My PC has been crashing and rebooting on me but only when i try to play any GPU intense video game. I can make it through any game's menus without issue but when i enter game play the PC reboots almost immediately. No BSOD. It just reboots. Otherwise my PC runs 3 monitors without issue.
At first, i thought it was my GTX970 failing, so i swapped it out with my spare GTX770. Swapping out GPUs appeared to be the solution util i stated spanning 3 monitors with the new 770 GPU. Once i spanned all 3 monitors, my PC started rebooting again as soon as i would enter game play. I then went back to using a single monitor with the 770 and i could play most games, however Crysis 3 will still crash and reboot the system with only a single monitor. So i feel like i can rule out my GPU.
With this being said and the extent of hardware tests ive ran i feel like it might be a failing PSU. Especially because about a year ago i had a similar issue, with a single game rebooting my PC. Ace Combat. So a year ago I beefed up my PSU from a 850w to a 1300w and it resolved my issue. I could also hear the capacitors vibrating/making noise on my old 850w while under heavy load, so i felt it necessary to replace no matter what.
Because the new 1300w PSU i install about a year ago resolved my rebooting issue, i thought maybe i was overloading my 850w PSU. Ive since put the 850w PSU into another machine and ive had no issues with it since.
Trouble Shooting:
Windows Event Logs - only state the PC shutdown unexpectedly.
Memtest86 - was ran on each individual stick of RAM. All PASSED.
CPU Stab - ran for long periods of time without issue. No crashes or heat issues.
Checked HDD SMART health - SMART shows GOOD.
Reloaded my OS and games to help ensure no software or viruses could be the cause.
Ran 3D mark (GPU benchmarking) - without issue.
Ran Hardware Monitor during all tests to view temps and voltages.
Temperatures were all in withing specs.
Voltages appeared to be fairly stable and only varied slightly
12v - 11.95 to 12.01
5v - 4.9 to 5.01
3.3v - 3.118 with no fluctuation
CPU VCore - 0.89 to 1.5
System:
AMD 8 core 9370
Asus Saber tooth 990 MOB, revision 2
EVGA 970 FTW (MSI 770 used for testing)
16GB (4GBx4) GSkill RAM
h80i CPU cooler
Samsung 850 SSD
WD black 2T HDD
1300w EVGA super nova PSU
8 case fans
With all this information my question is, am i correct to think its possibly the PSU failing after all my tests? If it is another PSU failure/issue, why so soon (~ a year apart) and why does my PC only fail during game play and not while running 3D mark or CPU stab?
If my house had voltage spikes i feel like it would take out my server first as it runs 24 7 and is plugged into the same surge protector as my gaming rig.
Im really at a loss here and any advice or input into this subject is greatly appreciated!
At first, i thought it was my GTX970 failing, so i swapped it out with my spare GTX770. Swapping out GPUs appeared to be the solution util i stated spanning 3 monitors with the new 770 GPU. Once i spanned all 3 monitors, my PC started rebooting again as soon as i would enter game play. I then went back to using a single monitor with the 770 and i could play most games, however Crysis 3 will still crash and reboot the system with only a single monitor. So i feel like i can rule out my GPU.
With this being said and the extent of hardware tests ive ran i feel like it might be a failing PSU. Especially because about a year ago i had a similar issue, with a single game rebooting my PC. Ace Combat. So a year ago I beefed up my PSU from a 850w to a 1300w and it resolved my issue. I could also hear the capacitors vibrating/making noise on my old 850w while under heavy load, so i felt it necessary to replace no matter what.
Because the new 1300w PSU i install about a year ago resolved my rebooting issue, i thought maybe i was overloading my 850w PSU. Ive since put the 850w PSU into another machine and ive had no issues with it since.
Trouble Shooting:
Windows Event Logs - only state the PC shutdown unexpectedly.
Memtest86 - was ran on each individual stick of RAM. All PASSED.
CPU Stab - ran for long periods of time without issue. No crashes or heat issues.
Checked HDD SMART health - SMART shows GOOD.
Reloaded my OS and games to help ensure no software or viruses could be the cause.
Ran 3D mark (GPU benchmarking) - without issue.
Ran Hardware Monitor during all tests to view temps and voltages.
Temperatures were all in withing specs.
Voltages appeared to be fairly stable and only varied slightly
12v - 11.95 to 12.01
5v - 4.9 to 5.01
3.3v - 3.118 with no fluctuation
CPU VCore - 0.89 to 1.5
System:
AMD 8 core 9370
Asus Saber tooth 990 MOB, revision 2
EVGA 970 FTW (MSI 770 used for testing)
16GB (4GBx4) GSkill RAM
h80i CPU cooler
Samsung 850 SSD
WD black 2T HDD
1300w EVGA super nova PSU
8 case fans
With all this information my question is, am i correct to think its possibly the PSU failing after all my tests? If it is another PSU failure/issue, why so soon (~ a year apart) and why does my PC only fail during game play and not while running 3D mark or CPU stab?
If my house had voltage spikes i feel like it would take out my server first as it runs 24 7 and is plugged into the same surge protector as my gaming rig.
Im really at a loss here and any advice or input into this subject is greatly appreciated!
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