpu, but have been with my GPU.

 

[Novuake]

Latest drivers installed?

 

[JosiahRoyse]

Latest drivers installed?

When I try to install drivers, same issue happens. I went ahead and uninstalled all drivers, then started over with clean install of lastest driver, and once it was installed it blacked out within 30 minutes. The blackouts are getting more and more frequent.

 

[Novuake]

Hmmm thinking it a hard drive issue. What HDD do you have?
Try running Seatools on it.
http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/item/seatools-win-master/

 

[JosiahRoyse]

Hmmm thinking it a hard drive issue. What HDD do you have?
Try running Seatools on it.
http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/item/seatools-win-master/

WD6402AAEX
Downloaded western digitals test tool and it tested out fine. I suppose I should also add that I placed an older gtx 560, downloaded drivers, and ran bf3 on ultra for about an hour with no blackouts.

 

[Novuake]

Well then since your PSU is more than capable and highly unlikely to be an issue, sad news, the GTX570 is likely near its end. Are you sure it not overheating?

 

[JosiahRoyse]

Well then since your PSU is more than capable and highly unlikely to be an issue, sad news, the GTX570 is likely near its end. Are you sure it not overheating?

Yeah, EVGA precision has it staying under 70c when playing bf3 at ultra for extended periods of gaming. I think the heavy overclocking I was doing might have done it in. Thanks for the help. I had suspected that it was the GPU, but I didn't want to drop another $250+ on a fix that wasn't right.

 

[Novuake]

Unfortunately OCing is always a little touch and go. Well at least you will get a decent with a 250$ + budget.