PC freezes and then reboots when ever i play games

[kieran_2000]

When i play games on my PC (GTA 5, Just cause 3, the whitcher etc) i will be able to play it for about 5 minutes and then my computer will freeze for about 10 seconds and then reboot. I have no idea whats going on, please help!

 

[greens]

The symptom you describe is almost always caused by an inadequate power supply.

Your graphics card isn't getting enough amps on the 12v rail, once it gets starved of power it crashes, often bringing the rest of the PC with it. Sometimes they are able to recover. Sometimes you can still hear sound in the background. But almost always these problems are caused by a bad/inadequate PSU.

 

[kieran_2000]

oh ok thanks, do you think i should buy a new PSU (current psu is 650w) or is there anyway of fixing it?

 

[faalin]

How about system specs. I wouldnt jump on the PSU band wagon just yet, normally if it was a power issue it would just shut down and not lag for a few seconds. I would be more inclined on a thermal issue but without out computer specs its really just a guess.

 

[greens]

Strongly disagree, shutdown is actually the less common symptom. the most common symptom is Display Driver has stopped responding, but recovered.

 

[kieran_2000]

My specs:
CPU: AMD FX 8350 Black Edition
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS10X Optima
Operating System: Windows 10 (64-bit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte 990XA-UD3
RAM: 8GB Corsair 1866mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
Hard Drive: 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB
Sound Card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Internet: Wireless 802.11N 300Mbps MIMO PCI card
Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-01
PSU: 650W Corsair VS

 

[faalin]

GTA 5, Just cause 3, the whitcher are all cpu intensive games, if the cpu gets to hot it will lag the game trying to cool its self, if it cant do that it will shut the computer down.

A display driver crash will kill the game and drop him back to the desktop not reboot the computer.

Once again everyone is guessing till we know what his computer specs are.


EDIT for new info

Im leaning more to the PSU now that i know its a VS, What temps are you getting on the cpu during gaming?

 

[greens]

My specs:
CPU: AMD FX 8350 Black Edition
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS10X Optima
Operating System: Windows 10 (64-bit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte 990XA-UD3
RAM: 8GB Corsair 1866mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
Hard Drive: 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB
Sound Card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Internet: Wireless 802.11N 300Mbps MIMO PCI card
Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-01
PSU: 650W Corsair VS

Unfortunately you selected the worst PSU that Corsair makes.

The VS line is the absolute bottom of their barrel and should be avoided.

 

[kieran_2000]

ill try and get on a game and get back to you

 

[kieran_2000]

my cpu temp when i am playing rainbow six seige is around 70.

 

[greens]

my cpu temp when i am playing rainbow six seige is around 70.

It isn't a thermal shutdown, thermal shutdowns almost always have a message on your next boot in the bios that says

"Your computer encountered a thermal shutdown"

So that one is really easy to identify...

 

[kieran_2000]

do you think i need to replace my psu with a better one?

 

[greens]

do you think i need to replace my psu with a better one?

I sure do.

 

[kieran_2000]

do you recommend any good power supply's (at a reasonable price). And also is there any way of fixing this problem without buying a new psu

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

70 could also be a thermal shutdown 62 degrees is the max you should go on the 8350 , but the poor PSU doesn't help the situation.

 

[kieran_2000]

If it was to be a thermal shutdown, how do i fix this? thanks blackbird