PC Crashes when I play games

[plath]

Hi,

My PC keeps crashing when I play games. After playing a few mins in-game (CSGO, Red Orchestra 2, etc) my whole PC blackscreens and locks completely (No alt tabbing or ctrl alt deleting and my monitor says there's no signal.) which means I have to restart. I updated my Nvidia driver from 337.88 to 340.43, but no change. Reverted to the 335.23. Still crashes. When it crashes my fan revs high.


My pc is a prebuilt that I only got in feb.

spec is:
GTX 770
i5 4670k @ 3.4ghz
8gb ram
550w psu
on 8.1


I looked at event viewer and it says these things a few times right before it crashed: "Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered." and "Application csgo.exe has been blocked from accessing Graphics hardware." Although I'm not sure if that's relevant.

Would someone please tell me what might be the problem? Is my card borked?

 

[plath]

Get something better seriously even if you have to pay for it. You have a GTX 770 and those level of PSUs aren't recommended for something like GTX 770. Get a Seasonic PSU

I asked them if they could replace it with a XFX Pro Series 650W. http://www.scan.co.uk/products/650w-xfx-p1-650s-nlb9-85-eff-80-plus-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx It's a Seasonic OEM.

 

[chimera201]

XFX Pro Series 650W is a great PSU.

EVGA 600B uses CapXon and Teapo caps both primary and secondary while Corsair VS series uses CapXon caps on the secondary only. So yeah EVGA 600B is probably worse than Corsair VS series

 

[AEvans190]

I RMAd the system and they concluded it was the PSU at fault.

It's still with them and they've replaced it with a EVGA 600b Bronze. Just had a look and it's on a lower tier to the VS series. Should I be concerned?

Get something better seriously even if you have to pay for it. You have a GTX 770 and those level of PSUs aren't recommended for something like GTX 770. Get a Seasonic PSU

@bccorrupt: The rating that jonnyguru gives also depends on the price. You get what you pay for.

@AEvans190: Your issue seems to be game specific. Try what JNor said[/quo

I ended up switching the graphics card to another PCIE slot and thought it was working better, but still crashing... It does it with watchdogs as well...the ghame seems to play well then all of a sudden it just crashes after about 30 mins, I was watching temps as I was playing and cpu stayed about 45-50 and gpu about 60 ... but according to precision x the gpu was over the boost clock, is that normal? Is this a bad card?

 

[plath]

I thought I'd write this to finish the thread and maybe help someone with a similar problem.

The techs at Scan said that the Corsair VS550 has issues with the +12v rail that lead to it failing after a few months of running any system with a graphics card in it, and that they've had to repair and send back loads of their PSUs to Corsair.

They gave me the option to upgrade my PSU to an EVGA Supernova G2 750w for another £34 (based on the difference in price of the failed PSU. the XFX unit was out of stock.) rather than accept the EVGA 600b as a replacement, so I did.

I complained to Scan 3xs customer service that I didn't expect to buy a pc advertised as overclocking-ready and have the PSU fail within 4 months. And they gave me a response like "I'm sorry if you felt we didn't live up to your expectations." And that they've stopped using VS550s in their builds now.

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Also I'd just like to say thanks for taking the time to help me bccorrupt, jNor, chimera201 and Shadowblade2652. I really appreciate it.

 

[chimera201]

So it works with Supernova? Did you test under load? Please reply so we can confirm that Corsair VS series sucks.
Corsair VS series are meant for GPUs like GTX 750. Anything that consumes more power and you will need a better PSU.

And don't forget to choose a solution

 

[Shadowblade2652]

And don't forget to choose a solution

man it's not about the solutions, it's about fixin his problem 😉

Also,
How is the new PSU?

 

[plath]

Yeah everything is great now. They tested it after they installed it and I've been playing games since it's been back and they're running fine.

What the repairman said to me was that he found the VS Series to have issues running even low-end graphics cards and that it's only really reliable when it's running integrated GPUs on mobos.

 

[chimera201]

Yeah everything is great now. They tested it after they installed it and I've been playing games since it's been back and they're running fine.

What the repairman said to me was that he found the VS Series to have issues running even low-end graphics cards and that it's only really reliable when it's running integrated GPUs on mobos.

Yes that is true. Because the Corsair VS series was launched in my country. My country was the target market for Corsair VS series. And majority of my countrymen buy graphics cards like the Geforce 210 or GT 610 which consume almost no power. So Corsair VS series works and my countrymen will post positive reviews for the PSU and Corsair wins