Question Pc freezes (game actually) when playing game

redripper480

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Mar 28, 2019
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So, as the title says my pc freezes within five minutes of starting and playing a game. Pressing the windows button does display the taskbar and pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc also displays taskmanager icon in the taskbar but it s
dosent disply on the screen except the hanged game.Last time i payed there were no issues but when i turned on my pc after a week or so, this issue occured.The game im trynna play is Watchdogs 2.

My specs are:
i5 6600k
Asus Maximus VIII Ranger
Gtx 1070
16 gb Gskill Aegis
1tb hdd
 

Ralston18

Titan
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Look in Reliability History and Event Viewer for error codes and warnings that correspond with the pc freezes.

Use Task Manager or Resource Monitor(either one but only one at a time) to observe system performance:

First, for about 15 minutes after booting up.

Second, while doing "light work"; browsing, reading emails, etc..

Third, while gaming as usual.

Leave the monitored window open but dragged to one side so you can watch what is happening.